Whenever a celebrity graces the stage at the Clark County Library, a big crowd gathers. When the celebrity is Tony Curtis, and his interviewer is Norm Clarke, the crowd is enormous. Last Sunday, I was in that happy horde, and I've got photos and an autographed book to prove it. Continue reading »

Great news! Norm Clarke has a new book out! "Norm Clarke's Vegas Confidential: Sinsational Celebrity Tales" Norm Clarke has been a part of my Las Vegas experience since I arrived here in 1999. We “met” the first time I opened the Las Vegas Review Journal and caught sight of the black eye patch on page three. I admit, my first impression was, “OMG, how silly. A celebrity gossip column gets higher billing than local news.” But it didn’t take me long to understand that celebrity gossip is local news in Las Vegas. Continue reading »

1,000 Naked Truths by Norm Clarke I've been waiting for this one. I've been a Norm Clarke fan since I arrived in Las Vegas five years ago. This book, I learned by reading the acknowledgements, has been in the works just about the same length of time. Clarke started working on it when he first moved to Las Vegas from Denver in 1999 and began building his career as Sin City's favorite gossip monger. Continue reading »

I can’t forget the first time I opened a Las Vegas Review Journal and caught sight of the guy with the eye patch. “NORM!” the above-the-fold headline shouted. Too silly, I told myself as I scanned the short paragraphs crammed with names in bold-faced type. Why should I care whether Don Rickles ate lunch with [...] Continue reading »