By
Polly Peluso
HOLLYWOOD HAPPENINGS
June
2005
Jeannette
Catsoulis, popular Las Vegas movie critic told me :"It took
5
years but I'm now in the N.Y Times. She says "I only have a
stringer
contract and there is no guarantee they'll use me more than
once a year
so I am not abandoning Vegas just yet. But I'm still jazzed.
Tena Houser
CEO of Lenz Agency) too was jazzed because her Lenz Agency
was selected
to participate in the Volleypalooza. It is the most fun,
celebrity media
event in North Beach, Florida and now it will be here with
her models to
challenge the top models from past North Beach.
My good friend Zee Matulonis had her famous Entertainment
Consumers'
Exchange giving out awards again this year at the Orleans.
Some of the
awardees were Frankie Dee (now 90 years and still going
strong), Joey
Villa, Babe Piere along with other Las Vegas entertainers as
presenters
such as the CheckMates . Joey Villa and Babe kept us highly
entertained
with laughter in their acceptance speech. Jaki Baskow Baskow
talent
agency and special events)has been named Natl. finalist for
Womens
President Awards for Fast Company Magazine Women Business
owner of the
Year. Our Las Vegas Film critics Society colleague, Victoria
Alexander
and her husband, famous author and speaker John Alexander
spent six hours, with the producers of ABC-TV;s Peter
Jennings for UFO Special. These two
talented Las Vegans also conducted a UFO survey for
billionaire
businessman and philanthropist Robert Bigelow's National
Institute for
Discovery Science (NIDS). Mr. Bigelow has personally
invested $500
million in Bigelow's Aerospace, headquarters here in Las
Vegas.
Did you
see famous Larry Edwards, famous Female impersonator of Tina
Turner and beautiful transvestite Shawn Lane in the latest
Sandra
Bullock's hot new movie "Miss Congeniality 2" "Forever
Plaid" is back at
the Gold Coast. Their opening night was star studded with
the likes of
Tony Curtis, Lance Burton, Monty Rock and popular movie
critic Judy and
her video producer husband Stephen Thorburn. Did you know
one of the Plaids
is Steve Wynn's son-in-law - who is also a local Jewish
cantor? For two
years Irwin Award Winner Hollywood publicity company Edward
Lozzi and
Associates has been named Publicist for the Year. Ed Lozzi
is my
wonderful friend that always includes me the the big Oscar
Night of "100
Stars" (which are all Oscar award nominees or winners of any
year). Lozzi
has called a recent event "A Historic Event". . For the
first time since
Elvis Presley died (Aug. 16,1977) the Jordanaires and the
Sweet
Inspirations remarkably brought together with John Krondes,
have recorded
a record called :Vegas In The Morning" written by Elvis
composer and Paul
Evans with John Krondes. This Electric Adrenaline pumping
Party Theme is
to become the "Official celebretory song for "America's
Party City", Las
Vegas. Have you noticed the beautiful photos for sale on the
back page of
Las Vegas Now by Karen Foster, the multi talented Karen
Foster is also
the publisher of the magazine and popular motivational
speaker. You can
go somewhere new every night in Las Vegas - this is the most
exciting
city in the world.
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