What: "Celebrity Journalism in the Digital Age" Panel (see description below) followed by Party with Perez

Presented by: TheStripPodcast.Com
The Palms and the N9Ne Group

Why: To benefit the

Who: Perez Hilton, Norm Clarke, Robin Leach and Kate Bennett

Date: Jan. 28, 2007

Time: Panel from 8-9 pm, party from 9-midnight

Where:


@ The Palms
4321 W. Flamingo Rd

Cost: $10 cover

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SUNDAY, JAN. 28

The Queen of All Media
faces off with...

CELEBRITY JOURNALISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE Perez Hilton's superhot blog has altered the landscape for celebrity gossip scribes. But how did we get from the quaint old days of Robin Leach sipping champagne with Joan Collins to Perez showing the world Britney's unmentionables? Hear Perez talk about his meteoric rise as he, Robin and two others consider the state of celebrity journalism in the Internet age. How have the others changed and modernized to fit the times? And what happens when the celeb-watcher becomes a celeb in his own right?

 

 

Kate Bennett
Vegas Magazine

Robin Leach


Norm Clarke
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Moderator

Steve Friess has interviewed Liza Minnelli, Steve Wynn, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Joan Rivers, Johnny Mathis, Whoopi Goldberg and many others as co-host, with partner Miles Smith, of the weekly celebrity interview podcast "The Strip." He's a national Las Vegas-based freelance writer whose work appears regularly in USA Today, Wired, Conde Nast Traveler, The New York Times, Newsweek and dozens of others. The Long Island native moved to Vegas to freelance in 2002 after living and writing in China and quickly established himself as the go-to writer for the worldwide media on all things Vegas. Frequently, Steve airs on his podcast The Strip the unedited audio of interviews he conducts for his articles with the key players in America's favorite adult playground. Steve also co-hosts The Petcast podcast.