While watching “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” — all 167(!) minutes of it — I kept thinking of Joni Mitchell’s song “The Circle Game” and its rueful, poignant chorus:
Beginning tonight, the Silverton is giving away 54 car leases in 37 days. Every night through Jan. 31, the casino will draw nine names. Four will win $100 free play, two will receive $250 cash or free play, two will receive $500 cash or free play and one will receive a two-year Honda automobile lease (or $8,000). Also on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 3-6 p.m., the casino will randomly award a two-year Honda automobile lease (or $8,000) to a Discovery Club member who is actively playing a machine with his card inserted. Players can obtain 10 entries per day by visiting the Discovery Club booth, and additional entries can be earned playing the slots or at the tables. Winners must be present at the drawings.
Mya sounds like a chipmunk, Ol’ Dirty Bastard a street preacher, backed by funeral organ that could have been stripped from some old Vincent Price flick.
Pretty soon, the climactic riff from Metallica’s “One” crashes through everything like a lightning bolt splitting open a redwood, while Lil Mama waxes poetic about her lip gloss.
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Danny Gans isn’t wasting time as he prepares to relaunch his impressions in a rebranded and redecorated theater.
While Nevada transportation planners rub their hands at the thought of the new “stimulus” package (see above), details remain murky.
There’s no slowing the torrent of bailout and “stimulus” funds coming from Washington, regardless of whether they work as intended. But the next round of handouts — if done properly — might bring some additional relief to congested Southern Nevada.
Christmas is over but state and local public agencies across Nevada are still making their lists and checking them twice.
Time to dust off the crystal ball and share my prognostications for the year ahead.
Dina Cazares never thought a career in medicine would return her to the gaming industry. But her experience in the casino world made the newly licensed registered nurse a perfect choice for a pilot program that placed a health care clinic at New York-New York.
The Valley Automall hosted its 11th annual Foster Teens Holiday Celebration on Dec. 21. The annual event gives disadvantaged teenagers an opportunity to enjoy the holiday season with free food, gifts and a chance to meet local TV personalities.
When you think about it, the excitement is understandable. Of all the cars in Hyundai’s fleet, the Elantra Touring is the first wagon. And since wagon popularity has been on the rise, it’s no wonder Hyundai dealers are more than a little giddy.
For the second year in a row, Planet Nissan in Centennial Hills went an extra mile on Thanksgiving by donating holiday dinners to 10 local families in need. Each family received a $200 gift certificate for groceries.
For the 12th consecutive year, Ford Country is making a $1,000 scholarship program available to high school seniors and college students who are members of FFA, an agricultural education organization. Scholarships are awarded based agricultural and leadership experience, and academics are also considered. Ford Motor Co. has been associated with the National FFA for 60 years and Ford dealers nationwide, including Ford Country, are proud to be the largest corporate sponsor of FFA scholarships. Applications are due by Feb. 15, 2009 and applicants must visit Ford Country to obtain a required dealer signature and code. Ford Country is located in the Valley Automall at 280 N. Gibson Road. The application is available at www.ffa.org.
Ground was recently broken on the Findlay Automotive Group’s new 30,000-square-foot Audi Henderson dealership, which is being added in the extension of the Valley Automall, east of U.S. Highway 93.
If you can’t judge a book by its cover, can you judge it by the car it drives?