Newton hints at possible retirement next year

Newton hints at possible retirement next year

LAS VEGAS — Wayne Newton is telling fans “Danke schoen” after 50 years in Las Vegas and hinting that his latest run could be his last. But the singer synonymous with Sin City says he’s leaving himself an opening in case he wants to perform after April.

The man known throughout the world as “Mr. Las Vegas” says retirement is possible, but that decision won’t hinge on the success of his new show that opened Wednesday night at the Tropicana Las Vegas hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

Instead, he says, it depends on whether his itch to keep working conflicts with his desire to spend more time with his 7-year-old daughter.

“I’m enjoying my second daughter in a way that I didn’t get a chance to do the first time around,” Newton, 67, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “The decision that I make, whether or not to perform or retire, will pretty much be based on that.”

Newton brought his second-grader home Wednesday night before heading to the Tropicana for the opening night of his latest show, “Once Before I Go.”

Warhol self-portrait to be auctioned by Sotheby’s

NEW YORK — Sotheby’s is auctioning a self-portrait by Andy Warhol that was recently found after being forgotten in a closet in New York City for more than 40 years. The painting belongs to Cathy Naso. She was 17 years old when she got a part-time job as a receptionist at Warhol’s Factory. Two years later, in 1967, Warhol gave her a self-portrait inscribed to her.

The Brooklyn resident displayed the painting briefly and then stored it in a closet. It remained there until this year. It will be auctioned at a Nov. 11 sale of contemporary art. The auction house estimates it will sell for $1 million or more.

Today’s birthdays

Singer Grace Slick is 70. Singer Otis Williams of The Temptations is 68. Actor Henry Winkler is 64. Actor Harry Hamlin is 58. Singer-guitarist Gavin Rossdale (Bush, Institute) is 42. Country singer Kassidy Osborn of SHeDAISY is 33. Actor Matthew Morrison (“Glee”) is 31. Actor Tequan Richmond (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is 17.