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Lead Photo Cirque reveals City Center show will be named “Viva ELVIS”

Sarah Feldberg | Thu, Nov 5, 2009 (11:27 a.m.)

Today Cirque du Soleil revealed that the new show opening in December at Aria Resort & Casino at City Center will be titled Viva ELVIS.

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Lead Photo Time to go for Wayne Newton?

Richard Abowitz | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 (2:59 p.m.)

Newton could be a great host of a Vegas variety show. But he prefers to keep his show focused on his singing and not on his legacy. The result is sad.

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Lead Photo A Perfecto Halloween makeover

Deanna Rilling | Thu, Oct 29, 2009 (10:38 p.m.)

What’s blue and purple, nearly naked and doesn’t move for five hours? Weekly writer Deanna Rilling undergoing an otherworldly transformation.

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Lead Photo From horror to hot dogs: Halloween’s Malcolm McDowell

Deanna Rilling | Thu, Oct 29, 2009 (8:20 p.m.)

It’s difficult to imagine the man who once played Alex in A Clockwork Orange buying a hotdog for a toddler. But that’s exactly what actor Malcolm McDowell was doing when the Weekly caught up with him.

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Lead Photo All hail John Waters, king of filth

Sarah Feldberg | Thu, Oct 29, 2009 (3:38 p.m.)

The filmmaker behind "Pink Flamingos" is bringing his one-man show to Vegas. Watch out.

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Lead Photo Girls in Rubber!!!

April Corbin | Thu, Oct 29, 2009 (12:25 p.m.)

You've never seen showgirls quite like these latexed ladies (and gentlemen?).

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Lead Photo Naked’ truth: Why ‘High Fidelity’ fans will hate Hornby’s latest

Smith Galtney | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (3:51 p.m.)

Chick lit sucks. Rob would be ashamed.

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Lead Photo Fashion Rocks: Stylish clothing meets hard rock at Hard Rock

Richard Abowitz | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (2:22 p.m.)

John Varvatos believed there had to be a way to mix music, fashion and commerce together and keep it interesting.

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Lead Photo Costumes go couture for haute Halloween

Sarah Feldberg | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (1 p.m.)

Students at the International Academy of Design and Technology looked to favorite designers for haute Halloween inspiration.

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Lead Photo This Is It” brings Michael Jackson back to big screen life

Melissa Arseniuk | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (12:42 p.m.)

“Michael was a great entertainer..." Joe Jackson said. "He just happened to be my son.”

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Lead Photo Rocky V. coming to a Vegas living room near you

Deanna Rilling | Tue, Oct 27, 2009 (3:13 p.m.)

Singer/songwriter Rocky Votolato is on tour, but he’s not playing in rock clubs or hipster cafés. Votolato is playing in people’s homes.

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Lead Photo U2 concert a full-scale spectacle, on and off the Sam Boyd Stadium stage

John Katsilometes | Sat, Oct 24, 2009 (6 p.m.)

Highlights: an all-too-brief meeting with former President Clinton, record attendance, a faulty BlackBerry and UNLV jerseys not worn.

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Lead Photo The teaches of Peaches

Sarah Feldberg | Fri, Oct 23, 2009 (1:04 p.m.)

Before Peaches wore beards and sang about sex, she taught day care. Who knew?

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Lead Photo Wearable art on the runway

Deanna Rilling | Fri, Oct 23, 2009 (12:59 p.m.)

Vegas’ own version of Project Runway will take to the catwalk this weekend in honor of the CAC’s 20th anniversary with wearable art at Hot Hot Haute.

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Lead Photo New media hits the Strip for Podcast-a-Palooza

Richard Abowitz | Wed, Oct 21, 2009 (4 p.m.)

The second annual Podcast-a-Palooza brought three of Vegas’ most popular podcasts together to question Gordon Absher, a vice president at MGM Mirage, who complained about the inaccuracies of new media.

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Cirque reveals City Center show will be named “Viva ELVIS”
Today Cirque du Soleil revealed that the new show opening in December at Aria Resort & Casino at City Center will be titled Viva ELVIS.
Time to go for Wayne Newton?
Newton could be a great host of a Vegas variety show. But he prefers to keep his show focused on his singing and not on his legacy. The result is sad.
A Perfecto Halloween makeover
What’s blue and purple, nearly naked and doesn’t move for five hours? Weekly writer Deanna Rilling undergoing an otherworldly transformation.

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