Nobody wants the showgirl to go away. But nobody knows what to do with her either.
Mike Weatherford
Gordie Brown has come full circle back to the Golden Nugget, but he’s not quite the same guy who started his Las Vegas career there in 2004.
Some would say Kelly Monaco has sexy down cold. She’s a soap star. She’s posed for Playboy. But when she’s among dancers and their distinctive kind of sexy? “I felt like a tree. A stump. And they’re the leaves in the wind,” she says with a laugh.
Oh sure. Everyone wants to see it now.
Forget about the show reviews you read in these pages. Someday maybe, Antonio Restivo may be worrying about that stuff. But as I chat with him on this afternoon, we’re waiting for a more important critic.
Some people just won’t go see a ventriloquist, no matter how good he is. Their minds won’t be changed by the success of Terry Fator (or Jeff Dunham, for that matter).
Dee Snider says ’80s metal still rocks today because "it was fun, it was outrageous, it was rebellious. It was about partyin’ and havin’ a great time."
It’s no surprise when a producer passes along audience reviews such as:
The Michael Jackson news from London echoed in Las Vegas, but not just with the obvious speculation.
Cashetta points out right up front that he’s “the world’s most fabulous drag magician,” and “the beauty of that is you don’t have a lot to compare me to.”
Kenny Loggins is no fan of The Wiggles.
The Diceman won’t bake cupcakes, but he will do his stand-up act in a sushi restaurant.
Last summer’s season of “America’s Got Talent” became a two-way street for Las Vegas entertainment.
Twilight" movie star Ashley Greene came with her birthday-partying friends. The man who was losing his fight with cancer brought his family. Everyone is invited to this low-rent wedding bash, though once, the flying chairs and fisticuffs were generated by audience members and not the actors.
The day may be fast approaching when every single person who wants to be on reality TV will have the chance. Until then, there’s still "Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding."
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