Barack Obama gave Bette Midler a rapid induction into Las Vegas.
Campaigning for Obama took the entertainer into places off the Strip it might otherwise have taken her a long time to discover.
Entertainment Columns
Is 22 years long enough to go from “pop” to “classic”?
“Phantom — The Las Vegas Spectacular” trimmed quite a bit of running time from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s blockbuster “Phantom of the Opera” when it launched in 2006. It already had shed a lot of baggage along the way.
If you have to dance in a place without air conditioning, it’s good that it’s a male G-string revue, right?
I know that a lot of my readers who hail from points east are scrapple fans, so this seems like a good way to start the new year.
Today is your last chance to see “Mamma Mia!” and “Stomp Out Loud,” at least where they are now. “Stomp” may reconvene at the Sahara.
White Pine County’s annual Fire and Ice Show on Jan. 17-18 promises winter visitors two nights of fireworks, two days of competitive ice sculpting and opportunities for activities possible only where the snow is deep and the ice is thick. The event earned recognition with its recent listing as one of the Top 100 Events in North America by the American Bus Association for 2008 and 2009.
We’re only four days into 2009 and already colors look brighter, music sounds sweeter and Tyra Banks seems less full of herself.
Love” was the easiest of Cirque du Soleil’s six missions on the Strip, except for that one detail: living up to the expectations of everyone who grew up with the Beatles.
They sit backstage and face off, the heckler and the heckled, looking equally uncomfortable as the camera rolls.
Indigo Joe’s Sports Pub & Restaurant is the quintessential sport bar.
There’s no fighting for space on this magic show, just a matter of who gets to perform which trick.
I’m probably a few hours early — depending on when you’re reading this — but I’m taking this opportunity to wish each and every one of you all the best in 2009.
How, someone occasionally will ask, can I give an “A” rating to both a gourmet room and a diner? Easy: It means that they both are excellent at doing what they do. The most successful restaurants are those whose managers and staff are focused, pay attention to the details and are intent on doing the best they can each and every day.
