by Bruce Klauber | May 29, 2025 | History, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey
The list of television personalities who have had some success hosting late-night talk shows through the years is pretty short, especially since the concept of a late-night television talk show goes back to May of 1950, when comedian Jerry Lester hosted a program...
by Bruce Klauber | May 22, 2025 | Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey
Two Atlantic City hotel/casinos – one still standing, the other no longer with us – had rather unusual beginnings. The Brighton Hotel & Casino is barely remembered today, although it was actually the fourth hotel/casino to open in Atlantic City, and the resort’s...
by Michael | May 15, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber Angela Burton is a vocal artist with a lot of soul. And a lot of heart. From her vantage point on the stage of Atlantic City’s famed Club Harlem, as well as on the stages of 35 countries all over the world, Burton has seen it all and has known most of...
by Michael | May 8, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber Hugh Hefner and Atlantic City were made for each other, so it seemed. As the founder of the Playboy empire, Hefner had been selling flesh, flash and glamour since he founded Playboy Magazine in December 1953. Seven years later, he founded the first...
by Michael | May 1, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Cape May County, History, South Jersey
By Bruce Klauber It was an unlikely, unique, ahead of its time, and courageous love story, but it was a love story, nonetheless. Pearl Bailey was an internationally beloved entertainer. Louie Bellson was one of the finest drummers in the world of jazz. Pearl was...
