According to Norm Clarke of the Review-Journal, Michael Jackson and his children have been living in a suite at the Palms for weeks. Clarke writes: "Sources tell me over the holidays that Jackson's handlers were making overtures for a six-figure deal to have Jackson host a New Year's Eve countdown party. But, again, he got no takers." Big surprise. As I noted before on the Buffet when there was talk of a Jackson production show on the Strip: In very specific instances, even celebrity-worshiping Vegas draws lines. Not that the lines make a lot of sense. For example, the same Palms where Jackson is allegedly staying with no problems has requested that O.J. Simpson no longer stay there after he departed his suite for a now infamous excursion to Palace Station last visit. Speaking of Simpson, his latest bail hearing is set for this morning in a Vegas courthouse.

Despite showing no enthusiasm or interest in O.J. Simpson and Michael Jackson, Las Vegas seems unable to shake either. It does sort of feel like karma, though, to have them both wash up in this desert.