Wayne Newton News

The legendary Mr. Las Vegas, Wayne Newton is celebrating 50 Years on the Strip in Sin City with his new show "Once Before I Go." Part Native American, he was born in Roanoke, Va., and began performing at age 4. Newton, now 67, and his brother arrived in Las Vegas in the late 1950s and the rest is history.

Well, I'm glad that's over. And really, doesn't it pretty much sum up this entire dismal season of The Amazing Race when, during last night's finale, we were a) hard-pressed to identify more than half the teams gathered on Wayne Newton's front lawn and b) even those folks couldn't muster up the enthusiasm to applaud like they meant it? You know how ...

Brothers Sam and Dan McMillen argued all the way until the end of The Amazing Race , coming up just shy - 10 minutes to be exact.

Caption: Wayne Newton welcomes veterans from around the country at his show 'Once Before I GO' at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, Nevada .... Las Vegas entertainer WAYNE NEWTON was forced to miss a late night appearance on U.S. TV on Monday when bad weather grounded his flight to Los Angeles.

Anything can happen in Vegas - and for these racers, it did! After visiting eight countries and logging more than 25,000 miles in 21 days, San Diego-based Meghan Rickey , 23, and Cheyne Whitney , 23, were the first team to cross the finish line at Wayne Newton's house in Las Vegas on The Amazing Race and were crowned winners of the CBS series' 15th ...

Entertainer Wayne Newton , known as Mr. Las Vegas, celebrates 50 years on The Strip with Once Before I Go , a theatrical production telling the story of his journey, running through April at the Tropicana Las Vegas.

Hey, isn't it our job to pick on Wayne Newton's singing? But everyone's a critic, and the Las Vegas Musicians Union is letting people judge sound snippets of Newton live in concert on a new Web site, Wayne NewtonSadFacts.info. The Web site takes a high-tech approach to "leafletting" in the union's three-year-old dispute with Newton over rehearsal ...

As part of our blowout coverage of Wayne Newton, we asked our readers for their questions for Mr.

A celebration of 50 storied years as told by the man who shaped them, Once Before I Go is a rare opportunity to experience an iconic career through the entertainera TMs own lens.

Hacks's politics were hard to ignore. Bertolt Brecht advised him not to move to East Germany in the early nineteen-fifties...but Hacks moved anyway.

Have a question you'd like to ask Mr. Las Vegas? Or maybe a favorite story about Wayne Newton? Submit your question or story here and we'll collect the best stories and Newton's answers to your questions and publish them for everyone's enjoyment early next week.

Ed Darling, a veteran editor and publisher at newspapers in Mississippi, Alabama and Oklahoma, has announced his retirement as publisher of the Mississippi Business Journal.

Mr. Las Vegas - made a visit Friday to the VA Health Care System's Community Living Center in Phoenix.

Nov. 8--When the Executive Inn Rivermont opened its doors on Oct. 14, 1977, it was hard to imagine that reality would outstrip the soaring dreams owner Bob Green and Owensboro officials had for the downtown hotel and convention center.

A Vegas headliner visited veterans at the VA Hospital in Phoenix Friday. Singer Wayne Newton greeted vets and posed for pictures.

MIKE WEATHERFORD MORE COLUMNS Review Wayne Newton: "Once Before I Go" 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays Tiffany Theatre at the Tropicana, 3801 Las Vegas Blvd.

Wayne Newton dips Cheryl Burke during the grand opening of his Once Before I Go at the Tropicana on Oct.

Wayne Newton is telling fans "Danke schoen" after 50 years in Las Vegas and hinting that his latest run could be his last.

Wayne Newton is telling fans "Danke schoen" after 50 years in Las Vegas and hinting that his latest run could be his last.

Las Vegas, Nevada, has come a long way from the old "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" atmosphere of debauchery and excess.