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Doug Elfman
Doug Elfman is a national award-winning entertainment columnist who writes Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays in the Review-Journal. A one-time investigative reporter, rock critic and TV reviewer, Doug covers entertainment culture on and off the Strip. He also reviews video games in his nationally syndicated Game Dork column.

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Posted by Doug Elfman
Friday, Sep. 05, 2008 at 11:37 AM
In Vegas this weekend: Alice Cooper is a “maverick.” Also there's Motorhead, and the Misfits, Billy Bob Thornton sings, Collective Soul, a new crazy magic act guy is doing stuff, Nick Cage is in a new action flick, and a Vegas centerfold...
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Friday, Sep. 05, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Since John McCain performed at the RNC in front of a green screen, the YouTubes is about to get clogged up again with green-screen challenges, just like before. And here's the first one I've found, where girls shake their be-hinds behind his face....
Posted by Doug Elfman
Tuesday, Sep. 02, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Joe Lieberman looks so much like Max Wright from "ALF," I just can't look at him on TV during the Republican National Convention without thinking of "ALF." I'm just sayin' as, you know, a lapsed TV critic. Look for yourself! I...
Posted by Doug Elfman
Tuesday, Sep. 02, 2008 at 10:09 AM
A week ago, I listed all the Hollywood celebs who are supporting Barack Obama (tons of them) and John McCain (a handful). One of those Obama donors just died, and you know his voice, but not his face. As I wrote last week: "Even if you watch a...
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Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008 at 6:16 PM
Jerry Lewis — now hosting his 58th MDA telethon (KTNV-TV, Channel 13) — was an old friend of John F. Kennedy when he they had one of their final get-togethers during the president’s last birthday appearance. Lewis teased Kennedy...
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Friday, Aug. 29, 2008 at 2:47 AM
Check out this video to see what's on tap this huge weekend: Chris Rock, Kiss, Bob Dylan, Judas Priest, 3 Doors Down, Bill Cosby, David Spade, Katie Perry opening the new Rok nightclub, plus movies, a restaurant fest and don't forget the Strippers...
Posted by Doug Elfman
Friday, Aug. 29, 2008 at 1:26 AM
Two thoughts this morning. First of all, happy birthday, John McCain. Enjoy being 72 years old. Second: As a lingering former TV critic, I've been watching the presidential campaign with a sharp eye on how Obama and McCain have been portraying...
Posted by Doug Elfman
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008 at 5:04 AM
So let me get this straight. John McCain, 72, used taxpayer dollars to campaign in a public high school (against the law) where he told kids in school that he loves a rap song that cheers on young women to have sex and ingest semen more...
Posted by Doug Elfman
Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008 at 4:48 PM
The biggest celebs in the world have donated many thousands to Barack Obama. But John McCain inspires very little star power. And a few stars who donated to Hillary Clinton still haven't contributed to Obama. For up-to-date lists, you should really...
Posted by Doug Elfman
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Here are your big-show best bets this weekend: Mos Def; Sheryl Crow wth James Blunt; hair metal's Poison and Dokken; and free tickets to a Hootie concert in Primm. Watch this week's video here, featuring Las Vegas' entertainment columnists, and a...
Posted by Doug Elfman
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 at 12:25 AM
Here's another excellent take on the Olympics — a standard you can use to figure out which "Games" are just games, and which games are sports. "Anything that's judged is a hobby," not a sport, writes sports guy Steve...
Posted by Doug Elfman
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 at 12:13 AM
The last time vocalist Jennifer Holiday opened for a comedian on stage in Las Vegas, it was for Rosie O’Donnell, and Rosie really riled up her crowd with a raunchy cuss-fest that freaked out some tourists. “Rosie was going through a...
Posted by Doug Elfman
Monday, Aug. 18, 2008 at 7:08 PM
In today's video, the blue elf Lilith Astaroth wears a half-gallon of blue paint as she declares her zest to dispense money to fellow gamers of "Everquest," and destroy them with her mighty fire powers....
Posted by Doug Elfman
Monday, Aug. 18, 2008 at 6:54 AM
Check out the photos from this weekend's Playboy party here, featuring costume lingerie. It was an extravagant party, as I noted in today's column, and was a lot more friendly than the average humongo party. Here I am interviewing Hugh Hefner...
Posted by Doug Elfman
Monday, Aug. 11, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Some events in the Olympics are not sports, obviously. That's why it's called the Olympic Games. We can argue all day long about the merits of water polo. But I have invented a one-point test to save us all some time, at least, figuring out which...