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PROLOGUE PART ONE The clear, dry desert air crackled with excitement as Savage surveyed the tumult below from his penthouse vantage point in the tallest building ever erected in teaming Las Vegas. Hundreds of feet below were throngs of people jamming the streets and clogging the boulevards straining to get a better look at the Circus Parade, the Laser Light Show, and the lines of sleek, black limousines bearing international dignitaries and celebrities from the greatest and most important ci...

QUALITY HILL PLAYHOUSE Presents THE SONGS OF IRVING BERLIN By Taylor Pero You’ve got until February 10th to see the excellent production of Quality Hill Playhouse’s current offering of The Songwriter Series, No Business Like Show Business themed presently honoring The Songs of Irving Berlin. Take it from me. I went, I saw, I came out smiling and feeling very patriotic and proud to be an American. In contrast to the daily political quagmire we’re being forced to sludge our way through with the...

27 DRESSES MOVIE REVIEW By Taylor Pero 20th Century Fox and Spyglass Entertainment present this Comedy. Romance film starring Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, and Ed Burns. A new Star has crossed over from television and is at this minute the hottest actress in Hollywood since Julia Roberts made us laugh and cry in “Pretty Woman”. I’m taking Katherine Heigl, who has blossomed on TV in the wildly popular series “Grey’s Anatomy” for I-don’t-know-how-many-seasons. You have to have ...

S A V A G E A STORY OF HOLLYWOOD By TAYLOR PERO Copyright © November 2007 All Rights Reserved PROLOGUE The clear, dry, desert air crackled with excitement. From his penthouse vantage point on the sixtieth floor. Savage stood looking down at the throngs of people who jammed the streets and clogged the boulevards straining to get a better look at the Circus Parade, the Laser Light Show, and the lines of sleek, black limousines bearing international dignitaries and celebrities from the greatest...

Movie Review SWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street The original theatrical production of Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway March 1, 1979 and the star attraction was Angela Lansbury, then the toast of NYC Theater. It was not an instant hit, closing after just 557 performances on June 29, 1980. The story goes that on the original opening night, half the audience got up and left in disgust during the intermission. Disgust? In a Broadway Show? Yes! In this case the multiple slashing of thr...