What is the reason for why Joaquin Phoenix is making news with rap career?”
DOUG ELFMAN: Diddy Casino? Maybe someday Celebrities like to do business in Vegas. Floyd Mayweather Jr. has thought about opening a strip club here. Eva Longoria Parker becomes the latest famous restaurateur when her CityCenter eatery opens. But Sean “Diddy” Combs is thinking bigger. I asked him if he’d like to start any businesses in Vegas. “I would love to own a casino one day,” but it’ll have to wait, he told me Saturday over burger sliders at club Risqué (Paris Las Vegas). At the moment, he says, “I don’t want to get my plate too full.” Also on his plate lately: He’s lent guidance for Joaquin Phoenix’s debut rap album. “Yeah, I helped him out” with one song. “I gave him advice on the whole album. It’s good.” He didn’t elaborate on the goodness. Off his plate lately: politics. “I was so politicked out,” says Diddy, an outspoken Barack Obama fan who famously led MTV’s “Vote or Die” campaign. But since we’re talking politics: “I want our troops to come home. It’s time for us to start
