Crazy for Lee Liberace

Nikki Cox News - Liberace

From Las Vegas Review: Jay Mohr is no closet Liberace fan. He's an out-and-out unabashed fan of the fur-draped, bejeweled Las Vegas icon whose rhinestone-covered piano went to the Smithsonian museum. Mohr recently told talk-show host Jay Leno that he went on a shopping spree at the Liberace Museum over a year ago. His purchases included 14 Liberace mugs, a calendar, a Liberace snow globe, a backpack and the cookbook "Joy of Liberace -- Retro Recipes from America's Kitschiest Kitchen!" When Mohr returned recently to perform at the Orleans, R. Darin Hollingsworth, president of the Liberace Foundation for the Performing & Creative Arts, was invited backstage to make a presentation to Mohr and his wife, Nikki Cox, formerly of NBC's "Las Vegas." Hollingsworth's gifts included "Liberace: Your Personal Fashion Consultant" by Michael & Karan Feder, a Liberace "Hot Pants" beach towel and a gift certificate for the museum's Liberace sneakers that features piano keys. "They squealed when they saw all of it," Hollingsworth said.