CineVegas Welcomes Great Films and Stars to The Palms
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CineVegas started off with the World Premier of "Oceans 13" in the Brenden Theaters in The Palms. The red carpet arrivals started at 5:30 on Wednesday, June 6th.
Creative Chairman of CineVegas is Dennis Hopper
Conde Nast Traveler is the sponsor of the Film Makers Lounge
Dave inside the Conde Nast Traveler Lounge
The first film of the film festival was shown at the Golden Nugget downtown Las Vegas. The showing of "The Grand" was followed by an after party at the Golden Nugget pool.
Criss Angel is The Master of Magic... Levitating Through Light Beam of The Luxor Hotel
Tuesday night was the launch of magician Criss Angel's "Mindfreak" third season of his television show on the A&E network. I was invited to the premiere party at the Luxor. Criss watched the hour long first episode with about 250 of us fortunate enough to be there. There are 25 more episodes this season.
Criss and fans watch premier at The Luxor
Criss Angel's production office and retail store are located in the Luxor. Production on this season will continue for about 4 more months. You might even be a part of the show if you're there when they film.
Criss Angel's production office and retail store are located in the Luxor. Production on this season will continue for about 4 more months. You might even be a part of the show if you're there when they film.
Criss Angel has a lot of fans
The highlight of the show was spectacular. Criss Angel levitated through the 42.2 billion candlepower beam of the Luxor pyramid. This was Criss Angel's highest levitation ever... over 500 feet above the Las Vegas Strip.
Luxor CEO Felix Rappaport gives Criss Angel several gifts
Criss also had celebrity guest "Dog the Bounty Hunter" and family tie him up with 100 feet of rope and toss him in a Luxor jacuzzi pool. Criss appeared after 4 tense minutes.
Criss Angel and SHOW SEEN Columnist Steve Tuminello
He has plans to make the entire Luxor pyramid dissapear. I want to see that myself. Criss has already levitated from the inside top of the Luxor all of the way to the casino floor. Impressive.
Felix Rappaport and Criss Angel cut the celebratory cake
Criss Angel has performed more magic on television than any other magician in history. "Mindfreak" is the number one show on the A&E network. He lives in the 6,000 square foot Presidential Suite at the top of the pyramid. It's directly below the Luxor Beam.
Criss Angel will have a new show that will be developed with Cirque du Soliel. The new show will start in summer of 2008.
Screen shot from A&E of LUXOR beam levitation
Criss Angel will have a new show that will be developed with Cirque du Soliel. The new show will start in summer of 2008.
SHOW SEEN Covers Clint Holmes New Broadway Bound Musical
SHOW SEEN columnist Steve Tuminello visits with Clint Holmes after the first ever performance of his new Broadway Show... "Just Another Man" (JAM) on Friday June 1st. For complete coverage visit our SHOW SEEN page.
Steve Tuminello, Dave Siefkes, Sandra Benton, Debbie Sirianni, and Ron Crews after the show
Monti Rock Celebrates 69th Birthday at Imperial Palace
Las Vegas personality Monti Rock III celebrated his 69th birthday at the Rock House Bar in the Imperial Palace Casino on Friday. Monti has been named the most interesting character by the R.J.newspaper and has appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson 18 times!!!
Monti Rock, Chick Hughes and friends
Gino Vannelli Band Enjoys Music at The Palms
The band of Gino Vannelli spent some time at The Palms this week between their amazing performances on the stage at the Flamingo.
Sandin Wilson, Patrick Lamb, Steve Tuminello, Andrew Chase
Band members including Sandin Wilson and Patrick Lamb enjoyed Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns in The Lounge at The Palms on Monday night.
The last set had band leader Jerry Lopez bringing up Patrick Lamb to jam on the saxophone with the group.
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After the show, Santa Fe and The Fat City Horns asked Sandin and Patrick to join them for a group photo.
Percussionist Gabe Falcon, Sandin Wilson and Steve Tuminello
On Thursday, Studio Manager of the Recording Studio at The Palms, Zoe Thrall took Sandin Wilson on a tour of the studio.
Also on the tour was Music Seen Columnist Steve Tuminello, recording artist Joey Finger and myself.
Steve Tuminello, Zoe Thrall, Sandin Wilson and Joey Finger
We also checked out The Pearl Theater. WOW!
Here's a sneak peak of Gino Vannelli on stage at the Flamingo. Watch for the complete story on the MUSIC SEEN page...
Scintas Leave Sahara to Standing Ovations and Packed House
This was the last performance of the Scintas at the Sahara. There were multiple standing ovations. There were plenty of celebrities. There was a lot of fun.
The Brothers Ali Jazz Trio Fill Lake Las Vegas with Music
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