The end of the American Dream

Posted on May 3, 2012 by admin

France 24, the 24/7 international news channel, gives a glowing review to Huntington Press author Matthew O’Brien’s acclaimed insight into the lives of the displaced people who occupy a parallel universe,  living in the storm drains underneath the Las Vegas Strip.

Forget the American dream. Today France 24’s book critic, Augustin Trapenard, talks about the American nightmare as seen by two writers. In Matthew O’Brien’s Beneath the Neon, and Russell Banks’ Lost Memory of Skin, we meet the pariahs, outcasts, underdogs, and losers of the United States. Continue reading →

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Free Money, Free Food, and Tacos in a Biker Bar

Posted on May 3, 2012 by admin

Anthony Curtis’ weekly column for Vegas Seven magazine.

May 3, 2012

First, a few casinos launched $100-rebate-on-loss deals to stir up business. Then the Trop did ’em one better with a $200 offer. A couple of months later, the Palms upped the ante to $500. Now the Riviera is offering a $1,000 rebate on losses via the just announced “Grand Guarantee.” Continue reading →

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The Millionaire’s Wife by Cathy Scott

Posted on May 1, 2012 by admin

Renowned true-crime writer and Huntington Press author Cathy Scott is interviewed by The Big Thrill about her latest title, The Millionaire’s Wife.

April 30, 2012

“The Las Vegas Sun offered me a job,” Cathy says. “Then Tupac Shakur was killed on my watch, and that was my first book—THE KILLING OF TUPAC SHAKUR.” Her second book, THE MURDER OF BIGGIE SMALLS, further established her as a bestselling true crime writer.

Cathy Scott’s latest book released March 2012 from St. Martin’s Press is THE MILLIONAIRE’S WIFE. It chronicles the true story of a real estate tycoon, his beautiful young mistress, and a marriage that ended in murder.

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O’Sheas Closes on Las Vegas Strip

Posted on May 1, 2012 by admin

Anthony Curtis nationally syndicated weekly column.

April 25, 2012

“Countdown to Closing” festivities are underway at center Strip, celebrating the last day of operations for O’Sheas, the smallish casino located between the Flamingo and the Imperial Palace. The casino held a bash this weekend, with live bands, prize giveaways, and food and drink specials. The doors officially close at noon on April 30, marking the end of a nearly 23-year run on the Strip. A smaller version O’Sheas is scheduled to re- Continue reading →

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Rapper Tupac Shakur’s Digital Resurrection Gets Mixed Reviews

Posted on May 1, 2012 by admin

Huntington Press author and Forbes contributing writer Cathy Scott, who wrote best-seller The Killing of Tupac Shakur, shares her thoughts and those of others about the murdered rapper’s recent “appearance” at the Coachella music festival.

Stir it up, the hologram did. The performance, according to the Wall Street Journal, may be just the beginning. It has prompted talk of taking the Tupac hologram on a world tour. And the hologram now has its own Twitter account. The @HologramTupac page description says, “I rap and I’m a hologram.”

Columbia University professor Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, appearing on CNN’s “Starting Point,” seemed baffled by the hologram. “It’s creepy,” he said. “It’s almost like necrophilia. Of course, I’m going to go see it. And I’ll talk about how creepy it was.”

Afeni Shakur, Tupac’s mother, who had given Dre and Snoop a nod to have the hologram designed, according to TMZ, gave it a thumbs up. Watching a live online stream of the performance, she was “positively thrilled.” Continue reading →

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Boutique Hotel Coming to the Las Vegas Strip

Posted on April 4, 2012 by admin

Anthony Curtis’ nationally syndicated weekly column.

April 4, 2012

Actor Robert De Niro and renowned chef Nobu Matsuhisa were at Caesars Palace last week, checking in on their joint project, the Nobu Hotel. Almost forgotten in recent months is the 180-room boutique hotel-within-a-hotel at Caesars, which will include 16 suites and a deluxe penthouse, along with a Nobu restaurant. It will be the first Nobu branded hotel in the world Continue reading →

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Cheap Wine

Posted on March 26, 2012 by admin

Anthony Curtis’ weekly column for Vegas Seven magazine.

March 22, 2012

Keeping in the spirit of Vegas Seven’s wine issue, let’s take a look at a few of Las Vegas’ many deals on the grape. The sheer number of restaurants and bars and nightclubs in this town lead to all sorts of plays on wine all over town. The biggest problem is staying up with them. Here’s a list of some the top deals going on right now. Continue reading →

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New, hip hotel in downtown Las Vegas

Posted on March 26, 2012 by admin

Anthony Curtis is quoted in USA Today’s “Travel” feature on the D, the new incarnation of downtown’s former Fitzgeralds hotel-casino, now under new ownership.

March 13, 2012

News of the D “is fantastic for downtown,” says Vegas expert Anthony Curtis, president of LasVegasAdvisor.com. They’re “taking big steps down there.”

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Literary Las Vegas

Posted on March 26, 2012 by admin

Anna Stothard, who has just made the Orange Prize longlist, goes in search of the places famous writers found decadence and excess in Sin City. Her guide to the underworld is Huntington Press author Matt O’Brien.

March 24, 2012

“Hunter would be disgusted, right?” says a man’s voice. I look up from my copy of Fear and Loathing to see that my literary tour guide for the evening has turned up. Local journalist and author of Beneath the Neon, Matthew O’Brien has bought himself a Slurpee – although you get the sense he’d rather have a whiskey – and sits down next to me. “All these arcade games would have been the same, though,” he says, sweeping his hand over our surroundings and taking my book off me. “Shoot the pasties off the nipples of a 10ft bull dyke and win a cotton-candy goat?” he reads from a marked passage.

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5 Ways to Be Better at Risk-Taking

Posted on March 26, 2012 by admin

Time Moneyland Career Strategies chooses Huntington Press author Annie Duke as one of five experts at risk-taking.

March 15, 2012

You may never tame lions or swim with the sharks, but you still have plenty of opportunities to act courageously every day. Learn the secrets to becoming bolder and braver from five experts (including a poker champion and a stunt coordinator) who smile in the face of fear.

3. Don’t Put Everything on the Line
I set aside money for playing poker, and I risk only a small amount of it on each game. You can’t take advantage of big financial opportunities (a passion, a new job, a potential investment) if you’re too stretched. That means you need to maintain a lifestyle that’s more modest than what you can actually afford. Even then, you should never put all your time or cash into one venture. The odds of ruin are just too high.

– Annie Duke is a Los Angeles–based professional poker player. She won the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions in 2004 and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2010. Continue reading →

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Chris Moneymaker talks ‘All In — The Poker Movie’

Posted on March 26, 2012 by admin

ESPN blog Page 2 on the March 23 launch nationwide of award-winning documentary All In — The Poker Movie, starring numerous luminaries from the poker world, including Huntington Press author of Decide to Play Great Poker, Annie Duke.

March 23, 2012

Opening Friday in New York is a documentary called All-In — The Poker Movie talking about the boom of the game and what’s in store.

The movie took four years to make and features interviews with actor Matt Damon of the poker movie “Rounders”; sports writer Frank DeFord; singing legend Kenny Rogers, who had a song “The Gambler”; and a host of the top poker players in the world, including Annie Duke, Chris Ferguson, Phill Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu.

Click the link to read the complete blog entry and to view the movie trailer.

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O’Sheas Closing on Las Vegas Strip

Posted on March 26, 2012 by admin

Anthony Curtis’ nationally syndicated weekly column.

March 21, 2012

First it was closing, then it wasn’t. Now it is, but it will be back again … or something. All that’s really certain is that O’Sheas, the smallest casino on the Strip, will close its doors on April 30 to make way for the Linq retail project. It’s expected that the casino and garage will be demolished shortly after the closing. Caesars Entertainment says that a smaller version of O’Sheas will be built and incorporated into the sprawling Linq complex. Continue reading →

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