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R.I.P. Dominick Dunne
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 26 August 2009
[Note: Hear my lengthy interview with Dominick Dunne from Sept. 2008 while he was here covering the O.J.
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The Strip is LIVE tonight w/Joan Rivers!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 25 August 2009
We're live tonight at LVRocks.Com with this week's show as well as the live chat room and webcam. As of right now, Miles expects to make it this week.
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The Show is UP: Daniel Negreanu
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 20 August 2009
Here we go ... the newest show. Listen to the first two minutes to hear how to win a pair of MJ tickets and afterparty passes! To download, right-click on the date below (or the AAC link) and save it to your computer.
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The Strip is LIVE Tonight (Yes, Tonight!)
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 19 August 2009
Drew Carey canceled all his press interviews today, so instead this week's guest is poker star Daniel Negreanu, currently third on the all-time list of all-time tournament earnings at $11.6 million.
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One Bizarre Lunch with Joe Jackson
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 17 August 2009
I've had many odd days in my career. Yesterday belongs in the Top Five.
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This week's LVW col: Beer Summit West
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 15 August 2009
OK, folks. Here's the new Las Vegas Weekly column, in which I attempt to diffuse the most legendary feuds in modern Vegas. I kinda was hoping they would photoshop my head on Obama and Wynn and Adelson on Crowley and Gates, but they didn't. If anyone knows how to do that, it would be so awesome! Anyhow, read on and enjoy!Beer Summit WestVegas' best feuds need to be settled, Obama-like, over a beverageBy STEVE FRIESS
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The show is UP: Under A. Cools' Spell
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 13 August 2009
Alrighty...here's the newest show. Listen at 1:04:00 to hear how to win a pair of MJ tickets and afterparty passes! To download, right-click on the date below (or the AAC link) and save it to your computer.
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The Strip is LIVE tonight w/Anthony Cools!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 11 August 2009
Miles won't be able to leave work in time tonight so Amy's guest-hosting again, which is great because she accompanied me to "Mental" and "Freaks" on Friday, two of guest Anthony Cools' other Vegas productions.
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This week's LVW col: Enter The Stage Door
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 7 August 2009
Here's this week's "The Strip Sense" piece. Didn't actually get to the bottom of the mystery, but maybe this one's about the journey, not the destination? Enjoy. -SteveA riddle wrapped in... Harrah's?There may be great stories about the Stage Door, but good luck finding themBy STEVE FRIESS
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Frank Marino To Reopen @ IP
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 7 August 2009
This is the sort of thing I'd normally just Tweet, but with Twitter all funkied up, I'm going Old School and blogging. (BTW, that Tao Tweasure Hunt was reskedded for next week and this is a funny bit called "When Twitter Is Down.")
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Tao's Twitterific Idea
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 6 August 2009
With all the wretched news about Prive and the rest of the nightclub scene these days, I find this idea an interesting and fun approach to drumming up business and us
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The Strip is LIVE tonight w/Smokey Robinson
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 4 August 2009
No, really this time!
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From The Files of: BLOW ME
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 4 August 2009
It's not that Vegas is beyond reproach. God knows I've got my share of complaints. Informed complaints.
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Of Mob Museums, Beyonce and Pizza
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 2 August 2009
Some thoughts and stuff from the weekend papers...
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Is it Criss Angel Luxor, too?
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 31 July 2009
Not long ago, that beloved Strip headliner Criss Angel Tweeted this:
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From the Files of It Had To Happen Eventually
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 26 July 2009
The weekend papers contained three stories that were interesting, but not surprising to me. They just seemed preordained to occur one of these days.
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People On Line At Box Office!!!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 25 July 2009
Erich and I told one another yesterday not to over-expect on the first day of ticket sales for "Las Vegas Celebrates The Music of Michael Jackson." All week, we kept telling ourselves we needed to make it to Saturday and we'd be on our way, onto the next phase of this crazy project that's only about three weeks old.
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This week's LVW Col: Vegas Movie Mistakes!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 23 July 2009
I've been saving up this one for a while. Finally, it's ripe. Hooray! Here goes! In fact, here's a shot from "Fools Rush In" that I didn't even get to mention in the piece. Where's this exit? Not near the Mirage, that's for sure. Enjoy! -sf
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The Show is UP: Charo!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 23 July 2009
Don't prejudge this lady. Yes, she's got the maracas, but beneath them is a serious musician and a veteran performer who has earned a place in Vegas performing lore. Also, she's delightful to chat with and tells great stories. Plus, it's worth it to tune in just to hear how I was nearly mistaken for a predator. Eek! You know the drill: click on the date below to listen or right-click and save to your computer.
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And away we go...
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 23 July 2009
We're about to go out with our first press release on the Michael Jackson benefit concert and all I can say is that I am just exhausted.
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The Strip is LIVE tonight w/Charo
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 21 July 2009
You think she's just a blond, air-headed, surgically enhanced... oh, wait. That's last week's show. This week, we've got Charo.
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10 Vegasish Questions For Monday
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 20 July 2009
As you know, I collect images that are odd, funny or perplexing. So here's 10 head-scratching questions to start off your work week:1. What "tram" is there now or ever was in the parking garage at Harrah's?
