Denny Laine, English songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, former guitarist and lead singer of The Moody Blues and, later, co-founder (along with Paul McCartney) of Wings, is currently recording in Las Vegas.

Dennis Mitchell is host of “Breakfast With The Beatles,” the long-running radio show that is a weekly Beatles tribute, heard on 38 affiliates throughout the country.

The Las Vegas based post-punk rockers bring high energy - and an edgy, feminine mystique, courtesy of lead singer Evan Page- to a scene that gave rise to The Killers and Panic! At The Disco. Since officially forming last February, the band has performed over 80 Shows at Las Vegas and Los Angeles hotspots.

Barry Minniefield, “Hollywood’s Singing Chef,” performs in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Palm Springs.

Tom Pilkington is producer of “Ice: Direct From Russia,” which features 42 of Russia’s most disciplined and athletic ice performers.

Elena Shpagina is one of the featured performers of “Ice:Direct From Russia.” The production’s stage has been converted to a 3,000 square-foot, four-inch thick ice surface that must be kept at 24 degrees.

Matthew O’Brien, who has lived in Las Vegas since 1997, is currently news editor and a writer of Las Vegas CityLife, an alternative-weekly newspaper. He is the author of “Beneath The Neon–Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas.”

Thomas Barndt started making short films in 2002 after working for seven years in an unrelated field. He writes, directs, shoots, and edits all of his films. His current film, “the Mark,” will be screened at the 9th Annual CineVegas Film Festival.

Country and Southern Rock singer Christy Clayton and her band was just voted “Favorite Local Country Band” in the “Best of Las Vegas” section of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. She just returned from the first leg of her “Breaking The Rules” tour in Texas and recently released a CD, “Devil’s Paradise.”

Christopher Lawrence is the TV critic for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and writes the weekly “Life on the Couch column.” He developed his lifelong love of TV as an only child in western Kentucky, preferring the comfort of the couch to the dangers of the outdoors.

Trevor Groth is the artistic director of the CineVegas Film Festival. He is also a senior programmer with the Sundance Film Festival and was brought on as director of programming for CineVegas in 2002..