I interviewed comedienne and writer Chelsea Handler yesterday to promote her upcoming Vegas show at Caesars at The Colosseum. Look for the highlights of our conversation in an upcoming Vegas Seven closer to the May 29 date of the show. But as we spoke yesterday news was shooting around the Internet of a supposed sex [...]
Congratulation to local Criss Angel star of “Believe” at Luxor. He was awarded Magician of the Century by some magic group. Robin Leach was there and has a back stage interview and a photo of Angel, trophy aloft, on his blog. According to Leach, “Believe” is now claiming to be the best selling magic show [...]
Former local Jenna Jameson and partner Tito Ortiz are both regulars at Vegas nightclubs. And, for years I heard rumors about drugs and violence surrounding them. Now, those issues will have to be dealt with in public for the retired porn star and the should-have-retired-awhile-ago fighter. Arrested by police for allegedly injuring his girlfriend, after [...]
Random celebrities enjoying Vegas this weekend. Hint: she wants to be the girl with the most cake. (Courtesy photos: Denise Truscello/ WIRE Image and Ron Koch/PURE Management Group )
VegasTripping.com has a photo heavy, detailed examination of a stay at Vdara: “There is absolutely nothing wrong with Vdara. Except Vdara.” Review-Journal writer Corey Levitan is profiled on AOL news. Levitan samples all of the odd jobs that exist in Vegas. “Since his first column appeared in January 2007, Levitan has performed a wide variety [...]
The future of Las Vegas is in offering people opportunities they can not get elsewhere. Attached to that is much of what Vegas offers tourists has more an illusion of risk than actual danger (except for gambling). Anything can happen in Vegas, perhaps. But most tourists want to feel wild while staying safe, and that [...]
A VERY COOL VISUAL FOR VEGAS. Great visual for Vegas, but is it enough to keep the expensive shops at The Crystals mall packed with tourists? As I took these photos, I wondered what besides the initial “new casino” allure would bring in tourists who can afford this mall. We already have five other [...]
The Hard Rock just added Henry Rollins offering a spoken word performance to Wasted Space’s schedule for Thursday, June 17. I must be getting old as this clip of Rollins denouncing the military industrial complex gives me a warm fuzzy of 80′s nostalgia: Henry Rollins: Know Your Enemy.
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We are back at the blog. As I told you earlier, I have been writing a book about Vegas (it has morphed into a novel) and wanted to dedicate myself totally to doing that last week. My slowly accumulating manuscript needed some focus, because I am taking on a new responsibility that will be making [...]
