Las Vegas

CAN ADELE CARRY ON ALONE?

Adele posted a LONG message for her followers before this weekend’s opening performance in Las Vegas. She admitted she has NEVER been more nervous before showtime during her career. Almost a year ago she postponed this Las Vegas residency at the LAST minute, with lame excuses about set decor etc. In actuality, it was the absence of her American boyfriend Rich Paul that most likely caused her to cancel. She admits to being obsessed with Rich – says she has “never been in love like this.” Rich IS with Adele for this opening weekend, but will he be there for the rest of the run? Adele has already spent half a million dollars on air purification machines for her dressing room and the stage to pamper her voice. But will the boyfriend, who has a job of his own, be THERE for her as much as she needs him?

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ADELE’S HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON HER BOYFRIEND

Adele’s love life is a never-ending source of fascination. We didn’t realize that in January when she posted that last-minute tearful video apologizing to fans because she had to cancel her Las Vegas residency (“my show ain’t ready,”) she had a LOT going on in her life. Number one problem was her boyfriend, sports manager Rich Paul– he wasn’t around when she needed him. AND she was in the middle of buying Sylvester Stallone’s 21,000 sq ft mega-mansion (12 bathrooms!) in Beverly Hills for 58 million dollars at that same time. It turns out, maybe cancelling was the RIGHT thing to do, because it all ended well. She has rescheduled the Las Vegas performances for 48 million dollars, and Rich has moved into the huge house WITH her. She got what she wanted.
Above- Adele and Rich in front of her new house

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ADELE IS LYING TO HER FANS

When Adele abruptly canceled her four month Las Vegas residency 24 hours before the first show, she tearfully blamed Covid among the cast and crew, plus delivery delays. (Of course other shows had managed to survive thru those same problems!) Most revealing was the fact that Adele CANCELED her residency instead of POSTPONING it – implying there’s more to this than meets the eye. The truth is coming out in bits and pieces. A source at Caesar’s Palace where she was rehearsing said Adele couldn’t get through a single rehearsal without passionately calling her boyfriend Rich Paul and crying and shouting into the phone. Relationship problems? Was the pressure for a huge extravaganza more than she could handle? Has her stage fright returned? It’s a disaster for Caesar’s Palace and Adele is not being honest about the situation. (And this isn’t the only thing she’s lying about- more on that later)

SHE FAMOUSLY NAVIGATES THE WORLD UNMOLESTED

You’d never guess that behind that cart is the famous star of the biggest hit show now in Las Vegas! Who ELSE but Katy Perry! Katy’s production, called PLAY, at Resorts World Las Vegas is enjoying excellent reviews and has been described as: “emotional, whimsical, psychedelic, fantasy and high camp.” The show opens with Katy climbing out of a giant orange toilet! Off-stage, Katy knows how to get around alone and unnoticed. She went grocery shopping incognito at LA’s Erewhon (one of our favorite markets) dressed in a nondescript quilted coat with baggy lavender sweats underneath, a fanny pack, and sandals (in January!) a baseball cap, and of course, the ever-present mask. She loaded her groceries into the car and no one paid any attention…

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DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING DENNIS RODMAN TELLS YOU

We just learned that a movie is being made about a debauched weekend in 1998 that Dennis Rodman spent in Las Vegas called “48 Hours in Vegas.” This weekend happened right after his team won the 1998 NBA Championships. We remember it well because Dennis Rodman turned out to be a liar. Back then we were writing the gossip column for Star Magazine and we got a call from a source in Las Vegas who could barely contain his laughter. It was around 9AM and the source said he just came across Dennis Rodman passed out cold in the hallway of the hotel the guy was staying at. People had to step over the loudly snoring Rodman to get to their rooms. He must have had QUITE a night. Since we didn’t see this in person, we later contacted Dennis to make sure the item was accurate. He DENIED everything and we had to kill the story. Later, several other sources swore it was 100% true. Dennis’s LIE was a big disappointment. Above, we found this vintage photo of Dennis at a party when we were pumping him for info about his then-girlfriend Madonna and looking for a Madonna tattoo!

CRISS ANGEL IS GETTING HIS ACT TOGETHER

Las Vegas illusionist/heavy metal magician Criss Angel, 51, has had a tumultuous career, but his home life seems to have settled down. He’s been married and divorced twice, with multiple girlfriends and lawsuits in between, but now he’s reconciled with his second wife, Shaunyl Benson. Their five year old son Johnny has been successfully fighting a rare form of leukemia and Criss just made a generous donation to the Cure 4 Kids foundation. He and Shaunyl recently had another son, Xristos and they seem to be living happily unmarried ever after.

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DON’T UNDERESTIMATE JENNIFER LOPEZ

We didn’t realize that Jennifer Lopez broke all kinds of ticket sales records when she wrapped up her All I Have residency at Planet Hollywood a few weeks ago. Her closing night was packed with celebrities and sold 1.43 million dollars worth of tickets – a new record for one night. She’s also the fastest performer to reach more than $100 million in ticket sales at the venue!

Above, Jennifer goes to the gym in LA with Alex Rodriguez not far behind…

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CRISTIANO RONALDO : LATEST CASUALTY OF THE #ME TOO MOVEMENT

We are AMAZED at the courage of the woman who accused soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo of sexual assault, considering all the fanatical soccer fans he has around the world. A Las Vegas model (Kathryn Mayorga) claims Ronaldo assaulted and raped her in 2009 during a party at his hotel suite. She went to a hospital and reported the incident to Las Vegas police, who showed little interest in investigating or prosecuting the assault. Meanwhile Ronaldo sent private investigators to follow her around and dig up dirt on her to discredit her character, according to Kathryn. She claims they also had “friends” in the police department. Eventually she accepted a $375,000 settlement and signed an agreement never to speak of the attack or mention his name again. The “MeToo” movement gave her the courage to break the non-disclosure agreement and tell her story to German newspaper Der Spiegel. Ironically, Cristiano’s response was “Fake news!” – he sounds like someone we know…

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LONG TIME NO SEE: ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK

We remember when Engelbert Humperdinck was a fixture in Las Vegas, and now that he’s 81, the Release Me singer is still appearing there as well as touring all the time! Incredibly, he’s been married to his wife Patricia since 1964, but she can no longer go on the road with him because she has Alzheimer’s. Engelbert recently released a new album The Man I Want to Be – dedicated to his wife. Occasionally his 9 year old granddaughter from Nashville appears onstage with Engelbert, and he’s convinced she will someday be a huge pop star.

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VIVA LAS VEGAS ROCKABILLY WEEKEND IS THE ANTI-COACHELLA

Don’t tell me you missed another Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend! It was last weekend and the town was loaded with greasers and women with pompadors, tattoos, pinup girls, hot rods, achingly beautiful custom vintage cars, along with plenty of music and dancing. (Coincidentally or not, the same weekend as Coachella.) Dita Von Teese is a regular, and sometimes she brings one of HER vintage cars. (She usually manages to turn up at Coachella, also.) Our sartorially blessed friend Charles Phoenix entertains the crowd with his classic Vegas slideshows. Every year this event gets bigger and hotter.