Steve's Dec 2007 interview with "Money Honey" Maria Bartiromo for a Vegas Magazine cover story on her journalistic controversies, casinos versus stock markets and 9/11/01, also her birthday.

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There are a lot of artists you’d expect to find on the Las Vegas Strip. Performing artists, that is. But it’s a pretty sure bet that you never expected to find an artist like Maya Lin there. Neither did she. And yet the Vietnam Veterans Memorial sculptress is about to become a Vegas headliner, one of the major attractions in an ambitious $40 million public arts collection being assembled by MGM Mirage for its $8 billion CityCenter project. Tonight we’ll hear all about what sort of piece she’s getting $3 million to create for Las Vegas, about her first impressions of our fair town and, for the first time, about how she’s re-envisioning her most famous works.

In Banter: Encore's opening soon, Steve loses 95 cents at Mandalay, Blue Man Group is looking for men and women (?), Bill Maher gets it wrong and Billy Crystal's odd "classics."

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A decade ago, it was impossible to avoid Alanis Morissette on the radio. Her “Jagged Little Pill� album remains the biggest debut record of all time, selling 30 million copies worldwide and winning her seven Grammys. The appeal was, in part, the hard-edged anger and provocative lyrics coming from the mouth of the girl next door, and that paradox remains firmly in place as you’ll hear in Steve’s conversation with the Canadian singer who appears in Vegas on March 18.

In Banter: More Bette news, is Elton bored, Pure's raid, coins in the fountains redux.

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Bette, Bette, Bette. These days, that’s all you hear about in Vegas entertainment circles. So here’s some more. This week, we bring you Steve’s first-hand preview peek at the show, a review from a loyal listener who also saw it this weekend, a new poll with a Bette-tinged theme and even a related Top Secret Tourist Tip of the Week. Plus, Steve spoke with Toni Basil, Bette’s long-time choreographer and the singer behind that one-hit wonder “Mickey.� Basil explains how she used G.I. Joe figurines to plan the production, what sort of work she does for films like “Charlie Wilson’s War� and why she’s OK with being known as a one-hit wonder.

In Banter: A listener's Bette review, new details on CityCenter, a new show for Palazzo, Wayne Brady renewed and a run-in with the Houseseatslv.com dude.

Three weeks ago, when the Monte Carlo erupted in flames, magician Lance Burton was forced to cancel shows for only the second time in his 12-year run there. This Friday, though, it’s back to work for Burton as the beleaguered resort reopens to the public -- along with the best illusionist spectacle in Vegas. Steve spoke to Lance earlier today about the fire, his future and a surprising phone call he got from Roy Horn.

In Banter: Broadway West's death knell, changing Spamalot lyrics, Menopause The Musical is a huge success, the Silverton's Bass Pro Shop is No. 1 as an apparel shop!?!, what happens to the coins in the fountain and more.

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Before Robuchon, before Palmer, before Lagasse and before Flay, there was Puck. Wolfgang Puck, of course. His Spago back in the early 1990s set off the star-chef boom here, and this month the most prolific restaurateur in Las Vegas is about to opens his sixth Strip restaurant, Cut, at the Palazzo. So Steve asked him about his proliferation and gets him to name his favorite fast food joint. Also, sticking with the theme of originals, Steve chats with Frankie Avalon, one of the original American teen heartthrob and a Vegas veteran. That’s all coming up, plus news from Vegas, listener feedback, a new poll, the trivia question and, as always, the Top Secret Tourist Tip of the Week.

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The first new Las Vegas Strip resort in nearly three years held its grand opening in grand style last weekend. The Palazzo is the taller, blonder, slightly more elegant 3,000-room addition to its sister property, the Venetian, and it served as an excellent time to sit down for an interview with Las Vegas Sands C.E.O. Sheldon Adelson. While we can’t play all the audio from Steve’s two-hour conversation, we have received permission to play some of it, so sit back, relax, and get ready to hear some provocative comments from the Anti-Wynn.

In Banter: An incompetent Cathouse barrista, Election Day at the Wynn, Diana Ross rescued by a drag queen, Menopause hits 1000, R.I.P. Heath Ledger and more.

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Sheldon Adelson, Jan. 24, 2008The first new Las Vegas Strip resort in nearly three years held its grand opening in grand style last weekend. The Palazzo is the taller, blonder, slightly more elegant 3,000-room addition to its sister property, the Venetian, and it served as an excellent time to sit down for an interview with Las Vegas Sands C.E.O. Sheldon Adelson. Sit back, relax, and get ready to hear some provocative comments from the Anti-Wynn.In Banter: An incompetent Cathouse barrista, Menopause hits 1,000, Elaine Wynn at the casino caucus, and Oscar Goodman's queer query.