Singer bids adieu to his locks

Edwin McCain — whose “I’ll Be” is a wedding song staple — finally cut his long hair because his two sons started thinking of his wife and him as “pretty momma and ugly momma,” he says.

Wayne Brady

Wayne Brady, known as an improv comic, is drawing attention for his music.

‘Inkheart’

British author Samuel Butler once likened books to "imprisoned souls" — until "someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them."

Eats of the Week

Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.

Bonkerz Comedy Club

Kathleen Dunbar threw out the first joke of the first night of the reborn comedy club: "Anybody wants to buy a football autographed by O.J., let me know."

Movies

OPENING THIS WEEK

Paying the Bills

Back when Edwin McCain was promoting his song “I’ll Be” — which is now a wedding standard — he did every crazy stunt his record label asked him to do.

The Head Cat

He’s been known to drink his Jack Daniels out of a pint glass, he’s been said to have bedded more than 1,000 women, and even at 64, you still wouldn’t want to leave your daughter alone with him without a cattle prod.

Fleetwood Mac to play MGM Grand

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Fleetwood Mac play the MGM Grand Garden arena on May 30. Tickets are $55, $85 and $165 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday at the MGM Grand box office, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and Ticketmaster outlets.

‘Big Game’ promotions start early with Terrible’s ‘Football Frenzy’

Next weekend is the Super Bowl, so we can look forward to a variety of football-related promotions and parties (some by invitation only, others open to every one over 21). Please note that casinos are forbidden by NFL copyright to use the words “Super Bowl” in their advertising, which is why you see a variety of other terms such as “The Big Game.”

Sons of Norway hosting annual lutefisk dinner

Love it or hate it, it’s lutefisk time again. The 11th annual lutefisk dinner by the Vegas Viking Lodge of Sons of Norway is scheduled for Feb. 7 at the Boulder City Elks Lodge, 1217 Nevada Highway. There will be two seatings, at 3 and 6 p.m. The dinner will include lutefisk with melted butter or white sauce, surk?l with roasted pork, boiled potatoes, peas and carrots, Norwegian cookies and lefse. Dinners are $17 for adults and $5 for children 11 and younger. There will be no sales at the door; tickets must be reserved by Jan. 30. For details, call Gwen Knighton at 869-5775. …

DON’T MISS IT

JOHN MELENDEZ

Pop Goes the Art Show

Kindly keep your Campbell’s Soup kegger out of here, please.

Create

If ever there were a time for burgers, that time would be now.

In higher education, quality over quantity

In the week since Gov. Jim Gibbons’ State of the State address, I have alternated between outraged and bemused concerning his plan to gut the state budget.

Boggs case goes out with a whimper

In the end, the case — and, in all likelihood, the Nevada political career — of former beauty queen, former Las Vegas City Councilwoman and former Clark County Commissioner Lynette Boggs (formerly Lynette Boggs McDonald) wrapped up with the proverbial whimper.

Strip search

The U.S. Supreme Court voted last week to hear the case of Safford v. Redding.

Builders dangle ‘green’ lure to home buyers

From water-stingy toilets and electricity sparing appliances, to flooring and siding made from sustainable materials, the housing industry this week rolled out many new, “green” products it hopes will lure homebuyers back into the market.

IN BRIEF

Boyd Gaming opens Indiana hotel expansion

IGT suffers profit, earnings decline

International Game Technology missed its first-quarter earnings estimates and saw profits decline 42 percent from a year ago — but things could have been worse.

Crown plans no big changes for Cannery

The top executive for Crown Ltd. told gaming regulators Thursday the Australian-based gaming company does not plan sweeping changes at Cannery Casino Resorts when it completes its purchase of the casino operator later this year.

Redesigned Z packs punch

Proof of a sports car’s validity is sometimes seen when its successor is highly refined as opposed to heavily made over.

Safety First

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