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Encyclopedia > The Entertainment Capital of the World

The Entertainment Capital of the World is the moniker used to describe several places. A moniker (or monicker) is a pseudonym, or cognomen, which one gives to oneself. ...

Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Hollywood redirects here. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Orlando redirects here. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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Showtime: How Sin City evolved into 'The Entertainment Capital of the World' - Las Vegas Sun (3040 words)
Entertainers including trumpeter Harry James, Betty Grable, Steve Lawrence and the Will Mastin Trio (with Sammy Davis, Jr.) threatened to sue the joint after it failed to compensate them.
Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn were German-American entertainers whose meteoric careers played out primarily on the Las Vegas stage at resorts including the old MGM Grand (now Bally’s), the Stardust, the Frontier and finally the Mirage.
Then, the big hotels got wise to the fact that their patrons were running to other places because the entertainment on the premises was not quite to their liking, Rothman said in a column that appeared in the Las Vegas Sun Oct. 15, 2006.
USC Annenberg | The Entertainment Initiative (131 words)
The USC Annenberg School is part of a USC-wide collaborative to analyze the entertainment dimension of all contemporary culture.
The focus is research not just on entertainment's appeal, but on its content, its consequences, and its role as a window to a better understanding of culture and society.
The Entertainment Initiative works closely with The Norman Lear Center, a research and policy center exploring the implications of the convergence of entertainment, commerce and society.
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