By age 20, Gaga was signed and writing hits for artists including Pussycat Dolls. Her debut album “The Fame” in 2008 showcased Gaga's talent featuring all self-written lyrics, melodies and even some of her own synth work. That album sparked the long-lasting hit “Just Dance” which propelled Gaga into a household name.

Recently, she became the first artist (since the inception of monitored airplay) to have four No. 1 hits from a debut album. “The Fame Monster,” a reissue of “The Fame,” but with eight brand new tracks including the newest single “Bad Romance,” has a release date set for Nov. 23.

Bette Midler's final performance of her Las Vegas show “The Showgirl Must Go On” will be Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. The last show will mark the end of her two-year residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace which began on Feb. 20, 2008. She will be headlining Dec. 30-Jan. 31, 2010.

She plans to finish recording her album of the sexiest new love songs that only a showgirl could sing.

“Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show” will open at the Sahara on Nov. 19. Shows will be nightly at 7 p.m. in the Congo Room, call 702-737-2515 for ticket information. The show will feature the gang of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Joey Bishop. Hackett is the son of Buddy Hackett, who headlined at the Sahara.

“Pageants Can Be Murder” opens Nov. 13 and runs weekly at 7 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, at Alexis Park. Shows are $99.95 and $79.95 and include a four-course gourmet meal, call 702-991-8550.

The interactive dinner show features beautiful women with unique talents, an unsolved mystery from the minute the theatre lights go down, and funny characters. Writer and director David Sebastian Bach celebrates more than a half-century of experience in the entertainment industry internationally as a singer, songwriter, actor, playwright, and director. His dinner theater productions won "Best of Phoenix" five years in a row.

The world-renowned Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO), one of rock music's biggest arena attractions, will return to Las Vegas at the Orleans Arena with two shows on Saturday, Dec 5 at 3 and 8 p.m. Tickets are $25, $48 and $59.50, call 702-284-7777.

“Billboard” magazine praises TSO's winter tour as a “rock extravaganza that incorporates elaborate staging, metal mixed with Christmas carols and dazzling visuals, while calling the group “a winter staple.”

The 1966 Candlelight Wedding Chapel, formerly located just north of the Riviera Hotel on the Strip and next to the Algiers, is re-opening at the Clark County Museum on Boulder Highway in Henderson.

Some of the celebrities who were married at the chapel include: Bette Midler and her husband, artist Martin Von Haselberg; Michael Caine and Shakira Baksh; Whoopi Goldberg; Barry White; and Clayton Moore, also known as The Lone Ranger.

The Candlelight closed in 2003 when the land was sold to the Fontainebleau project. The chapel sat closed until Gordon Gust, who had operated the business for 33 years, purchased the building and donated it to Clark County.

AAA RANKS NEVADA THIRD IN U.S. WITH FIVE DIAMOND RESTAURANTS

AAA Nevada spokesperson Michael Geeser said, “Nevada now ranks third in the United States among cities with the most Five Diamond restaurants.” AAA evaluates and rates more than 58,000 restaurants and lodgings each year throughout all 50 states, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Of those, only 113 resorts and 52 restaurants, earned the AAA Five Diamond rating for 2010.

For the ninth consecutive year, Bellagio received AAA's prestigious Five Diamond Award as did Julian Serrano's renowned restaurant, Picasso. Additionally, Le Cirque received the distinction for the seventh consecutive year, making Bellagio once again the only hotel in the United States to be home to two AAA Five Diamond restaurants.

For the fourth consecutive year, AAA has awarded SKYLOFTS and Joël Robuchon at the MGM Grand the Five Diamond Award. Culinary history was made in Las Vegas when legendary chef Joël Robuchon, who was named “Chef of the Century,” opened his first fine dining restaurant in the United States at the MGM Grand in September 2005.

The Ritz-Carlton at Lake Las Vegas has received the coveted 2010 Five Diamond award. The 348-room lakeside resort was first awarded AAA Five Diamond status in 2003 during its first months of operation and has received the top rating several times since then.

MIRAGE CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY

The Mirage, which opened Nov. 22, 1989, is celebrating its 20th anniversary Nov. 20-22 and offering some room and dining deals. After a recent $85 million room remodel last December, there are special room rates this month starting at $86 per night, with a $50 Cravings Buffet credit included, and an additional 20 percent off rooms during the official anniversary weekend. For information, visit www.mirage.com.

During the last three years, The Mirage has introduced new amenities including The Beatles' LOVE™ by Cirque du Soleil; nightlife options like JET Nightclub and The Beatles REVOLUTION Lounge; the adult alternative pool Bare; and restaurants such as Japonais, STACK and BLT Burger.

Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza located at Town Square recently opened its full bar and launched Happy Hour specials weekdays from 5-7 p.m. and again from 11 p.m. until closing. During Happy Hour, guests receive $2 off all glasses of wine and mixed drinks and $1 off all beer. This is Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza's 18th location and first one outside of Florida.

The Four Seasons will present the 10th annual Gingerbread Village, created by veteran pastry chef Jean-Luc Daul and his team, and feature 20 gingerbread creations and a giant working carousel made entirely of chocolate and sugar. The Gingerbread Village is free and open to the public in the hotel lobby from Nov. 26 -- Dec. 25. Daul will also host a holiday cooking class for children ages 5 to 12 on Dec. 6.