Las Vegas Weekly

August 12, 2010 · 5:26 PM

Strip Scribbles: Brad Garrett scraps his plans for AM/FM radio show

By Robin Leach

Brad Garrett and Montel Williams at Ante Up for Africa at The Rio on July 2, 2010.

Photo: Erik Kabik/Retna/www.erikkabikphoto.com

In an email announcement to friends, including yours truly, comedian Brad Garrett has canceled his plans for the Monday Night Live Radio Show from his new Tropicana Comedy Club. “The club has turned into something much more complicated than originally anticipated, so the broadcast will not be happening as previously announced. My apologies for the false start,” Brad said in the email.

The Monday night shows will remain the same, and the Tuesday Locals Night hosted by Spence from KLUC is kicking off next Tuesday as planned and will continue every week. The Everybody Loves Raymond star had planned a two-hour show after the club’s regular comedy showcase with two comedy interviews, a Strip entertainer and a local, non-showbiz personality. The broadcast were planned for KNXT 840 AM and 100.5 Jack FM.

*Tickets are still available for Fabulous, an LGBT party weekend kicking off today that includes Happy Hours, all-access lounges, meet-and-greets and pool parties. Highlights include Logo Lounge at Eye Candy in Mandalay Bay, Fabulous Happy Hour at all host properties, a meet-and-greet with out, proud and Top Chef Masters cheftestant Susan Feniger at her Border Grill, a Cirque du Soleil cast after-party at Rok Vegas in New York-New York and parties at Heaven at Bare Pool Lounge (featuring singer Mya) and Closet Sundays at The Beatles Revolution Lounge, both in The Mirage, and Temptation Sundays at the Luxor. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to MyFabulousLasVegas.com.

*Sports photographer Mary Ann Boxer couldn’t ask for a better last name! The Henderson resident has been photographing sports stars for many years with a particular focus on the fight scene. She recently published Extraordinary Women in the Ring, and fans and fighters -- including Oscar de la Hoya, Bernard Hopkins and “Sugar” Shane Moseley” -- have been celebrating its release and boosting its sales.

*Fashion Show and The Shoppes at The Palazzo have been designated as official Las Vegas participants in Fashion’s Night Out, a collaboration among Vogue, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, NYC & Company and the City of New York. Fashion’s Night Out objectives include celebrating fashion, restoring consumer confidence, boosting the fashion industry economy and putting the fun back in shopping. The full listing of events from Sept. 8-12 can be found on Fashion Show and The Shoppes’ Web sites.

*To mark the doubling of size of the new Cartier store at Caesars Palace’s Forum Shops, 100 priceless and magnificent jewels and timepieces known as The Carter Precious Jewelry & Timepiece Collection will be on display there through Aug. 30. Also check out new designs in the Trinity and Love collections.

*Incidentally, an only-in-Las-Vegas note while shopping at Forum Shops: Stop by Kids Kastle. It’s the only place I know of on Earth where you can buy toddler- and kid-sized versions of Elvis Presley’s white sequined jumpsuit with a pair of gold sunglasses. It’s exactly what The King wore in his 1970s shows at The International, now the Las Vegas Hilton. The teeny tiny outfit is $98.

STAR SURVEILLANCE

Supermodel Giselle Bundchen partied with eight friends at LAX in the Luxor last night, staying late into the night and enjoying Grey Goose cocktails. They started in the lofts and then moved down to the main stage. … Comedian Russell Peters was in the audience for George Wallace’s I Be Thinkin’ last night at the Flamingo and then joined him onstage for part of the performance.

TONIGHT’S TIPS

R&B artist and Jamaican dancehall reggae star Shaggy performs poolside at the Palms in the Cruzan Campfire Concert Series. His first big hit, “Boombastic,” in the mid 1990s sold more than 1 million copies. … Cort McCown and Paul Hughes host Patrice O’Neal at The Playboy Comedy Club in the Palms through Saturday. … Pinup model Sabina Kelly hosts Theater of Ink at Crown Nightclub in The Rio featuring rockabilly favorites Will and the High Rollers and The Delta Bombers. The Miss Ink contest features tattooed bombshells vying for the top prize. … And comedian Charlie Murphy, the brother of Eddie Murphy, performs an 18-and-over standup show at House of Blues in Mandalay Bay.

TOMORROW’S TEASES

What can be said about Lady Gaga that hasn’t already been said? Well, Editor Don Chareunsy reports on her arrival on The Strip. Plus, our continuing coverage of the 2010 Miss Universe Pageant contestants and the ROYAL ROBIN RUNDOWN of all the stars at play this busy weekend.

Vegas DeLuxe Editor Don Chareunsy contributed to this report.

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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