Elton John's Vegas show headed for TV

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Elton John's

            Vegas show headed for TV
 Outtraveler Staff
          
          Nov 16, 2005
          
        
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       Elton John brings
            his Las Vegas show to television with his first NBC
            special, Elton John: The Red Piano, on December
            14. The special will feature John's show from Caesars
            Palace,       incorporating his performance with videos from
            director David LaChapelle,       including two that feature
            Justin Timberlake as a young Elton John and       Pamela
            Anderson performing a pole dance, NBC announced Monday. Last
            December the rock legend was honored in a star-studded
            tribute at the       Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. (AP)     

        
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