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Totally Awesome Time-Lapse Film Of Vegas
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 1 July 2011
You all remember Philip Bloom? He's the British filmmaker who last year threw a questionable tantrum against the Wynn Las Vegas, accusing them of nearly killing him because they failed to remove a feather pillow from his room. That was a messy drama that ended with Bloom first threatening to sue me and then making the whole matter disappear from his blog and elsewhere.
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LVW Col: Vegas Blew It, And Not In A Good Way
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 30 June 2011
Here's the columnized version of the blog post of the other day. Also, you can hear me, Chuck and travel agent Terry Wilsey discuss the topic on Las Vegas Weekly Radio Mag tonight on KUNV, 91.5 FM, at 5:30p. I'll update this post with the link when there's a podcast version available. -sfWhen it comes to gay marriage,Nevada is a few states too lateBy STEVE FRIESS
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The Show is UP: Ex-Harrah's CEO Phil Satre
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 30 June 2011
New show, turned around really quick! Bill Harrah died 33 years ago today, so this is good timing. Enjoy. Click on the date below to play or right-click to save the show. Or you subscribe -- for free -- in iTunes or Zune and you'll always get it first.
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The Las Vegas Hilton To Be Renamed!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 30 June 2011
Both the Review-Journal and VegasInc is reporting today that Hilton Worldwide is terminating its franchising agreement with
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Pictorial: Caesars' Octavius VIP Suite & Toilet
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 29 June 2011
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The Strip is LIVE tonight @ 8pm PT!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 29 June 2011
Tonight, we go in-depth with former Harrah's CEO and current IGT board chairman Phil Satre, who led the company from 1984 to 2005 and is largely responsible for the company's head-spinning growth and dominance in the world of gaming loyalty clubs .
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Media Muddle Extra: A Week In Righthaven
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 26 June 2011
This deserved separate treatment from the prior post, so here we go.
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Media Muddle: KNPR, Bornfeld, Electric Daisy Cartoons
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 26 June 2011
It's Sunday and I've got tons of writing to do, which means that I'll set it aside as usual to muse. Loads and loads of stuff:
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Top Nevada Conservative: Gay Marriage Is Inevitable, Just Do It
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 24 June 2011
As the New York State Legislature works into the night on a track to become the largest state
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The Show is UP: #Celine's Director and More!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 24 June 2011
Here we go again. It's sort of a two-fer, but instead of one gigantic show, we did two. Enjoy. Click on the date below to play or right-click to save the show. Or you subscribe -- for free -- in iTunes or Zune and you'll always get it first. -sf
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Proof The Strip Is Freaked About Electric Daisy
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 23 June 2011
I just filed a piece for a national publication about the Electric Daisy drama, but there are some things that are just difficult to explain in a traditional piece. You know how I love me some screen shots.
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LVW Col: How The Starkey Mission Changed Me
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 22 June 2011
I'm not sure why, but as I head to the end of my tenure as a Las Vegas Weekly columnist, I'm getting more and more personal and emotional in my writing. I hope y'all don't mind. Here's this week's piece. -sfAn afternoon with the Starkey Hearing Foundationchanged (my) lifeBy STEVE FRIESS
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The Strip is LIVE Tonight W/ Celine's Director
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 22 June 2011
Yes, we are back for a home-stretch of shows before we close up shop in August. Tonight, we feature an in-depth conversation with "Celine" director Ken Ehrlich, the man also behind countless Grammy telecasts.
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Good and bad from the weekend papers
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 20 June 2011
I caught up this morning on the weekend papers, and this stuff is worth your eye:
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Wait . . . Steve Wynn Voted For Obama?!?
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 20 June 2011
[UPDATE: Ben Smith of Politico picked up this item and ad
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LVW Col: Leaving (Out) Las Vegas At The Capitol
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 16 June 2011
As many of you know, I have a thing for visiting state capitols. So I was surprised to find this when I was in Carson City. Enjoy. -sfNevada’s Capitol ignores sin and our city, but we can change thatBy STEVE FRIESS
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Judge Sticks Fork In Righthaven-RJ Model Thanks To Stupid Shermy
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 15 June 2011
I really should have known.
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Ailing Adelson's Woes Spelling Trouble For Newt?
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 14 June 2011
The delightful Allison Hoffman, fiance to my close friend and former Vegas gaming scribe Adam Goldman, has a fascinating piece on TabletMag.Com today about Sheldon Adelson and how the SEC investigation into his Macau dealings could further damage the already moribund Newt Ging
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HuffPo Thinks AOL-Bashing Is HILARIOUS!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 7 June 2011
Remember when AOL spent
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The Good, The Bad And The R-J
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 6 June 2011
Many folks have asked for my take on news that disgraced ex-RJ publisher Sherman Frederick has bought weekly newspapers in the rural Nevada towns of Ely and Eureka from his former employer Stephens Media. You'll have to wait at least another day; I've got some calls out on this and am gathering some intel. Stay tuned.In the meantime, some other media ruminations:
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Gov. Sandoval Vetoes Close Enuf! Bill (AB456)
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 2 June 2011
The Carson City press was understandably consumed yesterday with the details of the monumental budget deal that will end this legislative session on time, so it's only now that the Review-Journal is reporting what I Tweeted yesterday: Gov. Brian Sandoval yesterday vetoed the Close Enuf! bill.
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LVW Col: VETO AB456
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 1 June 2011
I don't cover state-level politics much because, by and large, there's little national interest. The budget drama going on in Carson City now is de rigeur across the nation, albeit with a few Nevada touches like gaming and mining.
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Terry Fator on divorce, "handlers" + Barry Manilow
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 25 May 2011
OK, so the podcast is up and you can hear Terry Fator and his ex-wife Melinda discuss -- or not discuss as the case may be -- their marriage. I've also analyzed the situation a bit in this week's column, so you can read that, too. But I thought I'd provide a partial transcript of the salient parts because there was more to this conversation than the marital chatter.
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The Show is UP: Fator v Fator
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 25 May 2011
Some weeks, I head into an interview expecting one thing and a whole, very different other thing happens. This is one of those. Enjoy. Click on the date below to play or right-click to save the show. Or you subscribe -- for free -- in iTunes or Zune and you'll always get it first. -sf
