I wonder if she will take it?Madonna has been offered $1 billion for a five-year Las Vegas residency, according to reports.
The Hung Up singer could follow the footsteps of acts such as Celine Dion and Cher who relocated to the gambling capital of America to performing nightly shows at Caesars Palace. Celine’s five-year residency drew nearly three million people to 717 performances, but it’s thought Madge would surpass that.
If the deal goes ahead, Madonna would become the third highest paid female entertainer in the world, behind Oprah Winfrey and American homemaking entrepreneur Martha Stewart.
Via Karen Ocamb's LGBTPOV, here's an audio clip of GetEQUAL's Robin McGehee and Las Vegas Stonewall Democrats chairman Derek Washington sparring over the effectiveness and purpose of GetEQUAL's blockage of the Las Vegas strip during Netroots Nation. This was recorded during Washington's local radio show and things get rolling at the 9:00 mark.
sourceRasheen Everett, 29, was arrested in Las Vegas Friday and was returned to New York City Wednesday. He was awaiting arraignment in Queens Criminal Court. There was no phone listing at his Manhattan address provided by police and it wasn't clear if he had an attorney.
Investigators believe he met Edelbuerto Gonzalez-Andujar, who went by the name Amanda, in a chat room shortly before the slaying. She was transgender, though police do not believe it was a factor in her death, but rather was a possible dispute over money.
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said witnesses heard loud bangs and screams several minutes after he arrived at her apartment at about 8:50 a.m. March 27. He left 17 hours later, prosecutors said, with two stuffed bags that included her cell phone.
Gonzalez-Andujar's body was found three days later, face-down, covered in bleach, in her Queens apartment that had been ransacked. A concerned relative got the building superintendent to open up the apartment, after not hearing from 29-year-old Gonzalez-Andujar for three days.
