I note an unfortunate similarity between the new Matt Goss billboard and the one for Criss Angel’s Believe. As with many things about Believe, the show’s billboard is an issue that has become a sort of local’s joke. Why? Angel’s billboard has gone through a couple versions that share a quality that Dr. Freud could [...]
I am working on a deadline today. But I wanted to share with you an amazing story by Mike Weatherford from Review-Journal. Weatherford tells the back story of Rachel Jessee only slightly better known as “Scarlett — Princess of Magic” (formerly performing at Riviera and formerly performing at V theater at the mall at Planet [...]
Last night Marie Osmond returned to performing in the Donny & Marie show at Flamingo for the first time since her son’s tragic death. Still, this was for many tourists just a Tuesday in Vegas, and some entering the theater had no idea what an emotional night this was for Osmond. The evening was a [...]
It is with great sadness I have confirmed reports that Hard Rock president Andrew (Randy) Kwasniewski has been found dead. Kwasniewski was Vice President of Operations for Hard Rock from January 2004 to May 2005. In October of 2006 he was named president. He lead the property through dramatic growth that included a recently opened [...]
A recent flood of stories appeared based, as far as I can tell, on this In Touch item which claims to exclusively reveal that Peepshow star Holly Madison is moving to Los Angeles to live with some rock star. I don’t care who Madison is dating (oh, unless it is Bob Dylan), but she has [...]
I don’t want to ramble on about how bad Believe is again. I figure at this point everyone knows they are paying for the most embarrassing big ticket show since Storm at Mandalay Bay. But unlike Storm, which swiftly closed, Believe lingers at Luxor with the never quite here date where Cirque will fulfill a [...]
Siegfried & Roy were honored yesterday at the closing ceremony of the World Magic Seminar. Penn’s Tweet about the occasion: “Honoring Siegfried & Roy. Criss Angel, Lance Burton, P&T all speechified. S&R invented an art form. Wow. Roy is so wonderfully bugnutty.” Actually, Penn kind of looks like he is keeping a steadying hand on [...]
Who dumped who? It is all so high school. The bottom line is that TLC has not renewed its contract with Miss America to carry the pageant in 2011. This January the pageant broadcast from Planet Hollywood, Miss America’s fifth year in Vegas, scored its highest television rating since hitting cable. But the ratings do [...]
Coutesty LitPopCult.com For those of you who follow my Vegas coverage, be warned, the connection to Vegas with this item is slight. Johnny Cash was a regular performer in Vegas for many decades. Vegas brought the Johnny Cash Ben Greenman thinks has been forgotten. And, I decided to cross post this for that reason. Thanks [...]
There is an article in the Sun today on the financial problems facing the luxury resort community at Lake Las Vegas. The problems are considerable. Lake Las Vegas is bankrupt. Meanwhile, the casino and one of the luxury hotels at the development are closing. And, the author writes how business is so poor the workers [...]
