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Hilarious, timely, personal: Lily Tomlin at her best: Monday, Nov. 16, 2009; Lily Tomlin is worried. “I worry,” she says, “about being a success in a mediocre world.”
Leonard Cohen back in limelight after 15 years: Iconic singer will play Colosseum; Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009; Some might view this most auspicious yet unlikely occasion as a harbinger of the End Times. Forget hell freezing over, pigs flying, the mountain coming to Muhammad or other adynatons. Leonard Cohen is playing Las Vegas. The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, in fact: At age 75, the balladeer, poet, prophet, dark-eyed, sad-voiced ladies man is sliding right into the luxe 4,000-seat venue, between Bette Midler and Cher, next door to the Pussycat Dolls.
Lily Tomlin, Leonard Cohen coming to Vegas: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009; Who ever thought we’d see the day that brilliant comic actress Lily Tomlin, 70, and iconic singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, 75, would deign to perform in Las Vegas?
Two Burtons make magic: Nathan is winsomely funny; Lance slick and expert. Both shows on the Strip are crowd-pleasers.; Monday, Nov. 9, 2009; Following the success of the tiger-taming twosome, Vegas became an abracadabra destination and magicians gradually stepped up in status, from part of a variety lineup to headliner status.
Poet laureate headlines Vegas Valley Book Festival: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009; You might say she is America’s next top poet. Kay Ryan, the United States poet laureate, will make her first appearance in Nevada on Thursday night, when she reads from her work at the Fifth Street School to open the annual Vegas Valley Book Festival.
Wayne Newton: The story, but not the sound: The only thing fans will enjoy about this show is the memories it evokes; Monday, Nov. 2, 2009; I had been warned that Wayne Newton can’t sing anymore. Apparently it’s been common knowledge for years that his voice is shot.
Unashamedly, comedian Kathy Griffin seeks spotlight, lets it fly: Friday, Oct. 30, 2009; Kathy Griffin has nabbed two Emmy Awards for her hit reality show — and she won’t let anyone forget it. She carries the trophies along with her to TV talk show interviews and has done everything short of legally changing her name to “Emmy award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin.” Griffin then set her sights on a Grammy nomination, naming her CD “For Your Consideration” — and got one last year. And now she’s aiming for the Nobel Prize in Literature — or at least a few minutes on Oprah’s couch. The comedian’s autobiography — cheekily titled “Official Book Club Selection” (see item 2) — went right to No. 1 on The New York Times nonfiction best-seller list last month. Griffin performs back-to-back stand-up shows at Mandalay Bay tonight.
'The Shawl': Smart and spooky: Mamet play about a psychic, a client and a mysterious third delivers; Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009; “The Shawl,” a seldom-performed three-hander by David Mamet, culminates in a seance.
Two groups, many voices, spellbinding results: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009; Maybe it’s a stretch to call it “Glee” for grown-ups.
A year in, Criss Angel’s ‘Believe’ hasn’t changed much for the better: Monday, Oct. 26, 2009; It’s time for your annual checkup, Criss Angel.

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"Madness" ends too soon in Las Vegas: Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Kathy Griffin carted off Las Vegas stage: Friday, July 3, 2009
Michael Jackson: 'The Greatest Show on Earth': Thursday, June 25, 2009
"Badly behaved audiences, performers, critics...": Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Patti LuPone swipes at Kardashian, Hilton, Electra: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Where Americans want to live: Las Vegas makes the Top 20: Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009
Rudner extends Harrah's run until the end of time: Friday, Jan. 16, 2009
The loneliest booth at the CES expo: Friday, Jan. 9, 2009; Surrounded on all sides by blinking, bleeping objects in matte metallic finishes, the homey, homely wooden media storage units look like the chunky, low-slung, couch-sized stereo "console" your parents bought for the rumpus room in the early '60s.
Schwinn peddles 'eBike hybrid': Friday, Jan. 9, 2009; What could be less high-tech than the humble bicycle? Especially a Schwinn bike?
'Girls Gone Wild' crew competes with electronics for attention: Friday, Jan. 9, 2009

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