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May 8:
Bob Gaudio, Erich Bergen
Comment on the show here

Bob Gaudio
is the legendary songwriter responsible for such
hits as “Sherry,” “What A Night”
and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You.”
Gaudio’s first hit was “Short Shorts,”
a novelty song he wrote when he was 15. More recently,
Gaudio he wrote a musical based on the film “Peggy
Sue Got Married” and he tells Steve that
it may yet come to Broadway sometime soon. Gaudio
is joined in this conversation by Erich
Bergen, a 22-year-old actor from New York
City for whom the Jersey Boys role is his first
major part. Bergen is also a former podcaster
whose show, Green
Room Radio, was a Broadway version of “The
Strip” in which he would interview celebrities
of the Great White Way.
* * *
SPECIAL
VIDEO EDITION: JERSEY
BOYS PREMIERE
(See more pix and blogging on the
event here)

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May
1: Kerry Simon, Charlie
Trotter

Steve Wynn –
again! No, sorry. Gotcha! A podcaster cannot dine
on Wynn alone. But speaking of dining, how about
we serve you up a generous helping of two hot
Vegas chefs, Kerry Simon and Charlie Trotter?
Both have new restaurants in town, Simon at the
Luxor and the Palms and Trotter at Palazzo. So
we ask them about the dining scene, about their
foie gras aversions and, of course, about what
kind of fast food they eat.
Plus, in banter: Perez Hilton
sucks, the Donnie and Marie idea sucks, a Hustler
hotel-casino would suck and the broken Encore
sign sucks.
Links:
Kerry
Simon’s website is here
Simon’s Cathouse is here
and Simon at Palms Place is here
Charlie Trotter’s Las Vegas site is here
A CBS piece about the Chicago foie gras law is
here
Steve’s USA Today piece on the Oprah-Tina-Cher
event is here
Kerry Simon’s local favorite place, Go Raw,
is here
VegasTripping.Com’s amusing take on Donnie
and Marie is here
Steve’s post about the Perez Hilton rip-off
is here
Richard Abowitz’s item about the Hustler
idea is here
The Las Vegas Sun’s piece on Vegoose’s
cancellation is here
Steve’s LVW column on Tamara is here
* * *
April
24: Steve
Wynn
4/23
VIDEO SPECIAL: New Vegas Ads

Twice in one month!
Wow! Steve Wynn is back to discuss the recession,
reveal some intriguing new plans for the future
of his golf course and declare Spamalot, closing
this summer, a success. Oh, and he explains how
it is he did NOT lie to Steve a few weeks ago
about those Danny Gans rumors. Sorta.
In Banter: Powerful
people are listening, Harrah's IS punishing the
R-J, Criss Angel has not repented, the "What
Happens in Vegas" trailer is good, Andrew
Lloyd Webber is writing a batty "Phantom"
sequel and more.
Links:
The Al Phlipp
and the Woo Team band that gave us our special
music can be found here
"Las Vegas" Executive Producer Matt
Pyken's IMDB profile is here
Pyken's new show, "Knight Rider," can
be found here
That god-awful third-ever episode of this program,
then called Vegas S&M, is here
Steve's Harrah’s ad-halt blog entry is here
The trailer for "What Happens in Vegas"
is here
See the tasteless headline for Richard Abowitz'
Criss Angel-Norm blog item here
Read the bizarre plans for Phantom II here
The R-J's piece on the Westin giving the money
back is here
The R-J's coverage of Las Vegas Sands on trial
is here
The site for Town Square is here
* * *
4/21
SPECIAL: Steve
on KNPR, re: the R-J v Harrahs issue
* * *
April
17:
Terry Lanni

You know a recession
is pretty bad when it’s felt even in Las
Vegas. Terry Lanni, the CEO of MGM Mirage, spoke
to Steve earlier this month about these challenging
economic times, about which of the young moguls
of Vegas he admires and about the struggle to
name the CityCenter Hotel.
In Banter: MGM
layoffs, Harrah's dumps the R-J, mobile billboards
under the microscope, Steve Scores and the Criss
Angel nightmare for Cirque.
Links:
The R-J on
the MGM Mirage employment cuts is here
Steve’s NYT piece and blog post on the Harrah’s-RJ
issue is here
RateVegas.Com’s challenge to me and Christina
Binkley is here
Read about the Las Vegas Monorail’s good
news is here
Read about the Harrah’s name change is here
The Sun’s piece on the mobile-billboard
issue is here
Steve’s Newsweek piece on salt-water pools
is here
See Kool-Aid on Family Guy on YouTube here
* * *
April
10: Raising the Barr

The last time we
heard from Roseanne Barr was before she signed
to do a run at the New York-New York. That gig
came and went and now Barr is playing through
May at the Sahara. She spoke to Steve about the
differences between working at opposite ends of
the Strip, about giving Judd Apatow and Joss Whedon
their writing starts on her legendary sitcom and
about when she started calling herself the Domestic
Goddess.
In Banter: More
on the Binkley book, rival podcasters take their
shots, strip clubs add fancy food, show ticket
prices are rising and the Plaza's on ice again.
Links:
Roseanne
Barr's website is here
Get tickets to Roseanne's Sahara show here
The Las Vegas Advisor's show-tix survey is here
Howard Stutz' column about Trump's delays is here
Steve's blog item on the Plaza is here
The Vegas Tourist podcast is here
Norm's item about Amazing Johnathan's hidden-cam
claims is here
Read about the Binkley book controversy here
The YouTube clip of Roseanne's first Carson appearance
is here
The image of a raunchy Roseanne on the cover of
Vanity Fair is here
* * *
April
3: Steve Wynn

Guess who! It's
Wynn on the young lions of Vegas, Encore, Christina
Binkley's book "Winner Takes All," Eliot
Spitzer, public art and Sheldon Adelson's delusions.
In Banter: Chewing
on the best part of "Winner Takes All"
by Christina Binkley, wondering who would swim
in a salt-water pool, laughing about the Westin
charging conventioneers, baffling over a McCain
remark in Vegas and admitting being punk'd on
April Fool's Day.
Links:
Kathleen
Hennessey's brilliant piece on the Westin charging
conventioneers is here
The gushing press release for what the MGM Grand
is calling the first "ultra pool" is here
Planet Hollywood's good news is here
Steve's pictorial on the Forbuss Elementary student
project is here
See Steve's USA Today review of Christina Binkley's
book "Winner Takes All" is here
Buy a copy of Binkley's book here
Buy a copy of Tom Breitling's book, "Double Or
Nothing," here
* * *
March
27: Attack of the Reality
TV Champs
...with Terry Fator and Stefanie Schaeffer

Is Terry Fator
("America's Got Talent") worth $100,000
a show at the Hilton? Will Stefanie Schaeffer
("The Apprentice") stick up for Donald
Trump and stick around after the opening of the
Trump Las Vegas? Find out that and more as these
recent reality-show champs talk about their Vegas
work and their futures.
In Banter: Our
Swiss recap, the Blue (wo)Man Group and the Plaza's
on-again, off-again thing. Also, we take apart
the Las Vegas Review-Journal's 27th annual Best
of Las Vegas poll in the Tourist Tip Section
this week.
Links:
Terry
Fator's site is here
Get tickets to Terry's Hilton show here
Stefanie Schaeffer's site is here
The site for Trump's Vegas property is here
See all of Steve's blog posts on the Swiss trip
here
See the YouTube clip of the weird thing in the
Zurich airport tube here
See Terry Fator's winning "America's Got
Talent" moment here
See Fator on Oprah here
See Stefanie Schaeffer's "You're Hired"
moment on "The Apprentice" here
* * *
SPECIAL:
Maria Bartiromo
*
* *
March
13: Maya Lin

There are a lot
of artists you’d expect to find on the Las
Vegas Strip. Performing artists, that is. But
it’s a pretty sure bet that you never expected
to find an artist like Maya Lin there. Neither
did she. And yet the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
sculptress is about to become a Vegas headliner,
one of the major attractions in an ambitious $40
million public arts collection being assembled
by MGM Mirage for its $8 billion CityCenter project.
Tonight we’ll hear all about what sort of
piece she’s getting $3 million to create
for Las Vegas, about her first impressions of
our fair town and, for the first time, about how
she’s re-envisioning her most famous works.
In Banter: Encore's
opening soon, Steve loses 95 cents at Mandalay,
Blue Man Group is looking for men and women (?),
Bill Maher gets it wrong and Billy Crystal's odd
"classics."
* * *
March
6: Emeril Lagasse and Tina Walsh

Bam! Emeril Lagasse,
the Food Network’s most famous alum, has
opened his third Vegas restaurant, Table 10, at
the Palazzo. Steve caught up with the chef a few
weeks ago for a chat about the Vegas food scene,
his culinary empire and, yes, his fast-food preferences.
That’s coming up. Also, Steve chats with
Vegas stage veteran Tina Walsh, who has made a
tremendous comeback by landing a major role in
The Venetian’s “Phantom: The Las Vegas
Spectacular.”
In Banter: Bye,
Hooters, a NYT writer hates Vegas, andhepatitis
and ricin scares.
Links:
Emeril's
website is here
Buy the Vegas Phantom tix here
Steve goes after a fellow local journalist here
Steve goes after a fellow NYT writer here
See pieces about the Hep-C and ricin here
and here
Norm reports on Paul Stanley's Phantom turn here
*
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Feb.
28: Alanis Morissette

A decade ago, it
was impossible to avoid Alanis Morissette on the
radio. Her “Jagged Little Pill” album
remains the biggest debut record of all time,
selling 30 million copies worldwide and winning
her seven Grammys. Yet Morissette has always been
a bit of an enigma. On the outside, she seems
rather girl-nxt-doorish, but her music and her
lifestyle have often reflected someone working
through quite a bit of torment. Morissette now
believes she’s past a lot of that, telling
Steve about her "recovery" and sharing
her sympathetic thoughts on the trials and tribulations
of Britney Spears other troubled young stars.
The Canadian singer is just now returning to the
music business after a two-year break during which
she broke off an engagement with actor Ryan Reynolds,
a topic that she addresses bluntly on her upcoming
album, Flavors of Entanglement. She also explains
the story behind her video spoof of the Black
Eyed Peas’ “My Humps,” which
is one of the most watched clips in YouTube history.
Morissette is concluding her current tour in Las
Vegas on March 18.
In Banter: More
Bette Midler updates, is Elton John bored, Pure
is raided and more on the coins-in-the-fountain
question from MGM Mirage.
Links:
Alanis Morissette's
website is here
Get tickets to Alanis' 3/18 Palms show (with Matchbox
20) here
The R-J piece on the Sahara remodel is here
Alanis' YouTube of "My Humps" is here
Richard Abowitz writes about the Pure raid here
Steve's blog post with new MGM response to the
fountain coins question is here
Joe Brown's brutal Bette commentary is here
*
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Feb.
21: Bettemania! With
Toni Basil

Bette, Bette, Bette.
These days, that’s all you hear about in
Vegas entertainment circles. So here’s some
more. This week, we bring you Steve’s first-hand
preview peek at the show, a review from a loyal
listener who also saw it this weekend, a new poll
with a Bette-tinged theme and even a related Top
Secret Tourist Tip of the Week. Plus, Steve spoke
with Toni Basil, Bette’s long-time choreographer
and the singer behind that one-hit wonder “Mickey.”
Basil explains how she used G.I. Joe figurines
to plan the production, what sort of work she
does for films like “Charlie Wilson’s
War” and why she’s OK with being known
as a one-hit wonder.
In Banter: A listener’s
review of Bette’s show, new details on CityCenter,
a new show for Palazzo, Wayne Brady renewed and
a run-in with the Houseseatslv.Com tonidude.
Links:
Toni
Basil’s website is here
Get tickets to see Bette at the Colosseum here
The site for HouseseatsLV.com is here
Mike Weatherford’s Cher v Bette column is
here
* * *
Feb.
14: Lance Burton

Three weeks ago,
when the Monte Carlo erupted in flames, magician
Lance Burton was forced to cancel shows for only
the second time in his 12-year run there. This
Friday, though, it’s back to work for Burton
as the beleaguered resort reopens to the public
-- along with the best illusionist spectacle in
Vegas. Steve spoke to Lance earlier today about
the fire, his future and a surprising phone call
he got from Roy Horn.
In Banter: Broadway
West's death knell, Spamalot changes lyrics, Menopause
is tops?!?, Bass Pro Shop is the No. 1 apparel
shop?!?, a Robert Earl reconciliation?!? and more.
Links
Tickets
to Lance Burton’s show is here
Steve’s current column about Broadway West
is here
An AP piece on the changes of the Spamalot lyrics
is here
Norm’s coverage of Tina Walsh’s new
role at Phantom is here
Steve’s NYT piece quoting a listener about
a flight school gone bust is here
The Silverton’s Bass Pro Shop’s website
is here
Steve’s appearance on KNPR about Vegas paparazzi
can be heard here
The blog post about coins in the Vegas fountains
is here
Mike Weatherford’s column about Lance Burton
as Monte Carlo’s face is here
* * *
SPECIAL:
Steve on KNPR's State of Nevada on 2/11
* * *
Feb.
7: Wolfgang Puck and
Frankie Avalon

Before Robuchon,
before Palmer, before Lagasse and before Flay,
there was Puck. Wolfgang Puck, of course. His
Spago back in the early 1990s set off the star-chef
boom here, and this month the most prolific restaurateur
in Las Vegas is about to opens his sixth Strip
restaurant, Cut, at the Palazzo. So Steve asked
him about his proliferation and gets him to name
his favorite fast food joint. Also, sticking with
the theme of originals, Steve chats with Frankie
Avalon, one of the original American teen heartthrob
and a Vegas veteran.
Links
Wolfgang Puck's
site is here
Frankie Avalon's Wikipedia site is here
Jeff Simpson's columns regarding the Trop are
here
and here
Steve's piece on the Monte Carlo fire from New
York is here
Robin Leach's coverage of the Cher announcement
is here
Steve's blog post about the Sahara's upscale rooms
is here
* * *
Jan.
24: Mr. Sands Man

The first new Las
Vegas Strip resort in nearly three years held
its grand opening in grand style last weekend.
The Palazzo is the taller, blonder, slightly more
elegant 3,000-room addition to its sister property,
the Venetian, and it served as an excellent time
to sit down for an interview with Las Vegas Sands
C.E.O. Sheldon Adelson. Sit back, relax, and get
ready to hear some provocative comments from the
Anti-Wynn.
In Banter: An incompetent
Cathouse barrista, Menopause hits 1,000, Elaine
Wynn at the casino caucus, and Oscar Goodman's
queer query.
Links:
The Palazzo's
website is here
Steve's USA Today Money-section cover story on
Sheldon Adelson is here
Steve's AFP piece on the election, including Elaine
Wynn's comments, is here
The Las Vegas Sun's brilliant new site is here
Norm's piece on Diana Ross' possible lip-synching
is here
* * *
Jan.
17: Mayor
Oscar Goodman

It’s been
eventful nine years since the ultimate non-politician,
a mob lawyer, became mayor of Las Vegas. Since
then, Oscar Goodman has stirred up plenty of controversy,
but he’s also proven to be a tireless promoter
and defender of the city and a creative thinker
when it comes to how to reverse the sagging fortunes
of the beloved but blighted downtown area. All
that work is starting to show some results, with
downtown casino owners investing large sums to
fix up their places and the city overseeing the
development of land just to the east that will
create a whole new downtown complete with a medical
facility and a $150 million performing arts center.
He even offers his prediction for the fate of
the crappy part of town where we record this program.
* * *
Jan.
10: Bette
Midler, Part II

Two weeks ago, Bette Midler talked
about her new show, her movies and her music.
So what’s left? Stick around and hear all
about her early days playing in gay bathhouses
and much more. Plus, an
eight-hour casino, the life of the Vegas paparazzo
and the astonishing Trippies results.
Links:
The 2007 Trippies
results are here
Bette Midler's website is here
Get tix for Bette's Vegas show here
Steve's piece on Trailer Station from the New
York Times is here
and blog post/pix is here
The link to the Z100 phone tap regarding Vegas
is here
The link to the Grits to Glitz episode discussing
the Puck restaurant is here
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Jan.
3: Our
Top Moments of 2007


Another crazy year in Las
Vegas has come and gone, and nowhere was it crazier
than right here on this podcast. Fourteen times
in the past 12 months, scoops you heard here first
made it into Norm Clarke’s Review-Journal
gossip column, but on this year-in-review roundup,
we’re only revisiting the best moments --
as voted upon by YOU. So sit back, relax and enjoy
the countdown. And, if you missed some of these
shows, here’s your chance to hear them without
having to wade through all those hours.
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Dec.
27: Bette Midler, Part I

Bette Midler has
been entertaining America and the world in her
unique, varied way for more than 30 years. She’s
won four Grammys, an Emmy and a Tony and was nominated
for Oscars for her roles in “The Rose”
and “For The Boys.” Now she’s
following in the footsteps of Celine Dion and
Bette’s one-time pianist, Barry Manilow,
by settling down for 100 shows a year for three
years at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Steve
spoke to Bette for a Vegas Magazine profile back
in November as rehearsals for “The Showgirl
Must Go On” were just starting and the show,
at the time, had no title or director. In part
one of the interview, Bette discusses her environmentalism,
her film career and her new show.
In Banter: CityCenter's
almost-name, McCarran changes, Palazzo's delay
and a special visit from a couple from Florida
who review their experiences this week at the
Bellagio, Wynn and the Signature at MGM Grand.
Links:
Bette Midler
tickets can be picked up here
Steve's blog entry about the fancy hospital in
New York is here
Read more about the McCarran changes and the MIX
ad here
CityCenter is Aria? Read about that here
The Palazzo's new delay is written about here
The New York Times report on Nevada's growth rate
is here
Steve's piece from last year on the New Year's
Eve Jesus freak is here
Newsweek on the new War & Peace here
Steve's explanation of what a Jewish atheist is
can be found here
Dave Lifton's website and podcast "Wings
to Wheels" is here
The site for the Signature at MGM Grand is here
The R-J's coverage of Vegas being considered the
most expensive dining city is here
* * *
PRE-XMAS
OFF-WEEK SPECIALS
SPECIAL
#1:
Debby Boone
SPECIAL
#2: Vegas uberbuilder
Tony Marnell Jr.
SPECIAL
#3: CNN Anchor Wolf
Blitzer
SPECIAL
#4: "Sex & The City"
actor Ron Livingston
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Dec.
13: Celine's Director Tells Some!
SPECIAL:
Dancer Naomi Stikeman, original "A New Day"
performer

The queen of Las
Vegas is abdicating. After nearly five groundbreaking
– and highly profitable – years, Celine
Dion is voluntarily flinging herself off her Colosseum
throne and heading back out into the world of
international touring, new albums and possible
additional parenthood. So what has her reign meant
for Las Vegas? Miles and guest-host Amy Turner
of GritstoGlitz.Com
talk live in the studio to Brian Burke, the artistic
director of Celine’s A New Day as well as
the Wynn production, Le Reve. Burke has also worked
as a director or choreographer for Bette Midler,
Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin and Harry Connick
Jr., and has been involved with such Broadway
shows as Aida and Victor/Victoria as well as a
performance at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt
Lake City.
Plus: Donnie and
Marie at the Flamingo, Caesars alters its betting
maximums and Bette names her show. Also, where's
Steve?
* * *
Dec.
6: Steve Wynn, Part
II

Last week he talked mostly about
business. This week, Steve Wynn talks about entertainment,
revealing the details of his aborted deal with
Bette Midler and disclosing just what he and Andrew
Lloyd Webber have been doing together in recent
months. In Banter: MEGACENTER,
the Palazzo delay, more silliness from the free-ticket
services, the Plaza v. Plaza scrum and Sig&Roy's
possible return.
Links:
Steve's piece
on the Plaza battle from the New York Times is
here
The Wall Street Journal piece on MEGACENTER is
here
The R-J's follow-up on the Palazzo delay is here
Information about the holiday lights at Sunset
Park is here
The hullabaloo surrounding ShowTickets4Locals.Com
is here
Norm's item on Sig&Roy's possible return is
here
* * *
Nov.
29: Steve Wynn, Part I

Here we go – again.
Steve Wynn returns to this program this week and
next for an exclusive two-parter following his
triumphant showing in the inaugural Las Vegas
edition of the Michelin Guide. In this week’s
portion, Wynn traces the rise of fine dining in
Vegas, explains the Venetian’s failure to
earn any stars from Michelin and reveals some
shocking sales statistics for shops at Wynn Macau.
In banter: Holiday decor, a new spur for the Strip,
new tech at MGM Skylofts, cool new Mandalay Bay
lounge EyeCandy, Jeff Beacher strikes back against
a critic and bring your dogs to Mandalay Place.
Links:
The Skylofts
at MGM Grand are here
EyeCandy Lounge's site is here
Jeff Beacher's website is here
The Lush Puppy shop's website is here
"Christmas In Las Vegas" songwriter Richard Cheese's
site is here
* * *
Nov.
22: Ellen DeGeneres and Patti LuPone

It’s a Duo
of Divas, Part Deux. First, Tony winner Patti
LuPone talks about her long Broadway career, why
she hated playing her signature role, Evita, and
what she thinks (it's not good) of the stunt-casting
trend on Broadway. Then, Ellen DeGeneres discusses
the writer’s strike, her dog controversy
and the TBS variety show she filmed in Vegas last
week.
In Banter: Planet
Hollywood opens, Robert Earl hates us, The Plaza
may need a new name, Wynn's cheap on the drinks
and the Crown keeps shrinking.
Links:
Ellen DeGeneres'
website is here
Patti LuPone's website is here
Steve's piece in the Telegraph about Robert Earl
is here
Steve's account of the P-Ho opening is here
The Grits to Glitz account of the P-Ho opening
is here
The breaking news on Zumanity's Joey Arias is
here
An R-J piece on the shrinking Crown Tower is here
* * *
Nov.
15: Joy
Behar, Michelin Guide Director
BONUS!:
FRONTIER IMPLODER SPEAKS!

If there was still
a need to convince anyone that Las Vegas is now
a major-league fine dining destination, the Michelin
Guide put that to rest this week. Sixteen of the
127 restaurants included in the first Las Vegas
edition from the world’s most respected
food guide received stars, a higher percentage
than San Francisco or Los Angeles. We speak this
hour to the guide’s director, Jean-Luc Naret
about the results. Plus, a somewhat crabby “The
View” host Joy Behar banters with Steve
ahead of her appearance at The Comedy Festival
at Caesars Palace.
Links:
The Michelin
Guides site is here
Our Frontier implosion video on YouTube is here
David Copperfield's Gaming Hall of Fame site is
here
Steve's Las Vegas Weekly column on the Michelin
stars is here
* * *
Nov.
8: Bob Eubanks, Chuck Woolery

On the TV, game
show hosts are notoriously perky and pleasant,
but, of course, that’s show business. Backstage,
it’s more complicated. Just as with any
other area of celebrity, there are feuds, disputes
of money, petty jealousies and mood swings. Now
that two of the legends, Bob Eubanks and Chuck
Woolery, have landed in Vegas for the live game
show at the Hilton, they both reveal to Steve
this hour their never-before-discussed disputes
with the recently departed Merv Griffin and much
more.
In Banter: The
WSJ boosts Steve's book, OJ Mania returns, Terry
Fator is a $100K Man, Sexxpresso opens, Dolphin
Habitat closes.
Links:
Get tickets
to the $250,000 Game Show Spectacular here
Bob Eubanks' website is here
Chuck Woolery's website is here
Read the WSJ piece on gay Las Vegas and Steve's
book here
Read about Terry Fator, Vegas' new $100K man,
here
Steve's Newsweek piece on OJ's hotel woes is here
See more about the Sexxpresso coffee drive-thru
here
Read more about the loss of the Tiger Habitat
at the Mirage here
*
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Nov.
1: Bonnie
Tyler
Her
voice isn't beautiful in a conventional way, but
Bonnie Tyler’s scratchy rasp is full of
a desperation and angst that has turned her into
an icon and her biggest hits into anthems that
never go out of style. Tyler, who this month does
her first performance in Las Vegas since she sang
"Holding Out For A Hero" for a David
Copperfield special in the early 1980s, chats
with Steve this hour about those kooks who lip-synch
to "Total Eclipse of the Heart" on YouTube,
running into Bruce Willis after he discussed her
songs in the film "Bandits" and how
her unusual voice got to be the way it is. Here’s
a hint: It wasn’t whiskey and cigarettes
after all.
In Banter: More
on the MGM Mirage mess, fancy/slutty uniforms
at some PHo restaurant, Robert Goulet's death,
David Copperfield's voice mail and more.
Links:
Bonnie Tyler's
website is here
Buy tix for Tyler's Nov. 3 show at the Santa Fe
here
Two particularly silly YouTube versions of Tyler
songs are here
and here
A solid obit on Robert Goulet by Mike Weatherford
is here
TMZ.Com on David Copperfield's voice mail is here
*
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Oct.
25: Miley Cyrus' Pa

Call it the revenge
of the one-hit wonder. Most of us thought we’d
heard the last of Billy Ray Cyrus when he faded
from the height of the pop culture scene in the
early 1990s following his ubiquitous novelty hit,
“Achy Breaky Heart.” But Cyrus continued
to make music and even starred in a TV show of
his own for the past decade. And now he’s
back thanks to the huge success of his actress-singer
daughter Miley, known to tweens the world ‘round
as Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel TV show.
The elder Cyrus, who plays Miley’s TV dad,
chats this hour about working together, about
his new album and about why Disney’s own
bio of him is wrong.
In Banter: More
on David Copperfield, Miles' exercise thing, the
Ladies' Night complaint and the MGM Mirage Reservations
Mess.
Links:
Billy Ray Cyrus' website is here
Buy tix for Cyrus' Oct. 27 show in Primm here
Miles' new workout thing is here
Steve's coverage of the MGM Mirage reservations
mess is here
The latest on David Copperfield is here
The Las Vegas Weekly's piece on the Ladies' Night
challenge is here
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Oct.
18: A
Very Cirque-ish Friessmas
BONUS:
A Chat With An Original Mystere Performer

Steve
wasn’t the only one celebrating a birthday
this week. Tuesday was the ninth anniversary of
the debut of perhaps the most successful show
in Las Vegas history, the Cirque du Soleil production
“O.” In honor of that, we chat with
an original performer of the aquatic spectacle
at the Bellagio, Russian diver Anastassia Dobrynina.
In
Banter: American Idol and Cirque-Bono may be coming,
the Scintas sucks, the weight-your-wife Vegas
game and much more.
Links:
Buy
tickets to any Cirque show here
An explanation of "Friessmas" is here
The NPR show "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" can be
found here
Steve's report on Hans Klok's demise is here
All about Sheldon Adelson's lawsuit against John
L. Smith is here
The Myspace page that Troy made for Miles is here
Get tickets to the Hilton's live $250,000 Game
Show Spectacular here
Kayak.Com is here
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Oct.
11: Pete Rose

From
doping to dogfighting, illicit gambling to alleged
armed robbery, this has been a year of sports
scandal in America. And yet a recent ESPN poll
found that the public still views the uproar that
led to the banishment of Pete Rose from Major
League Baseball as one of the five worst ever.
Rose, probably the best player of his generation,
now spends 15 days a month signing autographs
at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, where he
took a break to chat with Steve about everything
from his gambling habit – or lack thereof
– to his empathy for Paris Hilton.
In
Banter: Harrah's hotel-room problem, Steve's gambling
bender and more.
Links:
Pete
Rose's website is here
Field of Dreams website is here
The ESPN poll on sports scandals, ranking Rose's
#5, is here
Buy Pete Rose's
book here
Nominate The Strip Podcast and The Strip Podcast
Blog for a Trippie here
One of the R-J's pieces on the Rio remodel mess
is here
Steve's blog post about the Larry Craig bathroom
is here
Steve's blog post about the Golden Nugget's O.J.
rate is here
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Oct.
4: The Daily Shows
...with Ronn Lucas and Mac King

The
nightclub scene may be giving Vegas shows a run
for their money, but daytime entertainment is
thriving like never before. Tourists flock to
them to get out of the heat, to avoid those wretched
Hoover Dam tours or maybe to take advantage of
a great deal, but once they’re seated they
more often than not feel they’re having
a much better time than they might’ve expected.
Two veterans of Vegas daytime, Ronn Lucas and
Mac King, join us this hour to talk about their
shows and their impressive careers.
In
Banter: A Palms-based reality show, why Vegas
paparazzi are tame, the Scintas make a move and
Barry Manilow's View kerfluffle.
Links:
Ronn
Lucas' website is here
Mac |