Strip Scribbles: Benefit raises $20,000 to assist Bill Fayne

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Bill Fayne, center, is flanked by friends at the Suncoast on March 6, 2010.

By Robin Leach (contact)

Monday, March 8, 2010 | 5:28 p.m.

Bill Fayne

The Las Vegas Tenors, shown before Bill Fayne's surgery (from left): Bobby Black, Fayne and Teddy Davey.

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American Idol Season 6 runner-up Blake Lewis shaves the head of CBS Radio's Cat Thomas on March 6, 2010.

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Leighton Meester @Haze

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Nevada Ballet Theater honored Marie Osmond as its Woman of the Year in the Champagne Ballroom of the Paris on Jan. 23, 2010.

It was an all-star turnout for the Saturday fundraiser to help Las Vegas Tenors singer and musical conductor Bill Fayne, who faces monumental medical bills now that he’s recovering from major throat and stomach surgery. “The great news now is that he is on a course to full recovery,” said Clint Holmes, co-host of the show with wife Kelly Clinton Holmes.

I kicked off the festivities with a champagne toast, and among those taking the stage were Monte Carlo magician Lance Burton, The Mirage headliner Terry Fator, Excalibur comedian Louie Anderson, Frankie Scinta, Sandy Hackett and his Rat Pack Show from the Sahara, the Menopause: the Musical ladies at the Luxor, Tina Walsh of Phantom -- the Las Vegas Spectacular at The Venetian and Rick Faugno of Jersey Boys at the Palazzo.

Other entertainers included Domenick Allen, Leigh Zimmerman, Lena Prima, Las Vegas Tenors and Vincent Falcone. Check out my Twitter page for the video and photos I posted from the Suncoast. More than $20,000 was raised, and as of today, more donations were being received. The only hiccup was Louie Anderson winding up at South Point instead of Suncoast, so veteran Pete Barbutti filled in until he arrived. The group sang “That’s What Friends Are For” as the finale. Our Senior Editor John Katsilometes also wrote about the benefit.

*That same day, I emceed part of the St. Baldrick’s hair-shaving event to combat child cancer. Three Irish pubs -- McMullan’s, Fado and Nine Fine Irishmen -- hosted shavers and participants to raise a record $300,000-plus. This Twitter video I posted shows me persuading one bearded good guy to lose 11 years of facial growth for $2,500. Palms chefs Barry Dakake and Geno Bernardo, bartender Johnny O’Donnell and N9NE Group execs all volunteered, too. Every 15 minutes from 2 p.m. to 3 a.m., there were teams of six volunteers willing to go bald! “It was our most successful year to date,” publican Brian McMullan said.

*Porn star Joslyn James, who danced here in Las Vegas before her XXX-rated movie career, attended an Oscar party in Hollywood last night. She mingled with stars including Bo Derek, John Heard, Tom Sizemore and Gary Busey, plus 55 Playboy Playmates. Joslyn was linked with Tiger Woods in the recent sex scandals, and her lawyer Gloria Allred escorted her to the Night of 100 Stars gala at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

STAR SURVEILLANCE

*Actor Seth Green made it a mini-vacation weekend in Las Vegas with 16 friends, including fellow actor Breckin Meyer, to celebrate his recent engagement, his 36th birthday and his return to the hit Cartoon Network series Robot Chicken. His filming schedules had delayed every one of his plans since his birthday Feb. 8. Seth began his fun with a group dinner at Society Cafe in the Encore, and then headed over to Blush in the Wynn. He was presented with a surprise Robot Chicken birthday cake from Gimme Some Sugar Bakery, and it kept their party going until 2 a.m.

*Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester played host at Haze in MGM CityCenter’s Aria. Contributing photographer Scott Harrison was on red carpet duty when Leighton arrived with 25 guests, including two brothers and her mom, for her Good Girls Gone Bad party. She walked the carpet in a pale blue and white Herve Leger dress and Givenchy pumps, but changed into a sexier outfit for her performance, which celebrity photographer Denise Truscello captured inside the hotspot. Leighton sang Cobra Starship’s “Good Girls,” in which she’s a featured vocalist, but changed the lyrics several times, including to “Good Boys Gone Bad.” She stayed at Haze until past 3 a.m. and caught the first flight back to New York yesterday morning.

*Jackie Jackson of the Jackson 5 dined in the lounge at Lavo in the Palazzo, where Chase Daniel of the Super Bowl XLIV champion New Orleans Saints had dinner before hitting the upstairs nightclub. … Actress, model and poker aficionado Shannon Elizabeth hosted a party at Pure in Caesars Palace. Dressed in jeans and a black blouse, Shannon arrived with poker player Dennis Phillips and stayed with her party until pre-dawn.

TONIGHT’S TIPS

King of Crunk Lil Jon turns DJ for a set behind the wheels of steel at Jet in The Mirage. … At Prive in Planet Hollywood, it’ll pay for the sexy ladies to bring their sugar daddies with them. Whoever has the Sweetest Sugar Daddy with the phattest check wins 20 percent of his spending and a bottle of Dom Perignon. All other Daddy’s Girls get 10 percent off their checks. … Standup comedy veteran Ron Kenney headlines the Riviera’s comedy club with Larry Brown and John Hilder twice nightly through Sunday.

TOMORROW’S TEASES

Less than 24 hours after the funeral of her son, Marie Osmond says the show must go on, and she resumes performances with Donny Osmond. I’ll be there to observe her first night of healing from the sad and tragic suicide. Also at the Flamingo, they are Xciting, Xotic and Xhilarating, and photographer Tom Donoghue shot a beyond-Xcellent photo gallery of the X Burlesque girls as they celebrated their third anniversary. … We also had cameras at the bizarre freak show festivities that launched the new DJ Skribble run at MGM Grand’s Studio 54.

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