Arts & Culture
Report shows Vegas housing market still struggling
Dec 13th
Nevada’s hardest-hit housing market has held the nation’s highest foreclosure rate for months and the turmoil has resulted in record-low property values, a new business report released Tuesday shows. More >
Elton John starts 3-year Las Vegas run at Caesars
Sep 29th
Elton John has returned to Las Vegas for a three-year headlining gig at Caesars Palace.
The five-time Grammy winner performed Wednesday night for the first of 16 shows scheduled through October, the first performances of a new show titled ”The Million Dollar Piano.” More >
Paris Hilton ex-beau seeks plea in Vegas
Aug 22nd
Paris Hilton’s ex-boyfriend is taking a plea deal to settle criminal drug charges stemming from a Las Vegas Strip traffic stop with the celebrity socialite last year.
Cy Waits didn’t appear in court Monday while his lawyer, Richard Schonfeld (SHOWN’-feld), told a Las Vegas judge the 35-year-old former nightclub mogul will enter his plea Wednesday.
Schonfeld said he couldn’t disclose…
Mob boss played slots in Vegas while on the run
Jun 27th
A picture of what life was like for former mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger while he was on the run emerged on Monday: Las Vegas casinos, trips to Mexico and returning to his hometown of Boston heavily armed to take care of “unfinished business.”
Bulger, 81, waived his legal rights when he was arrested in Santa Monica, California, last week and prosecutors said he told FBI agents some details about his travels while running from the law and 19 murder charges during the past 16 years.
Las Vegas Culture
Mar 19th
Las Vegas is a city of quick marriages, Elvis impersonators, Liberace and Sinatra and showgirls and Siegfried and Roy. It’s kitschy, overpowering- not an intellectual city but an entertaining one. More >
Michael Jackson memorabilia auction
Mar 14th
Twenty-two items that belonged to Michael Jackson will go up for auction at a Music Icons auction on June 25 at Las Vegas’ Planet Hollywood casino.
Cirque du Soleil remembers Elvis
Feb 22nd
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The narrator of “Viva Elvis,” the latest eye-popping Las Vegas extravaganza from the Cirque du Soleil, is none other than Colonel Tom Parker, whose arm chair floats across the stage of the massive proscenium theater inside the brand new ARIA Resort and Casino. With a buttermilk accent and a warm smile, he welcomes folks to this colossal, high-tech hagiography to The King and dispenses one Elvis bromide after another. More >
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