GRAY MATTERS

Wasn't Riverdance horrifying enough?

Legendary horror filmmaker Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream) announced last month at San Francisco's WonderCon that he has teamed with Riverdance producer John McColgan to create Wes Craven's Magick Macabre, a horror-themed stage show that the duo hope to bring to Vegas.

Based on a Dublin magic show for which McColgan has obtained the rights, Magick Macabre will feature a new story by Craven and production design by former Cirque du Soleil designer Mark Fisher, as well as illusions by David Mendoza, who has worked with Siegfried & Roy. It will not, as far as we can tell, feature Freddy Krueger or that masked dude from Scream dancing Irish jigs. Craven told website comingsoon.net that Steve Wynn had expressed interest in bringing the show to town, but offered no further details, and officials at the Wynn had no comment. Maybe they're scared.

• "Frances Deane, a Republican candidate for the Clark County recorder's position, was fired from her job as a loan officer at Wells Fargo Mortgage on Tuesday."—R-J, April 2002

• "'She said I would win, and I said OK,' Deane said of her psychic, whom she consulted before running for [and winning] county recorder in 2002."—R-J, August 24, 2003

• "'Fran Deane's nickname is "Sybil" because you never know what type of personality she is going to have for the day,' said Tammy Jo Lacey, a former union steward ... during an investigation of Deane for trying to profit from selling county documents."—R-J, August 27, 2003

• "'She has personal problems that should disqualify a person from holding an office of public trust,' Bill Thompson, professor of public administration at UNLV, said."—R-J, August 27, 2003

• "'I can't imagine the county manager and the County Commission is going to stand by and watch the office implode,' said Maryanne Salm, political director for the Service Employees International Union."—R-J, August 27, 2003

• "'My reputation is so sullied,' Deane said."—R-J, August 24, 2003

• "Laura Steil ... has put www.recallfrandeane.com on the Internet."—Las Vegas Sun, September 5, 2003

• "The recorder, under fire almost since she took office in January 2003, agreed Wednesday that she ‘willfully violated' one provision of the state's ethics code barring attempts to personally profit from her office. The Nevada Ethics Commission fined Deane $5,000."—LV Sun, June 10, 2004

• And, finally, after allegations of fraudulent appropriation of property in March, 2006: "‘She's weighing her options. She has not decided whether she is stepping down,' said [Steve] Nathan," Deane's spokesman.—R-J, March 10, 2006

From the UK's Sunday Times: "British Super-Casinos to Bar Gambling Addicts ... Casinos will be required by law to give customers 'reminders of time of day,' meaning that they will have either clocks or windows or both, or facing losing their license. This differs from casinos in other countries, where they often use lighting to give the impression of permanent daytime."