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**** BING PRESENTS THE FOURTH ANNUAL SHAWN “JAY-Z” CARTER AND LEBRON JAMES TWO KINGS DINNER **** Jay Z. With LeBron James Courtney Mazza With Mario Lopez Two Kings – Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter, “King of Entertainment” and LeBron James, “King of Sports” – took over W Hotel in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, February 13th to co-host a private “power dinner” that consisted of a veritable who’s who in the entertainment and sports industries, including many of the CEOs and CMOs from Fortune 500 companies who will be in town for the NBA All-Star Weekend. Guests enjoyed a dinner menu prepared by renowned chef Tom Colicchio at Craft Dallas and Dallas Cowboys Owner & GM Jerry Jones will speak. Steuben Glass, the world’s finest maker of pure crystal, created an exclusive limited edition crystal ticket for dinner guests. Following the exclusive dinner, guests were joined by 500 stars and athletes at the Two Kings After Party at Ghost Bar at the W with music by Mick Boogie and Clark Kent.

Lindsay Lohan Licking Lindsay Lohan is igniting more gossip that she’s signed on to appear in a new topless Las Vegas Nevada stage show. The former actress reportedly flew to Sin City capital on Saturday to attend the grand opening of sexy striptease production Peepshow and meet with its creator, Broadway director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell. Spice Girl Melanie Brown kicked off her stint in the show last week, which features celebrities in rotating leading roles. According to Fox News, Lohan is in talks with Mitchell to take over from actress Kelly Monaco when the star leaves the show to return to the soap opera General Hospital.

Amy Winehouse's record label has sent her an official to her Caribbean vacation resort in an attempt to straighten out her hedonistic lifestyle. The bosses at Universal Records flew commercial director Brian Rose to the island paradise Saint Lucia for talks, after the 25-year-old star was snapped drinking heavily and begging for beer from fellow hotel guests. And witnesses have told the British newspaper The Sun that the star has been spending as much as $10,870 on food and drink for strangers. A label source told the tabloid, "Brian has been told to drive some common sense into Amy and find out what the hell is going on."There don’t seem to be any solid plans for new music. But Universal is a business and it needs to know what is happening to one of its biggest talents." Universal confirms Rose is meeting Winehouse to discuss future projects.

Hollywood star Samuel L. Jackson was called up at very short notice to speak at a Washington, D.C. concert celebrating Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration. The actor had to travel to the capital without anywhere to stay. Jackson took to the stage at a celebrity packed bash on Sunday night and delivered a moving speech to the thousands who have invaded Washington to welcome President-elect Obama to the White House. And he reveals he was only told about the gig on Friday and had to jet in from Los Angeles California, without even a hotel room to stay in. Jackson tells the New York Post , "This only came about on Friday. I suddenly got a phone call. Maybe they were waiting for various people to show up who didn’t. "I’m still on a waiting list for a room." Photo By: Walter McBride/Retna