Las Vegas Weekly

October 20, 2009 · 9:24 AM

Photo Gallery: Fox visits Brain Center; Springer, AGT host benefit

By Robin Leach

Larry Ruvo, Vicente Fox Quesada and Marta Sahagun Fox at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.

Photo: Isaac Brekken/WireImage

It’s been a big week for the good folks at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. Founder Larry Ruvo played host to former Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada and his wife Marta Sahagun Fox on a private tour.

World-renowned architect Frank Gehry designed the center, which aims to prevent the disabling symptoms of chronic brain diseases and prolong healthy and vital aging in people at risk for dementia or cognitive disorders. El Presidente was impressed with the patient care and also the unique architectural designs.

Photo: Isaac Brekken/WireImage

Larry Ruvo with Vicente Fox Quesada.

Photo: Isaac Brekken/WireImage

Larry Ruvo, Vicente Fox Quesada and Marta Sahagun Fox at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.

Then TV personality Jerry Springer, with his cast from America’s Got Talent Live, hosted a benefit at the Planet Hollywood production. Planet Hollywood CEO Robert Earl generously turned over all the box office proceeds to the center. Hundreds of Las Vegas VIPs turned out to support the event and check out the talents of $1 million country singer winner Kevin Skinner and runner-up opera singer Barbara Padilla among the other AGT finalists.

Now the Strip House at Planet Hollywood has teamed up with Jerry and AGT for a special dinner-show package. For $55, a guest receives a ticket to the show and a dinner featuring some of Strip House’s signature menu items, including lobster bisque cappuccino, a 6-ounce filet mignon with black truffle creamed spinach and whipped potatoes, crispy organic chicken and sauteed Atlantic salmon with green beans, arugula and lemon-caper vinaigrette. Chocolate creme brulee and Strip House’s lemon-scented cheesecake are the irresistible dessert options. The meal is a pre-theater show package available from 5 to 6:30 p.m. AGT plays Wednesdays through Sundays through Dec. 13.

Incidentally, Jerry hosts a Dysfunctional Halloween party and spine-chilling costume contest just before midnight on Oct. 31 at Hawaiian Tropic Zone in Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile, which will be transformed into a haunted haven for the spooktacular soiree.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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