The James Webb Space Telescope will let scientists study small, rocky planets around distant stars in more detail than ever before. After decades of work, it could head into orbit later this year.
The constellation Orion is home to a busy, glowing nebula. Data from telescopes has been used to create a three-minute, three-dimensional tour around its colorful caverns and bright star clusters.
Astronomers using telescopes in Hawaii and California have found two exoplanets orbiting a star a mere 54 light-years away. The discovery is important for two big reasons.
Shortly before he died, Las Vegas impressionist Danny Gans completed an
autobiography. We talk with his children Amy and Andrew Gans about their
life with their father and how they've dealt with his untimely passing.
And today Elvis Presley would be 75 years old. That means there's no better time
to hear again Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Geoff Schumacher's take on
the King in Las Vegas.
He's been amusing Americans since the 1960s with his stand-up routines,
television shows and innumerable guest appearances on the talk show circuit. He's coming to Treasure Island this Saturday for one performance.
Broadway singer and dancer Rick Faugno is about to launch his one-man show, "Songs My Idols Sang (And Danced)" this Sunday at the Southpoint Hotel and Casino. This weekend's show is already sold out but Faugno gives us a preview in a special music edition of the show, taped in Studio One.
Garth Brooks and Steve Wynn have made it very clear to would-be profiteers
that they will not tolerate people profiting off the shortage of tickets for
the country megastar's Las Vegas concerts. Wynn Las Vegas has instituted an
elaborate procedure to ensure that only genuine concertgoers buy tickets and
we talk to writer and blogger Steve Friess about the new plan to stamp out
scalpers.
Actor Chazz Palminteri is bringing his classic one-man show to the Venetian
this week. We talk with him about growing up in New York, his acting career
and the variety of roles he plays in the show.
He's been amusing Americans since the 1960s with his stand-up routines,
television shows and innumerable guest appearances on the talk show circuit. He's coming to Treasure Island this Saturday for one performance.
He's been amusing Americans since the 1960s with his stand-up routines,
television shows and innumerable guest appearances on the talk show circuit. He's coming to Treasure Island this Saturday for one performance.
This weekend some of the leading performers on the Strip and across the valley will join together in a tribute concert to Michael Jackson. We talk with co-producer Erich Bergen and Rick McEnaney of the Clark County School
District's Partnership Office.
Broadway singer and dancer Rick Faugno is about to launch his one-man show, "Songs My Idols Sang (And Danced)" this Sunday at the Southpoint Hotel and Casino. This weekend's show is already sold out but Faugno gives us a preview in a special music edition of the show, taped in Studio One.
We talk with Master Magician Lance Burton, who's been the headliner at
the Monte Carlo since the hotel opened in 1996. He recently signed a
six-year contract extension, meaning he'll be the headliner until at least
2015.
Doug Elfman, entertainment columnist, LVRJ
Steve Friess, freelance journalist, Vegas Happens Here
... on what Strip entertainment we have to look forward to as summer approaches.
Terry Fator, ventriloquist, comedian, and singer
Norm Clarke, columnist, LVRJ
Jeff Scheid, Chief Photographer, LVRJ
... with their thoughts on Danny Gans, who passed away Friday morning.
Chip Lightman, Danny Gans' Mgr
Doug Elfman, entertainment columnist, LVRJ
Steve Friess, freelance journalist, Vegas Happens Here
Mike Weatherford, entertainment reporter, LVRJ
John Katsilometes, columnist and entertainment writer, Greenspun media
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