LeAnn Rimes is a music industry tweener, closer to Taylor Swift in age but Reba McEntire in longevity.
Mike Weatherford
T o paraphrase the new Michael Jackson concert movie, “This is not it.”
Some of the new stars of the Strip are Achmed the Dead Terrorist and Winston the Impersonating Turtle. It seems only fitting for Madame to stage a comeback.
Three of Las Vegas’ more storied divas are back to work. And who knows? Maybe they could all work together.
Vegas is a lot of things to a lot of people. So is America.
John Madden has been very good to Frank Caliendo. Except that Madden doesn’t seem to much care for him.
They say there is a book in everyone’s life story. But you’d rather read some than others.
Can we get that cool-guy TV mentalist to come and explain these Las Vegas mentalists so we can move on?
The cliche is “Don’t give up your day job.” And Kevin Skinner’s? Whether it was empathy, comedy or a likely combination of both, America found it funny to be a chicken catcher. And the day job helped make a million-dollar Cinderella story of the Kentucky singer on “America’s Got Talent.”
The new Hard Rock Cafe brings a new entertainment venue to the Strip, but it’s more modest than the big Joint most Las Vegans associate with the Hard Rock name.
Four shows closed last week. But the producer of one told me “closed” is a harsh word. That’s because, in their mind, all four will return.
“Peepshow” really is more of one now. How much more? The singer gets topless before the famous Playmate.
Chazz Palminteri’s life was guided by words of wisdom on a card in his wallet. We might not know them if he hadn’t consulted it in a bathroom one day.
After a four-year run, The Comedy Festival at Caesars Palace is “taking the year off,” leaving the door open to a future return.