Wynn Elbows Picasso's Mistress
October 17, 2006 | 11:00
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In some hideously perfect metaphor for the show "Le Reve" at Wynn Las Vegas, Steve Wynn accidentally punched his elbow through the Picasso painting of the same name that inspired the show.
Damaging a painting that a moment earlier had been worth $139 million, may still wind up being a cheaper error for Wynn than the show "Le Reve."
(Photo: Beatrice de Géa / LAT)
What a dumbass...
Posted by: LadyPhoenix | October 17, 2006 at 11:22 AM
I link to Nora Ephron's account. She was there when it happened. Read it and like me you will probably feel badly for Steve Wynn on this one. Yrs., Richard
Posted by: Richard Abowitz | October 17, 2006 at 11:50 AM
If I owned ANYTHING worth 139 Million I would spend a few extra dollars to protect it...Take a look at the MONA LISA at the Louvre.
Posted by: David Sonne | October 17, 2006 at 03:12 PM
These folks have WAY too much money. Nora Ephron included.
Posted by: Slothrop | October 17, 2006 at 03:16 PM
All Picasso paintings are total garbage--they are all worthless--his paintings are not even good enough to be at a flea market
Posted by: Peter Hamilton | October 17, 2006 at 04:45 PM
I'm gonna invite doddering old Barbara Walters and airhead Nora Ephron to my next "Accident".
Steve's wanted out of this deal for months. Everybody knew that, except for Walters and Ephron, who apparently got punk'd by a blind Steve Wynn.
Oh sure, didn't you know, wealthy blind men everywhere are destroying their priceless works of art....in front of witnesses Ephron and Walters.
Happens all the time.
Puh-lease.
Posted by: Maxine Weiss | October 17, 2006 at 09:35 PM
Isn't this a crime of some sort??
Posted by: teenybubbles | October 18, 2006 at 09:12 AM
This is one of the most obvious promotional stunts - they used to pay big money to people called publicity agents to get this kind of 'pub' - of all time, and Nora Ephron should be embarassed for her part in this cheap stunt.
Posted by: Brian Tyrrell | October 18, 2006 at 12:11 PM
That's OK. Picasso can paint another one for him......right?
Posted by: Steve Craven | October 18, 2006 at 12:56 PM
My dear Richard, I have great difficulty in feeling "badly" for any rich man (or woman). But I did read Nora Ephron's description.
Posted by: LadyPhoenix | October 18, 2006 at 02:32 PM
Hi Lady Phoenix. I guess I was really thinking about his eye disease and not his money. We all have stuff to deal with and obviously it is better to be rich than poor facing it. But to be an art lover like Wynn and to be losing your vision, not to mention, as a result of the disease (and, I am not going with the publicity stunt theory here) puncturing a Picasso.... Yes, it is much harder to feel badly for Steve Wynn than most people. And, not just because he is rich. Steve Wynn has certainly done plenty to make himself very unsympathetic in a lot of ways. But I would say, and people more expert can feel free to disagree, Steve Wynn is one of the primary reasons the resorts in this city are almost all union properties still and as a result many jobs that are minimum wage jobs elsewhere offer a real living salary and benefits in Las Vegas. It is hard to imagine how many people in Las Vegas now would have had to find another way to raise a family and buy a home if Steve Wynn had not shown up one day to take over the Golden Nugget and begin his transformation of Las Vegas. Yrs., Richard
Posted by: Richard Abowitz | October 18, 2006 at 02:54 PM
I read Nora Ephron's blog in an attempt to find out what happened to the Picasso. I have never had to wade through so many plugs IN MY LIFE to find the story. I guess if you're a "B" list celeb you have to plug a lot of people to get a free lunch in Vegas... or a free buffet in the case of Ms. Ephron. The name "Wynn" was used a minimum of 7 times in the first paragraph alone. I never thought much of Nora Ephron as a writer. After viewing her blog, I realize calling her a hack would be giving her far too much credit.
That said, I can only imagine the sick feeling that came from Steve Wynn accidentally running his elbow through the Picasso. The only thing that could make one feel sicker would be reading Ephron's account of it.
Posted by: signeddc | October 18, 2006 at 05:38 PM
Maybe he wanted Schumacher to win the F1 title instead of Alonso.
Posted by: donuts | October 18, 2006 at 09:05 PM
Apparently, What happens in Vegas, doesn't stay in Vegas.
Posted by: Amanda | October 19, 2006 at 10:54 AM
thats to bad just to bad
Posted by: bonnie cloer | October 19, 2006 at 11:41 AM