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Sep. 19, 2007
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NORM: Manilow cancels 'The View' visit

NORM CLARKE
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Hilton Las Vegas headliner Barry Manilow canceled out of Tuesday's scheduled appearance on ABC's "The View," saying he considered co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck "dangerous and offensive."

He sent an e-mail to his fans on Monday informing them, "I will not be on the same stage as her. ... I cannot compromise my beliefs."

In a statement, Manilow said, "I had made a request that I be interviewed by co-hosts Joy (Behar), Barbara (Walters) or Whoopi (Goldberg), but not Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Unfortunately, the show was not willing to accommodate this simple request, so I bowed out."

Manilow, who returns to the Hilton on Sept. 25, was scheduled to promote his new cover album, "The Greatest Songs of the Seventies."

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    • Rosie O'Donnell, Manilow's pal, quit "The View" in May after heated political exchanges with Hasselbeck.

    SCENE AND HEARD

    O.J. Simpson's posse for the alleged armed robbery included two strangers who offered their muscle during a chance meeting at a Palms bar, according to The National Enquirer. While Simpson loudly raged about getting even with someone, he was approached by two men who introduced themselves as "Goldie and Spence" at what is believed to be the center bar in the Palms casino. Two hours later, Simpson conducted what he told police was a "sting" operation to retrieve memorabilia from a room at Palace Station. ...

    OPM nightclub's four-year run at the Forum Shops at Caesars ends Sept. 24 for a $5 million remodeling and name change to Love & Money. The new design by Chemical Spaces will feature ceiling to floor black curtains, black chandeliers and oil paintings depicting Dante's Inferno-like scenes. Cocktail waitresses will be dressed as French maids. It reopens Oct. 5. ...

    Speaking of nightclubs, we hear Miami Ink, the Miami Beach tattoo shop featured in a reality show on The Learning Channel, is going into the Tangerine nightclub space at Treasure Island. ...

    Sylvester Stallone will be on the red carpet for the premiere of "Resident Evil: Extinction" at Planet Hollywood Resort. He's among the commitments. ...

    Local Neil Diamond impersonator Jay White was in Hollywood last week for singing and speaking parts during scenes being shot for the Ron Howard-directed "Frost/Nixon" film. The screenplay is based on a series of televised interviews that British TV personality David Frost had with former President Nixon in 1977. ...

    Competition kicks off at 7 p.m. tonight for the Third Annual image Model Search on the second floor mezzanine level at Planet Hollywood Resort. Illusionist Hans Klok, the headliner of "The Beauty of Magic," will be making a special appearance.

    SIGHTINGS

    Mayor Oscar Goodman, telling a luncheon group Tuesday he didn't know who was "most disliked in this town, O.J. (Simpson) or Erin Kenny," the disgraced former Clark County commissioner. Goodman addressed the Administrators of Records Management Association (ARMA) at the Springs Preserve. ... Singer-songwriter Ne-Yo and the crew of "Little Legends: Little People, Big Show," including Mini Britney, Mini Kid Rock and Mini Tommy Lee, partied at Jet Nightclub (Mirage) on Monday. ... Author Jackie Collins, with a group of contest winners at lunch at Spago (Forum Shops at Caesars). They were celebrating her 25th book, "Drop Dead Beautiful."

    THE PUNCH LINE

    "They say that O.J. was involved in a robbery at a Las Vegas casino. There are a lot of different versions of what happened. Luckily, Patriots coach Bill Belichick was there and videotaped the whole thing." -- Jay Leno

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



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    wow wrote on September 27, 2007 07:49 AM:
    Typical liberal reaction (manilow) -- They are afraid for the light of day to shine on their beliefs.

    If they cannot have a controlled venue they take their toys and flutter away.


    oldlawdawg wrote on September 19, 2007 04:02 PM: GOOD GOD, FOLKS -- HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MINDS? You are talking about Barry Manilow for heaven's sake, not an opinion maker or even somebody who has ever had an opinion that mattered -- so why all of this hair-pulling and nashing of teeth, for godssake?


    greg wrote on September 19, 2007 03:10 PM: Barry! Barrry! Just like Bonds, Manilow is a jerk. What a wimp to be scared of poor little Hasselbeck. Be a man. Oh sorry,you sing light weight songs. But I'm not surprised at the liberal point of view. They don't want anyone else to have opinion that doesn't agree with theirs. I think it is time for Barry to leave the building.


    Mari wrote on September 19, 2007 11:53 AM: Standing up for one's principles means that you will not discuss your beliefs with anyone who disagrees with you? What principle is this, exactly? It only shows that he is not secure in himself if he can't be in the same place with a person who has a different opinion than him. Or is it just that no one is allowed to have a different opinion than him or rosie or Whoopi? Hmmm. That looks to be the answer there.


    JOHN wrote on September 19, 2007 10:33 AM: Way to go Barry, don't pander to the radical right wing Fox news types.


    Dave wrote on September 19, 2007 08:16 AM: Come on Mr. Manilow, I've heard "The View" is very pro-gay, you have nothing to worry about.


    Dennis wrote on September 19, 2007 07:51 AM: Thank you Barry for standing-up for your principals, others could learn from your committment.


    Rose Mary wrote on September 19, 2007 07:14 AM: I too will not be purchasing any more of Barry's cd's or items. I really was looking forward in buy the new cd, but now I'm not. I think all this is ridicoulis. He has been on The View with Elisabeth before. Come on people just because you don't like a person doesn't mean that you snub them. What ever happened to "LOVE ONE ANOTHER"


    Mary J. Hilt-Barber wrote on September 19, 2007 06:38 AM: Barry M. cancelling out on The View. Good for you Barry! I do not care for Elizabeth H. and her comments.


    Sharon Shears wrote on September 19, 2007 05:03 AM: OH BARRY I AM REALLY DISSAPOINTED IN YOU. I HAVE ALWAYS HELD YOU AS ONE OF THE FEW ENTERTAINERS AS HONEST AND AN UPSTANDING MORAL PERSON. HOWEVER, TAKING ROSIE O'DONNELLS PART IN THIS AGAINST ELIZABETH IS MORE THAN I CAN TAKE. WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM ROSIE HAS A BIG MOUTH AND DOES NOT KNOW WHEN TO SHUT IT. I USED TO LIKE HER TOO BUT SINCE SHE "CAME OUT OF THE CLOSET," SHE HAS BEEN A PAIN IN THE NECK FOR MOST PEOPLE. IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU DID THIS OTHER THAN BEING HER FRIEND????


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