NBC Sports commentator Jeremy Roenick can cross an item off his bucket list. The nine-time NHL All-Star got behind the wheel of a NASCAR stock car and tore around Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Wednesday morning to film a segment for NBC Sports Network’s pre-game show before Thursday night’s broadcast of Game 5 of the […]
Masters of Illusion, the hit CW television series, and America’s largest touring magic show, made its Las Vegas debut a couple of a weeks back, in the Jubilee Theater at Bally’s Las Vegas. As I was still recovering from an illness, I relied on word of mouth from a few of my friends who attended […]
The cavalcade of Dean Martin celebrations at the South Point has ended, at least for a while that is. It all started last Friday at 7:30 p.m. when Deana Martin, daughter of the legend, walked out on the stage of the South Point showroom, and began to sing music made famous by her father. Had […]
Audiences will be charmed with the best 90 minutes of America’s Rock ‘N’ Roll songbook all on one stage when The Bronx Wanderers perform at Bally’s Las Vegas beginning Thursday, Sept. 22. Up close and personal, yet larger than life, the father-and-son trio, flanked by their top-notch band, will effortlessly perform hits made famous by the likes of Frankie Valli & […]
Got an invitation to attend a new show at Bally’s on the Las Vegas Strip last week. The entertainer was not new to me, nor was he new to the Strip. It was from my friend of more than 45 years, Mr. Wayne Newton and the show is, “Up Close and Personal.” What has brought […]
This writer went down memory lane for just over 60 minutes the other night. See, we were invited to attend the opening night of the “Righteous Brothers” inside Harrah’s on the Strip. And let me tell you there were lots of memories. I’ll put it to you this way, when was the last time […]
As many of you know I have been around this town of mine for more than 50 years. I’ve had the honor and pleasure to meet, and to work with, some of the greatest entertainers who ever walked on to a stage. You name the headliner and I probably have a little story to tell […]
Went to see vocal impressionist Veronic in the Jubilee Theater, inside Bally’s Las Vegas, last Saturday evening. It had been quite a spell since I had been back to one of the great hotels of our village, and wow, has it changed a lot. We, Cathy Bittinger who was my guest this particular evening, missed […]
Think you have what it takes to join the ranks of “Wheel of Fortune’s,” Vanna White and “Wonder Woman’s” Lynda Carter? Then enter the 2014 General Tire Miss Mint 400 competition, presented by Metro Honda, for your chance to win a three-night stay in Las Vegas at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino, and a […]
One of those rare moments in show business will occur on Thursday, Dec. 26, and continue right through to Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, when comedian, Pauly Shore, will do standup comedy at the Tropicana Resort & Casino’s Laugh Factory, with his equally famous father Sammy Shore, with one show nightly at 10:30 p.m. For more […]