HART ADDRESS RUMORS

Motocross legend Carey Hart is upset over a tabloid report that his marriage to singer Pink is in trouble.

Hart, in an interview with Vegas Confidential on Tuesday, said the article in The Star is "just a bunch of trash talk. It's just a nasty rumor. Everything's fine."

Hart, who owns the Hart & Huntington tattoo parlor at the Palms, said he considering "going legal" over the story that suggested he was behaving like a single man in Las Vegas and Los Angeles clubs.

He said he's leaving for Europe next week to join Pink on her tour.

Hart and Pink, whose real name is Alecia Moore, met at the 2001 X Games and got married in January 2006.

THE SCENE AND HEARD

Ventriloquist Terry Fator, who won NBC's "America's Got Talent" Tuesday night and a $1 million prize, has been booked at the Las Vegas Hilton on Sunday, Oct. 14, in the main showroom.

See him at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnVDHzUAj30

Clint Holmes got a surprise Monday when Marie Rich, the widow of drum icon Buddy Rich, and Rich's daughter, Kathy, brought in a snare drum from Rich's collection. Holmes, who opens his new show "Clint Holmes -- Unplugged" at the Excalibur with a snare drum solo, said he "got chills" while performing on Rich's drum during his show Monday. The Riches saw Holmes' show last week and came back with the drum. Rich, arguably the greatest jazz drummer, died in 1987. The show runs until Aug. 30

Gossip columnist Janet Charlton is reporting Paris Hilton will play Antoinette Giancana, daughter of mobster Sam Giancana, in the upcoming cable TV movie based on Antoinette's book, "Mafia Princess." In the 1986 TV movie based on the book, Susan Lucci played Antoinette and Tony Curtis played her father ...

Ukraine Olympian Tamara Yerofeyeva, the 2001 world champion in rhythmic gymnastics, is the winner of the "Vegas' Got Talent" competition held by "V -- The Ultimate Variety Show." She will perform nightly at the 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. performances. She makes her debut Thursday on "Wake Up With the Wagners," KVBC-TV, Channel 3 ...

SIGHTINGS

At Tuesday's tip-off event for the FIBA Americas Championship opening ceremonies at the Palms Pool & Bungalows: LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, Amare Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Tayshaun Prince, Dwight Howard, coach Mike Kryzewski, Mayor Oscar Goodman and illusionist David Blaine ... Bette Midler, spotted having lunch this afternoon at Spago, inside The Forum Shops at Caesars. Dance auditions for her show, which opens in February, have been going on this week ... Leonardo DiCaprio, making a 5 a.m. appearance Sunday at the Palms' Sky Villa where cast members of MTV's "The Hills" were partying ... Magician Lance Burton, showing up at Holmes' show on Monday.

THE PUNCH LINE

"It's a good bet the wedding reception will have an open bar." -- From David Letterman's Top Ten Good Things About Marrying Into The Bush Family.

Norm Clarke can be reached at 383-0244 or norm@reviewjournal.com. Find additional sightings and more online at www.normclarke.com.