I first met a gentleman by the name of Jack Jones back around 1968, when I was Director of Publicity at the now long-gone Thunderbird Hotel. He was to be our headliner in the showroom, thus it was my chore to stage a Media/VIP party for him, and to make sure the world knew he […]
This week the Laugh Factory inside the New Tropicana Resort will be truly a laughter factory with three of the best at making you laugh in attendance. Tom Rhodes is the headlining funny guy along with Lou Dinos and host Heath Harminson. As usual at the Laugh Factory there are two shows nightly at 8:30 […]
There is a guy in this village of ours, who without question is one of the hardest working entertainers we have, since Las Vegas lost many of the headliners we used to have to big revues. The one headliner we truly have is Clint Holmes, who if there’s a benefit, a special event, or anything […]
I hope you have had a chance to watch the documentary shown on CNN the last couple of weeks. It’s titled, “Blackfish,” and tells the story of an Orca whale that has lived most of his life in captivity. It was, and is, an amazing story running just under 90 minutes. It was first shown to […]
Last Friday the Neon Museum made some major changes to its schedule. Let’s be honest here, after all it’s no secret—Las Vegas summers are scorchers. So being aware of this, management adjusted its summer hours, and also added brand-new evening tours of its open-air Neon Boneyard exhibition area. In this writer’s opinion, the night-time is […]
Michael Shane has been a professional musical-entertainer since the age of 11. Most recently Shane was hand-picked by Steve Wynn, to perform at Wynn’s Tower Suite Bar, on the piano. He had to personally interview for Wynn, prior to being accepted for the room. Shane stayed for nearly a year, entertaining the famous, and non-famous, […]
Las Vegas’ own, Pia Zadora, heads an All Star lineup of performers and celebrities, attending Thursday’s Animals in Wonderland Champagne and High Tea. Joining Zadora will be the wonderful guitar magic of Esteban and his daughter, violinist Teresa Joy, who just completed a highly successful engagement at the Smith Center, and performs Tuesdays through Fridays […]
Let me say one thing right off the bat. There are actors who pretend to be racecar drivers, and then there are racecar drivers who think they are actors. There are a few actors, who were and are real true-to-life racecar drivers, and I have had the pleasure of knowing three of them: Steve McQueen, […]