After Celine: Bette is next

Hats off to local journalist Steve Friess (whose blog I discovered and recommended on the Buffet the other day). As anyone covering Las Vegas entertainment knows (or thinks we know), tomorrow was set to be the big, big announcement that Bette Middler will be replacing Celine Dion (whose contract is expiring) next year as Caesars' headliner. But today Steve Friess has taken a lot of the bang out of that announcement by already confirming Middler's upcoming Vegas residency. The details are now on his blog.