For her new book Legends: The Living Art of Risqué, French photographer Marie Baronnet traveled the country to take joyous, revealing portraits of early burlesque performers, many in Las Vegas (such as Bambi Jones, above).
Selene Luna brings her Los Angeles-based "Dog and Pony Show to Las Vegas this weekend. We talk with Selene about her evolution as a performing artist, why she loves doing burlesque, and some of the reasons why the term "midget" is so darn offensive.
GUESTS
Deborah Coonts, author
Cortney Warren, PhD, Asst Prof of Psychology, UNLV
Frank Stile, MD, plastic surgeon, Esthetique Plastique
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No matter your age or gender, chances are you have insecurities about your body. Particularly in Las Vegas, where the entertainment industry reigns supreme, lots of women choose to go under the knife in order to preserve their youth or enhance their beauty.
Absinthe is an adults only carnival that is taking over the gardens in front of Caesars Palace. Absinthe is an "acro-cabaret" variety show performed in large wood, canvas and stained glass circus tent known as a "spiegeltent.
