Memo to soon-to-be Jupiter Island resident Celine Dion: This ain’t Vegas, baby!

Whatever happens in suburban Florida isn’t likely to stay there.

It may be an optical illusion. But it seems the Canadian songbird, 40, could have used a couple more inches of fabric on her Friday night when she showed off her devine legs, I mean voice, on the stage of the BankAtlantic Center near Fort Lauderdale.

(Photo by Storms Media Group)

Now, if you want to see what La Dion looks like off-duty, check out our photo of her shopping trip on the chi-chi Worth Avenue Thursday in Palm Beach by clicking on the link below.

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. . . County star Alan Jackson apparently didn’t get tired enough from his gig at the Kiss Country Chili Cookoff Sunday afternoon in Broward. A nightscape spywitness tells me Jackson, a resident of Jupiter Island, motored back north in a limo and hit the stage at the Square Grouper in Jupiter for an impromptu two-hour set. Jackson even invited surprised barflies to sing along on stage. That’s when he wasn’t buying rounds for everybody . . .

 . . . Cabaret singer Sylvia McNair will take advantage of her presence in Palm Beach for a slew of concerts at The Colony to sing for the participants of Saturday’s Komen Race for the Cure in West Palm Beach. I’m told the two-time Grammy winner is scheduled to perform at the post-race ceremony. McNair herself is a breast cancer survivor . . .  

Mark Foley at a Palm Beach gala

I hear that Palm Beach billionaire Wilbur Ross’ $7 million purchase of the Indiantown-based First Bank and Trust Co. two weeks ago was put together by none other than disgraced former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley.

Ka-ching!

Foley’s been dabbling in real estate since he resigned from his seat in 2006 when his blue e-mail to congressional pages surfaced.

Although the amount of Foley’s fee in the bank deal wasn’t available, Foley’s been telling friends that it more than makes up for his lack of steady income since his resignation.

Reached by telephone Thursday, Foley said he couldn’t comment.

Jessica Simpson Thursday in Charlottesville, Va.

Four days after her shocking appearance in South Florida, country singer Jessica Simpson squeezed into leather pants and addressed the wisecracks about her weight gain.

“Please remember, no matter what you go through in life, somebody else might have it harder,” she reportedly said during her Thursday night show in Charlottesville, Va. “I feel like in our world today, we focus on so many things that are completely pointless. Thank you for your support. Stay positive, and pray out loud!”

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Tanned and rested, Palm Beach rocker Rod Stewart performed one of only two U.S. dates on his world tour Wednesday at the Seminole Hard Rock Resort in Hollywood. The second date is Friday.

Looking like a million bucks in his white tux-jacket, the 64-year-old singer of Maggie May and Tonight’s The Night was kicking off his 2009 tour. It’ll take him to Singapore, Bangkok, Japan and Europe through the summer.

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Rod Stewart Wednesday night at Hard Rock Live