Some have argued Jackson is not the singer on “Breaking News.” I am convinced Jackson’s voice is on the track (apparently heavily augmented by posthumous studio trickery). The sound might be constructed around a punched up vocal never meant for release by Jackson. But this is not a clip job. Jackson’s signature is clear from [...]
Not exactly fact checked by Letterman. Dion did not take a break from her Vegas show for her twins. Her show closed with no set plan to return. The replacements announced: Cher (hard to forget since she is still performing) and the middling Midler show. Dion’s show closed, and she is returning with a new [...]
The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas has been getting positive attention in Las Vegas from almost everyone since the original developer defaulted and Deutsche Bank took over the completion and opening of the casino. From the linkage to Marriott for a database to the use of public art, the resort has managed to generate a lot of [...]
In January I left a story on the Adult Entertainment Expo to go to do my LA Times column on the Vegas based reality show Pawn Stars. Going from porn to pawn is just part of a day’s work. Rick Harrison, the owner, was the sort of wonderful eccentric and brilliant autodidact Nevada business libertarian [...]
These were the judge’s strong words. Not that Paris Hilton need find out. The judge sentenced Hilton to probation, and the felony charge became a misdemeanor plea. Nothing unusual about this outcome to the case from what I can tell. I think it is important to remember that Hilton was not driving. Cy Waits, the [...]
I’ve been thinking how shocked, shocked everyone is about Cy Waits and Paris Hilton, and there seems a certain hypocrisy about the entire thing. So, this morning I remembered two old Vegas stories that I have never written up involving casinos, Vegas executives, nightclubs and drugs. The first one I am going to name names, [...]
Yesterday– with me– in a suite at the Hard Rock, Holly Madison was wearing sexy lingerie. She was curled up in bed with an electric guitar. Then one of her friends also gorgeous, and also dressed like a fantasy, brushed passed me and jumped into bed next to her. The guitar was beautiful, too. I [...]
Last year, during its 30th anniversary, I wrote about the decline of interest in Liberace Museum. This past year the museum has hosted live entertainment in an attempt to rekindle interest in the destination. But locals never came out in large enough numbers to support the museum and tourists have increasingly lost interest. Liberace has [...]
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