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Robin Antin, Entertainment Matchmaker
Original at Las Vegas Sun
• Fri, Jan 29
Pussycat Dolls creator Robin Antin choreographed Matt Goss' live show at the Palms before making the introduction between Goss and Caesars Palace, a deal that has resulted in the fulfillment of Goss' principle dream: to perform on the Las Vegas Strip at Caesars Palace. Antin continues t...
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON TO SPEAK AT THE COLOSSEUM AT CAESARS PALACE FEBRUARY 22
Original at MSNBC
• Fri, Jan 29
“EMBRACINGOURCOMMONHUMANITY” LAS VEGAS, NV (January 29, 2010) – President Bill Clinton, Founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, will speak at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Monday, February 22 at 7:30pm. President Clinton’s lecture...
Nevada Supreme Court ruling disrupts pipeline plans
Original at MSNBC
• Fri, Jan 29
Steve Crupi reportingThe Nevada Supreme Court made a stunning decision Thursday concerning our state’s most precious commodity: water. The court tossed our access rights to water that would have been piped to Las Vegas from up north. Pipeline protestors are not happy with our insatiab...
Tropicana Las Vegas hires new marketing chief
Original at MSNBC
• Thu, Jan 28
The Tropicana hotel on the Las Vegas Strip has a new marketing vice president. Tropicana Las Vegas President Thomas McCartney announced Wednesday that Cynthia Mun has been hired to head marketing of the property's $125 million restoration and rebranding.McCartney says the effort wil...
Fox News White House Reporter's Twitter Gaffe a Lesson in the Dangers of Copying and Pasting [Twitter Follies]
Original at Gawker
• Thu, Jan 28
By Maureen O'Connor Haven't seen bit.ly do that before, but sometimes (on a hike?) lightning strikes. Sometimes it strikes twice: Major recently used Twitter to break the news that Obama will visit Las Vegas in February to stump for Harry Reid. Lightning would strike thrice if Garrett goes to Vegas with Obama—...
Two arrested after high-speed police chase
Original at MSNBC
• Tue, Jan 26
Police say two people are in custody after a police pursuit through northwest Las Vegas ended at a casino parking garage.Las Vegas police Lt. Jeff Carlson says no injuries were reported after officers surrounded the multilevel parking at the Suncoast casino structure and made the arrest...
Area performance artist ends long-running piece
Original at Las Vegas Gleaner
• Sun, Jan 24
By Hugh Jackson Sad. There was always some tiny glimmer of, if not hope, at least curiosity about what a loose cannon like Goodman might have actually said on the gubernatorial campaign trail. No Republican or Democrat running for governor will tell the truth about Nevada taxes -- that Nevada businesses a...
Icahn Wins The Fontainebleau, Now What?
Original at Luxist
• Thu, Jan 21
By Deidre Woollard It has sat at the end of the Las Vegas strip, big, blue and unfinished for a while but perhaps the Fontainebleau Las Vegas Resort will finally be completed now that casino-loving billionaire investor Carl Icahn has made the winning bid for the bankrupt resort. Tourism in Las Vegas has been s...
Looking like a fool, with your pants on the ground.
Original at Oh No They Didn't!
• Thu, Jan 14
Violent video games have "a much bigger negative influence on kids" than pornography, a leading porn star Ron Jeremy has claimed. Mr Jeremy's comments were made at a session called the Great Porn Debate during the Consumer Electronics Show, CES, in Las Vegas.
Eva Longoria Parker in Vegas Magazine - January/February 2010
Original at Oh No They Didn't!
• Wed, Jan 13
Culinarily speaking, Longoria Parker's neighbors set the bar quite high—CityCenter is also home to world-renowned chefs such as Wolfgang Puck, Pierre Gagnaire, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Todd English (who is her partner in Beso Hollywood). "It's so great because CityCenter rea...
Opinion: 'American Idol’ Kris Allen set to headline live New Year’s Eve show on Fox
Original at Star-Telegram.com
• Tue, Dec 29
Allen, the reigning American Idol champ, is a headline performer of Billboard’s New Year’s Eve Live from Las Vegas. It begins at 11 p.m. Thursday (tape-delayed from the live East Coast telecast) on Fox. Why do you think American Idol proves to be so popular every season with viewers?
Utilities commission denies bid to review gas-rate decision - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Thu, Dec 17
Utilities commission denies bid to review gas-rate decision Las Vegas Review - Journal Lee issued an apology and resigned from the Las Vegas-based casino operator after the confrontation, which followed the councilman's support of a rezoning ... and more »
Commission poised to reject bid to review gas rate decision - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Wed, Dec 16
Commission poised to reject bid to review gas rate decision Las Vegas Review - Journal Pinnacle Entertainment has pushed up the opening of its River City casino in suburban St. Louis to early March. The casino and entertainment complex, ... and more »
NORM: Tiger scandal puts VIP hosts on spot - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Sun, Dec 13
NORM: Tiger scandal puts VIP hosts on spot Las Vegas Review - Journal Las Vegas VIP hosts have been caught in the eye of the Tiger storm and only time will tell how much damage has been done. Catering to casino VIPs' every ...
Opinion: In Las Vegas, one final echo of the boom years
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Fri, Dec 11
If we now expect every major hotel-casino in Las Vegas to have a theme, the one that applies here isn't difficult to make out, despite the architects' ... Vegas $8.5 Billion citycenter Has Classy Casino, Empty RoomsBloomberg CoStar Group -Casino City Times -Las Vegas Sun
Good luck with all that luxe - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Thu, Dec 10
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Good luck with all that luxe Las Vegas Review - Journal Retail revenue for MGM Mirage, which includes high-end retail at Bellagio, The Mirage and Mandalay Bay and midmarket shops at properties such as MGM Grand, ... and more »
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Fight veteran getting back into game - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Sun, Dec 6
Fight veteran getting back into game Las Vegas Review - Journal When Rich Rose worked at Caesars Palace, he participated in some of boxing's biggest fights on the Las Vegas Strip. ...
Opinion: Las Vegas starts opening lavish new CityCenter
Original at Seattle Times
• Sun, Dec 6
KLAS-TV The centerpiece Aria hotel-casino will open Dec. 16 with about 4000 rooms. CityCenter has been built by MGM Mirage and financially struggling Dubai World ... MGM Slowly Opening CityCenter, Casino Gambling Coming SoonCasino Gambling Web
Opinion: Ask Mr. Sun: Did you get laid off, too?
Original at Las Vegas Gleaner
• Wed, Dec 2
By Hugh Jackson The carnage continues in the newspaper industry, too, or what's left of it, as has been seen this week with the massacre at the Las Vegas Sun, or what's left of it. In a state where 175,000 people are officially... The carnage continues in the newspaper industry, too, or what's left of it, as has b...
Lady Gaga Finds a New Fan in Barry Manilow
Original at Oh No They Didn't!
• Tue, Dec 1
In 2004, Manilow served as a guest judge on TV singing contest "American Idol." And while some new singers who obtain stardom from TV shows have taken criticism that they put performance before music, Manilow said voters generally have chosen good winners and noted many also earn critica...
"Stripper-mobile" Proves Every Las Vegas Stereotype Correct [Distracted Driving]Original at Gawker
• Wed, Nov 11
By Adrian Chen Just read an article about a truck that drives around Las Vegas with a stripper dancing in it, and boy are my preconceived notions about that place tired (from being completely confirmed.) Whatever happens in Vegas, is ridiculous in Vegas. Viva Las Vegas!
NV gubernatorial candidate vows to start arms race with America
Original at Las Vegas Gleaner
• Tue, Nov 10
By Hugh Jackson For years, North Las Vegas Mayor Mike Montandon has shilled for the problem gambling industry, er, neighborhood casinos and also served as a reliable yes-man for the sprawl lobby. Naturally he thinks he should be governor. But it turns out... For years, North Las Vegas Mayor Mike Montandon ha...
Podcast: Top Chef's Bottom Line Effect
Original at The Strip
• Thu, Oct 29
Four years ago, a San Francisco chef took a gamble and opened up his San Francisco kitchen to the first challenge of a new Bravo TV show called “Top Chef.” At the time, Hubert Keller came across as tough and grouchy but the show was a hit and his Fleur de Lys in California became a place of intrigu...
Podcast: Hal Prince: The Las Vegas Spectacular!
Original at The Strip
• Thu, Sep 10
Welcome to a special interview edition of The Strip. The first-ever Phantom Fan Week is coming to Las Vegas in mid-September, so Steve decided it was time to check back in with legendary Broadway producer and director Hal Prince. That event marks the first time Prince has returned to Vegas s...
Podcast: Five Hundy by Midnight 217: Tiger-Based Magic
Original at Five Hundy By Midnight
• Sun, Jun 21
By Tim Las Vegas podcast #217 includes: Las Vegas gets the Dateline treatment, Treasure Island news, Monte Carlo brew pub and Club Fuego close, Sammy Hagar opens at least one bar in Las Vegas, Rick Thomas and Matt Goss get new Las Vegas shows and lots more Vegasy fun
Podcast: A Tony Winner And An Oscar
Original at The Strip
• Thu, Jun 18
This week, on the Strip: We spoke to her nearly two years ago and she was hinting at a comeback she didn’t want to jinx. And, in fact, Broadway legend – and Steve’s gayest obsession – Patti Lupone did have a trick up her sleeve: A few months later, she returned to the Great White Way in the title ro...
Opinion: A night at the Folies
Original at Joe in and around Las Vegas
• Thu, Mar 26
By JoeinVegas(noreply@blogger.com) Last Saturday evening we went to see one of the final performances of Folies Bergere at the Tropicana. It’s the oldest show in Vegas, in its 49th year, which they say is also the longest running show in the world. The web site says: “The timeless musical extravaganza embodies the very essence...
Opinion: Cirque weekend
Original at Joe in and around Las Vegas
• Tue, Feb 24
By JoeinVegas(noreply@blogger.com) This past weekend was Cirque weekend here in Vegas, at least for us. In order to generate local business a lot of casinos and restaurants run specials for people that live in Las Vegas, usually half off the second meal or a free dessert or something. Normally casinos offer things during the mo...
Opinion: The Vegas Casino Room Glut
Original at businessweek.com
• Wed, Dec 31
Still. a recent review of the Encore in the Los Angeles Times concludes: "That dry desert floor outside town is littered with the corpses of pundits who have proclaimed that Las Vegas is overbuilt. And there's probably a special section in that cemetery for people who underestimated Steve...
Podcast: Author George Fuller on "I Golf, Therefore I Am - Nuts," golf in Jamaica, affordable travel spots, and a tee-time deal in Vegas
Original at TravelGolf.com
• Mon, Nov 3
By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner Click here to hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. But what if you want to head out West? Walters Golf in Las Vegas is offering 30 percent off green fees if you prepay, says the company’s director of reservations. The offer includes
Opinion: In libertarian Vegas, ACLU keeps finding battles to fight
Original at Las Vegas Sun
• Mon, Sep 22
A look back on its accomplishments and growth since its launch in 1966 offers perspective on the evolution of the Las Vegas Valley. “Las Vegas is no different from anywhere else,” says Lichtenstein, the ACLU of Nevada’s general counsel since 1996.
Opinion: This time, history may not be kind
Original at Las Vegas Sun
• Thu, Sep 11
“Less is a bore,” proclaimed the little book about Las Vegas architecture. It’s time for a new look at Las Vegas. What Venturi and Scott Brown did, Schwarz says, was take a look at Las Vegas and ask, “What does the rest of the world have to learn from what’s happened in Las Vegas?”
Podcast: Ochoa/Hills Golf Design, Tucker on Rio Secco in Las Vegas, Frank Thomas' new putting studio near Orlando
Original at TravelGolf.com
• Mon, Aug 18
By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. Rio Secco Golf Club is a bruiser of a Las Vegas golf course, says TravelGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker. Former USGA Technical Director Frank Thomas of FranklyGolf.com talks about his new putting studio near Orlando.
Opinion: Cher Las Vegas Spectacular
Original at cherworld.com
• Sat, May 10
By webmaster Last week, Sanchez watched her star climb to the top of a prop piece only planned for dancers to scale; perhaps a Xanax-inducing moment for those underwriting the 61-year-old star’s next 197 shows at Caesars Palace.
Live Cher At Ceasars Palace Review
Original at cherworld.com
• Wed, May 7
By webmaster LAS VEGAS — Like the temples of the ancient Roman world that it simulates, the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas is an environment suited to extravagant immortals. The artists who’ve graced its huge stage have all achieved that status in which one name not only serves but also explai...
Podcast: The Iron Curtain Golf Trail, Dr. Fox on his "Beat the Bogey Man" series, part II of a conversation on golf fitness
Original at TravelGolf.com
• Mon, Apr 14
By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner This podcast is supported by Walters Golf in Las Vegas, Scottish Golf Holidays and San Diego Golf Central. Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. Golf is blossoming in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to TravelGolf.com’s Br...
TV News Briefs: X-Files, Millennium, Vegas, Scrubs, Men in Trees, The Shield and Friday Night Lights
Original at TV Series Finale
• Fri, Mar 28
Las Vegas — TV Guide has reported that there’s been a lot of activity regarding a proper wrap-up for the NBC series. Apparently NBC initially asked Vegas creator Gary Scott Thompson to whip up a quick ending for the last episode to hastily wrap up the series. When Thompson reportedly refused...
Las Vegas: NBC in Trouble Over Series Finale — Did This Cause the Show’s Cancellation?
Original at TV Series Finale
• Mon, Feb 25
In the opening moments of the first of two episodes, three young women gather together in the center of the Montecito casino floor and disrobe. They then begin to run around the casino, creating a distraction for some bad guys to start a robbery. As you might expect, this was filmed without sh...
Podcast: PowerBuilt's new FZ-1 golf clubs, Rio Secco shines in Las Vegas, reviewing the PGA Merchandise Show
Original at TravelGolf.com
• Tue, Jan 29
By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner This podcast is supported by St. Andrews Golf Tours, Premiere Golf and MyrtleBeachGolf.com. Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, Equipment Editor Kiel Christianson talks to host Dave Berner about PowerBuilt’s new FZ-1 line, which has Fuzzy Zoelle...
Podcast: Touring Las Vegas' top golf courses, visit LasVegasGolf.com for great deals, Buick Invitational host Torrey Pines, Chuck Evans on the PGA Merchandise Show
Original at TravelGolf.com
• Tue, Jan 22
By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner This podcast is supported by Arizona Golf Packages and Florida Golf and Travel. Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to golf writer Mike Bailey about his recent tour of some of Las Vegas’ best golf courses. “It was a course a day, a...
Podcast: PGA pro Chuck Evans' cold weather tips, Revere Golf Club near Las Vegas, Yahoo! Sports fantasy golf
Original at TravelGolf.com
• Mon, Jan 7
By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner This podcast is supported by Scotland Golf Tours and Golf Canada’s West. Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. Playing golf in bad weather can be a miserable experience. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to PGA instructor Chuck Evans about how to tackle nasty con...
Las Vegas - Episode 5.17 - 3 Babes, 100 Guns & A Fat Chick
Original at Spoiler TV
• Mon, Dec 17
By DarkUFO PACKING HEAT...AND POUNDS- "LAS VEGAS" CELEBRATES A SPECIAL 100th EPISODE-A fugitive on the run has been tracked to the Montecito and every bounty hunter and FBI agent around has come looking to make the capture. Danny (Josh Duhamel), Mike (James Lesure) and Cooper (Tom Selleck) can’t help...
Podcast: Dancin' Dogg golf simulator a great Christmas gift, Golden Ocala in Florida, the ClubGlider golf bag, Las Vegas' Badlands better than ever
Original at TravelGolf.com
• Mon, Dec 3
By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club is an excellent Florida golf course with a stunning clubhouse, says National Golf Editor Tim McDonald. The Badlands has always been known as a solid Las Vegas golf course. These days, it’s the best it’s ever been, says LasVegasGolf.com writer Kevin I...
Podcast: Rio Secco's beautiful "T-Mates," Reynolds Plantation in Georgia and "slicing" golf ballsOriginal at TravelGolf.com
• Tue, Nov 20
By TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner This podcast is supported by Walters Golf in Las Vegas and Scottish Golf Holidays Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. Perhaps only in Las Vegas would someone think of combining golf with beautiful women. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Mark Blais, direct...
Fanfiction: SPN story: To Live and Die in Las Vegas by Stormy Stormheller
Original at Supernaturalfic
• Thu, Nov 15
By supernaturalfic@gmail.com Title: To Live and Die in Las Vegas Rating: R Pairing/Characters: Sam/Dean (also Sam/Dean/Crossroads Demon) Warning: There’s Wincest, and het sex that is actually demon sex and also threesome sex. Something for the whole family. None of it particularly graphic. Oh, and not a death story.
Las Vegas - Episode 5.11 - I Could Eat a Horse
Original at Spoiler TV
• Mon, Sep 10
By DarkUFO Sam takes care of couple Sherry and Rodney. Sherry used to be slightly overweight like her husband but has lost many pounds since she decided she wanted to fit in her grandmother's wedding dress. When Sherry leaves Sam and Rodney alone, the latter admits to Sam that he doesn't think he can go t...
Saved By The Bell -- DVD Review
Original at TV Squad
• Wed, Aug 8
By Brett Love Filed under: TV on DVD, OpEdIt's always interesting going back to see something that you were once fond of again. Sometimes they hold up, and sometimes you are left shaking your head wondering what could have been in the air in 1982 that made you like this pile of crap. That's how I headed into t...
Tom Selleck joining Las Vegas
Original at TV Squad
• Wed, Apr 11
By Bob Sassone Tom Selleck is joining the cast of the NBC drama Las Vegas this fall. He'll play the new owner of the casino, taking over from James Cann, who has left the show along with Nikki Cox. The only way the show was going to be renewed was to cut the budget, so they're gone (though I wonder how much Selleck...
Concert Review: Rascal Flatts at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay
Original at Entertainment Weekly
• Mon, Mar 12
By Whitney Pastorek But last weekend, an elaborate series of events took me to Las Vegas and plopped me down in the middle of an event that even my country-loving, native-Texan brain could barely comprehend: Rascal Flatts and their "Me and My Gang" Tour. During NASCAR weekend. In Vegas. It was like the All-Star g...
Opinion: Las Vegas: New York in Las Vegas
Original at Gridskipper
• Tue, Dec 19
Coyote Ugly: Modeled after the East Village original that was famously portrayed in the '00 movie, Coyote Ugly in Vegas is the pretty similar to the real deal except that your bar-dancin', loud talkin' bartender's other job is stripping so you will probably get a better show than in NYC.