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...made lake, massage tables in the suites and Wynn's huge signature on the top of the building as understated, in Vegas terms, he's right. There are low ceilings, short hallways and lots of nooks that make the place feel intimate and isolated. In a radical break from casino logic, there is natural sunlight everywhere, and all the restaurants and bars have outdoor seating. The mountain shields the hotel from the Strip, so you feel as if you're separated from the insanity, even though it's just outside. It's like doing Vegas from a luxury...
...surgery, as an English major at the University of Pennsylvania, Steve sat at his father's bed, tallying more than $200,000 in the elder Wynn's outstanding debt. Steve made his first major foray into Vegas in 1972, buying an interest in the Golden Nugget, a seedy downtown casino. He overhauled the place, then built a new Golden Nugget in Atlantic City, N.J. (with financing from junk bonds floated by Michael Milken). His next big move put an indelible stamp on the Strip: Wynn opened the Mirage, a shimmering temple of camp, with white tigers behind glass...
...want Singapore to have the X factor." LEE HSIEN LOONG, Singapore's Prime Minister, after the city-state approved two casino projects to give it more "buzz...
...plays a Las Vegas cocktail waitress named Flo who, it turns out, bears more than a passing resemblance to Marlene Dietrich. Hicks took on the look of the legendary German actress after Director Richard Brooks suggested that she dress like an old-time movie star instead of your typical casino bunny. "I always loved The Blue Angel," said the star, and happily donned top hat and silk hose. Now that she is a Mädchen in uniform, Hicks finds more contrast than similarity between her current character and Monroe. "Flo's been hurt, but she doesn't go under," says...
...between the Good Colored Boy and the resentful black man finally claimed its victim in the late '60s: he became a drug user and a blurting paranoid, convinced that murderers were stalking him. His last job before his death, in 1981, was as a "greeter" in a Las Vegas casino, where he signed autographs and played golf with high rollers. Frank Sinatra covered many of his medical bills...