by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 14, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Features
By Chuck Darrow Gaming-industry innovation is generally found in places like the hotel check-in desk, casino floor, showroom or restaurants. But Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City is breaking ground in its Rock Spa & Salon and fitness center. The...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 7, 2024 | Features
By Chuck Darrow Why do we love Paul Anka? It may be because he is still a vital show business force after a career that started when he helped create the teen-pop-idol template in the late 1950s with such hits as “Diana” and the TikTok-embraced “Put Your Head On My...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 7, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features
By Chuck Darrow Atlantic City’s century-plus as a show business capital has resulted in numerous venues that, while long-gone, remain part of Our Town’s collective culture and consciousness. Among them are Steel Pier, which, for decades, hosted superstar performers...
by Cindy Fertsch | Oct 31, 2024 | Features
By Chuck Darrow You may best know David Spade from his TV work in “Saturday Night Live” and “Just Shoot Me,” from such film comedies as “Joe Dirt” and “Tommy Boy,” or as a standup comic. But these days, he can also claim stardom in the podcast universe. The...
by Cindy Fertsch | Oct 24, 2024 | Atlantic City, Entertainment, Features
By Chuck Darrow The Jackson siblings’ you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up story runs the gamut from the highest of highs (the Jackson 5’s turn-of-the-’70s run of hit singles; Janet Jackson’s decades of mega-stardom; baby brother Michael’s culture-changing solo career) to the...
