Photographer Sarah Gerke captured this Vegas moment for the Buffet. Celine Dion's final night in Vegas on Saturday was as over-the-top as any of her high notes. It included a 45-minute late start (unheard of in Vegas), a maudlin and self-congratulatory introductory video, 11 standing ovations,  10 minutes of Celine Dion rambling to the audience about the various nuances and shades of meaning the night held for her  ("It is amazing what believing and love can do. Most of us have left our families every night to give ourselves every night. I can assure you it was worth it." Yeah, we all go to work. etc.) and ended with 100,000 rose petals falling on the stage. Each performance Dion gave a rose to an audience member. On this night her son gave the rose back to her.

Dion's show grossed more than $400 million and was a regular sellout in the literal (as opposed to the more shady Vegas) meaning of the word. "As a business model we could have kept this going for years," a wistful CEO for the promoter said. Embracing her son (I am not going to pick on a child's hair),  Dion went out as perhaps the most successful headliner in Vegas history.

(Photo by Sarah Gerke)