Mary Wilson of the Supremes kept a diary throughout her 50 years in show business. In fact her two books, “Dream Girls” and “My Life As A Supreme” were best sellers, and were written from her diary’s. This week she is sharing her Kentucky Derby entry’s with us. Norm Johnson The Barnstable-Brown Party Invitation: Dear Mary: We […]
Highly regarded show producer, Ed Mathews, brings “Hit Parade The Show” back to the Suncoast Showroom, June 4 and 5, with show times scheduled for 7:30 p.m. both nights. Based on the old radio and television show formats, “Hit Parade The Show,” takes the audience on a journey through time, illustrated by music and dance […]
Took a trip down memory lane the other evening, when we answered the call to go see an honest-to-God living legend, the seven-time Grammy Award-winning performer, Gladys Knight, in the newly transformed Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. The show, produced by Freestyle Mac, takes place in the renamed Gladys Knight Theater, formerly known as […]
Drove out to the South Point Hotel & Casino the other evening, to indulge in its great Chinese dinners (the portions are huge), and then to visit with an old friend, Tony Orlando. Orlando has been coming to our little village (Las Vegas) for more than three decades (he’s been in showbiz for fifty years), […]
My baby daughter, Lisa (she’s 49), called me Monday night, and asked me what I was doing Tuesday? Naturally I replied, “nothin’, why?” Then she explained, that a co-worker (Lisa works at Wynn) told her about Cold Creek, and that if you go there you’ll see some wonderful wild Mustang horses. Lisa (day off) was […]
With the opening of the Mob Museum at the Tropicana, and the soon to be opened Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, downtown, it’s only natural that a smart promoter would create a show around a famous mobster. The most famous criminal name associated with Las Vegas, was Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegal, famous […]
Ran into an old friend the other day, when I decided to check out that white hotel/casino you pass as you drive out I-95, heading to Arizona and parts unknown. I was personally heading to Boulder City to see a friend, when he called my cell, and suggested we meet at the white building—called Railroad […]
If you were wondering what happened to last Friday’s column, the simple answer is that I was at Desert Springs Hospital, when I normally write the column. I had some blockage in my right side carotid artery, which needed taking care of. Let me tell you something I think is very important. Most of the […]
Things have been a wee bit slow this week, so I’m going to let you, my loyal readers, read a story about a once Grand Hotel that was loved by one-and-all. Some of the story is accurate as hell. Some is speculation, and some is pure dislike on this writer’s part of what has taken […]
Well, gang, the “Boys of Thunder,” have come and gone. They left behind a bunch (about 275,000) happy race fans, who gathered at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, starting last Friday March 4th. The crowd on Sunday, alone, was estimated at a tad over 150,000 for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Kobalt Tools 400, won by […]