Bennett says he’s coming to Vegas for Sinatra tribute

Details are popping as Steve Wynn continues to tweak his 100th birthday blowout honoring Frank Sinatra on Dec. 12.

Tony Bennett, while performing at the Kennedy Center with Lady Gaga last Friday, told the crowd he had committed to the event, which will be aired as a CBS special from the Encore Theater at the Wynn hotel-casino.

To no one's surprise, Sinatra favorite Steve Lawrence will be among the lineup, which has yet to be announced.

His presence is certain to be one of the emotional highlights of the evening. Members of the Sinatra family will be attending the tribute.

It would be Lawrence's first public performance since his death of his wife, Edyie Gorme. Monday was the second anniversary of her passing.

Steve and Edyie opened for Sinatra during many of his tours.

Lawrence has dedicated much of his time recently to producing a three-CD set titled "Edyie Gorme: An American Treasure." One CD features her hits, another has Steve's favorite songs of hers, and the set concludes with songs she didn't release.

The scene and heard

Mirage headliner Terry Fator was in the middle of singing "This Guy's in Love With You" on Monday when he pulled his girlfriend, Angie Fiore, on stage and proposed. The wedding is set for Nov. 28, Fator told me by text. They met in June at an event held in his honor in Dallas. She was catering the event. Members of her family, including her children, were in the audience. It was announced in February that his 4½-year marriage to Taylor Makakoa was over. She remains the president of his company. ...

Ben Affleck and his nanny, together in Las Vegas? What could possibly go wrong? Reports surfaced Tuesday that it was the last straw in Affleck's marriage. The story starts in the Bahamas, where Affleck and his family are vacationing. Affleck invited nanny Christine Ouzounian to join him on a private jet with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. The original plan was the nanny would not be making a stop in Las Vegas, instead continuing on to Los Angeles. Affleck and Brady had a commitment to a charity poker tournament here. But Ouzounian joined Affleck in Las Vegas, according to reports. Affleck's wife, Jennifer Garner, fired Ouzounian after learning the nanny didn't go directly to Los Angeles.

Media notes

Comedy great Rich Little has replaced Suzanne Somers as the Sept. 27 guest on "Conversations With Norm," the quarterly interview series I host at Cabaret Jazz at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts. Somers bowed out after her show was dropped at Westgate hotel-casino. Bryan Scofield, chief meteorologist at KTNV, will handle announcing duties. Proceeds will benefit the Education and Outreach Programming of The Smith Center. ...

Lisa Howfield has landed at CBS affiliate KLAS-TV, Channel 8, as vice president and general manager, four months after being let go by the new owners, Sinclair Broadcast Group, of NBC affiliate KSNV-TV, Channel 3. KLAS' new owners, Nexstar Broadcasting Group, named Howfield to succeed Emily Neilson, who is retiring after 35 years. ...

ABC affiliate KTNV-TV, Channel 13, has a new news director with previous ties to the station. Mike Dello Stritto, a former reporter at KTNV from 2004 to 2006, has been in the Bay Area, working as managing editor at KPIX-TV in San Francisco. He replaces Karin Movesian. ...

At KDWN-radio, 720 AM, Dave Carney and Chad Forster have moved into the 6-9 a.m. morning slot that opened with the departure of Alan Stock.

Sightings

At "Sinatra: The Man. The Music." at Palazzo on Tuesday: Tony Orlando and actor and pop singer James Darren, a Sinatra pal. ... Kaley Cuoco of the hit CBS show "Big Bang Theory," on hand Saturday at Light nightclub at Mandalay Bay to support sister Briana Cuoco, who stars in "For the Record: Baz."

The punch line

"Artifacts found in William Shakespeare's home suggest he may have been a marijuana user. Apparently he was doing a couple of drugs because he also had a rough draft of 'The Taming of the Shroom.'" — Conan O'Brien

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