Ashton Kutcher’s private plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Las Vegas Thursday, reports Perez Hilton. Shortly after a 1 p.m. takeoff, the aircraft began having engine trouble and returned to the ground about six minutes later.
“My plane just had to do an emergency landing,” Kutcher wrote on Twitter. “Engine over heated. Fire trucks everywhere. Good times.”
His wife, Demi, who was also aboard the plane, wrote on her Twitter: “Yep it is always an adventure in Vegas emergency landing all!”
After confirming he was “happy to be alive,” Kutcher invited his Twitter followers to a party at New York’s Turtle Bay Bar to promote his new movie Spread, which hits theatres August 14.
Perez Hilton reports a special Michael Jackson benefit concert will be held at the Palms Casino and Hotel to remember the star. The concert will be a tribute to the King of Pop, featuring “cast members on current shows on the Strip to the big guys, along with some bands.”
There are also rumours that Michael’s brother and former band-mate, Jermaine Jackson, is planning to meet with executives at the Wynn Las Vegas to discuss a possible show featuring the remaining members of the Jackson Five.
TOM SELLECK is in negotiations to return to TV as JAMES CAAN’s replacement in hit drama LAS VEGAS.
The former Magnum, P.I. star is in talks to play a casino owner on the show.
His character is designed to fill the void left by the departure of Caan, who recently announced he wouldn’t be returning for a new season of the show earlier this year.
Josh Duhamel and model/actress Molly Sims are expected to return for the fifth season of the show.
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Lara Flynn Boyle is the new owner of a Las Vegas hotel … sort of.
The actress didn’t actually buy anything; her character did. And it’s not even a real hotel; it’s the Montecito, the fictional resort and casino from the hit NBC show Las Vegas.
Flynn Boyle will join the cast- which includes James Caan, Nikki Cox, and Josh Duhamel- next season.
During last season’s finale, a new owner purchased the Montecito and blew it up, but the owner was never shown (and as it turns out, guessing who it was wouldn’t have been a good idea for Las Vegas fans). How they will build a brand new casino and hotel over the summer can be attributed to the magic of television.
Flynn Boyle previously starred in The Practice and appeared in Men in Black II and Wayne’s World.
The final four singers vying to become the Canadian Idol were flown to Las Vegas over the weekend to meet Celine Dion.
The relaxed Dion was candid with the finalists, who asked questions, and posed for pictures with the diva, following her performance of her sold-out Vegas production, “A New Day.”
“Be kind. Be generous. Be smart. Work hard, but have fun. The best is yet to come,” she told them.
Gary Beals, Audrey de Montigny, Billy Klippert, and Ryan Malcolm, also went on a backstage tour.
The segment with Dion will air on CTV’s Canadian Idol on Monday.
