Husband’s health behind Celine’s short run at Caesars
Celine Dion’s decision to limit her return, after a one-year hiatus, to 40 shows suggests she’s taking a wait-and-see approach to her husband’s health issues.
Dion announced on ABC last week that she would resume her residency at Caesars Palace on Aug. 27.
She had canceled all shows, including an Asian tour, last August to spend time with her ailing husband, Rene Angelil, and her three children.
“It was Rene’s wish that I come back,” she said last week. He has been battling throat cancer.
Singer Josh Groban, who opened for Dion when he was 17, hinted Wednesday that her voice is sustaining Angelil through his struggles.
“It gives him life,” Groban said on the CBS show “The Talk” on Wednesday.
Her upcoming run, the shortest of her 12-year relationship with Caesars and AEG Live, would end Jan. 17.
During her appearance on ABC, she revealed she feeds Angelil via a feeding tube three times a day.
Her contract at Caesars Palace runs until 2019.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
Elton John appears to be upset with his band before his first of two walkoffs during his March 20 concert at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. In a video shot by a fan, John starts to play “Philadelphia Freedom” then walks off stage. That was mild compared to a meltdown two years ago when he splashed bottled water on the stage several times and vowed somebody was going to get fired. …
Las Vegas entertainment triplets Lyric, Dominic and Phoenix Evan perform on Monday’s “Steve Harvey” episode on The CW (3 p.m.). …
The Las Vegas Outlaws make their Arena Football League debut Monday at the Thomas & Mack Center. They will face the San Jose Sabercats at 7:30 p.m. My mistake: I had them playing the Los Angeles Kiss, which will be May 4.
SIGHTINGS
Sen. Harry Reid, shopping with his wife, Landra, at Whole Foods in Green Valley on Saturday, a day after announcing he will not seek re-election in 2016. … Scott Disick of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” at 1 OAK (Mirage) on Friday as celebrity host, days after leaving a Costa Rica rehab center. He told People magazine he only intended to be in treatment for a week. His group included rapper/producer Mally Mall. … Floyd Mayweather Jr., ordering a slice of cheese pizza from the to-go window at Flour & Barley’s in The Linq on Thursday. … Microsoft founder Bill Gates, dining at Roma Deli on Spring Mountain Road, on Friday. He was in Las Vegas for a bridge tournament. … Sinatra impersonator Bob Anderson, having dinner Friday at, appropriately, Sinatra restaurant at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas with his music conductor, Vince Falcone, and David Weinreb, CEO of Howard Hughes Corp. … Baseball Hall of Famer Frank “The Big Hurt” Thomas, with a friend at Giada (Cromwell) on Wednesday. … NFL great Franco Harris, with friends at Lavo restaurant (Palazzo) on Friday. … Hip-hop legend the Rev. Run Simmons, with his family at Old Homestead (Caesars Palace) on Wednesday. Also there: Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Moeaki. Simmons, with his family at Holstein’s Shakes & Buns (Cosmopolitan) on Wednesday. … Steve Lawrence, with Dennis and Lorraine Bono at Spiedini’s (JW Marriott) on Friday. … Comedians Elayne Boosler and Caroline Rhea, on Friday touring Noah’s Animal House, the pet shelter affiliated with The Shade Tree shelter. Later, at Tuscany casino, Boosler and her husband, Bill Siddons, joined Dennis Blair of the “The Rat Pack is Back,” and Kenny Davidsen, celebrity piano bar host at Tuscany. Boosler was appearing at The Venetian.
THE PUNCH LINE
“A new report says the U.S. faces a severe shortage of doctors. In fact, things got so bad that yesterday a triple bypass was performed by Dr. Dre.” — Conan O’Brien
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