Stripped of roofs, windows and doors, stark adobe ruins remain of buildings that once comprised Nevada’s first military installation. Strife between native Paiutes and white settlers in 1860 resulted in the establishment of Fort Churchill east of Carson City. Now preserved as Fort Churchill State Historic Park, the outpost saw nearly a decade of active use during turbulent times.
Walking onto the set of “Mad Men’s” Sterling Cooper — the famously decadent ’60s advertising agency at the heart of the Emmy’s most-nominated drama (10 p.m. Sundays, AMC) — you feel almost naked without a stiff drink in one hand, a cigarette in the other, and a girl from the steno pool to sexually harass.
In the poker bar of old, decor was sparse to nonexistent, if you didn’t count the dark corners. The prevailing scents were stale beer and staler cigarette smoke, the prevailing sounds coins banging into the trays of the slot machines and occasional verbal outbursts either cursing or praising the fates. The food? Usually whatever could be kept in the freezer and thrown into the fryer.
The press release went out on the day of Cher’s Aug. 6 return to the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The pop diva would debut "a new ensemble … an eyeful of glitter and sequins" for her "Believe" encore.
That’s right. A press release. For a costume.
There’s boring bad and there’s brilliant bad. Even when you’re talking topless vampires, as in “Bite,” they couldn’t shake their groove fangs all of four years without a spark of warped genius.
If your name is Cher, it’s a good summer in Las Vegas. Everyone else had to work a little harder.
