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The matriarch of the Jackson family attended the “Legends in Concert” show on Friday night at Harrah’s Las Vegas, prompting speculation that she might be taking part in a talent search for a family venture.
“Legends” has long featured the top Jackson tribute artistes.

Could the Jackson family and Cirque du Soleil be considering the addition of an MJ impersonator to bolster the lineup of “The Immortal” World Tour? The show returns to the road after its three-week run at Mandalay Bay ends today.

Asked whether that scenario might be in the works, Maxime Charbonneau, publicist for “The Immortal,” said Katharine Jackson’s presence at “Legends in Concert” was “nothing related to ‘The Immortal’?” and she declined to comment on Jackson’s personal activities.

Cirque’s resident version of “The Immortal” is scheduled to open at Mandalay Bay in early 2013.
Cirque has steadfastly resisted having impersonators in lead roles in The Beatles’ show “Love,” which opened in 2006 at The Mirage, and “Viva Elvis,” which is closing soon at Aria at CityCenter after less than two years.

Meanwhile Angelina Jolie’s infamous dark side surfaced during Brad Pitt’s 48th birthday weekend in Las Vegas.
Jolie, who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1999 for her role as a sociopath in Girl, Interrupted, showed up at Bonanza Gifts store last Sunday with several of the couple’s children.

Her purchases suggested Pitt was in for a non-traditional birthday party. She bought key chains with free-dried rattlesnake heads, one with a rattlesnake rattler and one with Polly the Insulting Parrot.
And if Pitt wanted to celebrate with a couple of adult beverages, she also bought a 100-ounce plastic drinking cup.
Her eccentric persona is well documented. After she married actor Billy Bob Thornton in Las Vegas on May 5, 2000, they wore a vial of each other’s blood around their necks.—IOL.