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This item has not been digitized in its entirety. The original item is available for research and handling at the UNLV University Libraries. Additional digitization is available upon request. Please contact Special Collections to request additional digitization or with any questions regarding access at special.collections@unlv.edu. his next Bible-tearing tour. Word is many older fans started hotfooting it for the exits after Williams went into his tribute to ?╟úNFL Monday Night Football?╟Ñ with crunching tackles airing on a giant video screen. Williams noted that when he played a recent NFL function, not everyone was receptive to what he does. But, showing his musical versatility, he cranked up a dead-on cover of Aerosmith?╟╓s ?╟úWalk This Way?╟Ñ then slid into a rap with the weary ?╟úWhoomp! (There It Is).?╟Ñ Talk about ?╟únew country!?╟Ñ Oh yes. Asked to provide a rating for the oddball evening, one witness said: ?╟úFd give it three nooses!?╟Ñ ... On to more traditional country news, Henderson-reared Tanya Tucker closes out her weekend run at Caesars Palace today (8 p.m., tickets $50), and the legendary Merle Haggard drew steady crowds of about 500 in the 650-seat Hollywood Theatre at the MGM Grand Hotel during his just-completed debut at the resort. Thus, there?╟╓s a chance Haggard might become part of the MGM?╟╓s stable of showroom stars that includes Rodney Dangerfield (today through Wednesday at 9 p.m., tickets a hefty $67.50), Tom Jones and the Four Tops. Coming down the road are shows by George ?╟úNo Show?╟Ñ Jones who plays Little Dixie, I mean Buffalo Bill?╟╓s, Friday at 8 p.m. Rockabilly-tinged Mark Collie visits the Gold Coast Wednesday through Friday. Ricky Van Shelton hits The Orleans Nov. 18 followed by Nov. 27-29 Thanksgiving weekend dates with Willie Nelson. And still-budding country sensation LeAnn Rimes, who opened for Alan Jackson at the MGM Grand in August, will headline Caesars Palace with Ty Herndon Dec. 11-14.... This time last year there were three ?╓¬ separate country revues playing in Las Vegas. There could be zero by the end of this year. The useless ?╟úGone Country?╟Ñ was thankfully axed at The Orleans, creating a new star policy, and ?╟úCountry Fever?╟Ñ at the Golden Nugget ydll be closing soon to make way for a new in-house production show. Sources say ?╓¬ the new production will pay tribute to the diverse world of dance, from tango ?╓¬ to hip-hop, with noted choreographer Michael Darrin behind a show that S may be staged in-the-round in a revamped showroom. Then there?╟╓s ?╟úCountry Tonite,?╟Ñ the best of the bunch, which will close Nov. 15 at the soon-to-be-demolished Aladdin. ?╟úWe?╟╓re actively looking for a new venue in town,?╟Ñ said show business manager Duncan Guertin and, with luck, the show should find one. Michael Paskevich?╟╓s entertainment column appears Fridays and Sundays. By Jonn Przybys Review-Journal The tabloid you pick up in the supermarket checkout line to pass the time while that jerk in front of you writes out a check to pay for a single carton of cigarettes. The cheesy paperback romance you pick up in an airport gift shop, because it was either that or a cookbook of down-home arma- f The bizarre coffee-table volume about fruit-crate art of the early 20th century you buy at a used-book store and can?╟╓t put down until the wee hours of the next mormng. Call them guilty reading pleasures, those favorite, sometimes odd, always entertaining forms of printed matter you can?╟╓t pass up but that, for some reason, you never own up to when somebody teresting lately. Hey, it?╟╓s OK. We all have them. Life at the two-minute warning of 20th-century America is already packed to overflowing with stuff that we?╟╓ve got to readjust to keep up, so why not indulge in an occasional literary vice? Here?╟╓s a first step on your way to blissfully guilt-free reading: Looking at any printed material Please see READS/10J Last original ?╟ Jubilee!?╟╓ dancer still excited about going onstage By John Przybys Review-Journal I nJanuary 1996, The New Yorker I published a portfolio of Las Vegas showgirls by noted rock/celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz. One of those showgirls was Linda Green, a principal dancer in ?╟úJubilee!?╟Ñ at Bally?╟╓s. And, as great a photographer as Leibovitz is, her photo of Green is totally off the mark. The photo shows a dour woman looking sternly at the camera, fier hair pulled back severely, her armsl crossed in classie?╟údon?╟╓teyencorasider messing with me?╟Ñ body language. f Here?╟╓s the real-life Linda G^eeri, sitting at the makeup table in her crowded dressing room, photos of cats and cat-related paraphernalia adorning the walls, the ornate headpieces she wears during the show resting on a shelf above. Green, her right foot tucked under her Jeff leg, unashamedly shows visitors a photo of herself as ja 13-year-old ballet dancer, laughing mightily as she jbkes about her gawky adolescent self, animatedly recounting times spent knocking arourid Europe : as a 20-something ballot dancer, and talldng affectionately about her colleagues in ?╟úJubilee!?╟Ñ and their 2 a.m. bowling outings and birthday parties. Green says she enjoyed working with Leibovitz, who was trying for a Please see DANGER/4J Mike Salsbury/Review-Joumal Linda Green transforms herself into the shopgirl image she has made a career of for more than 2p years. Renovation sparks party at Harrah?╟╓s By Ken White Review-Journal I n a city that turns the destruction of a I hotel into a big media event, even a renovation requires more than a few balloons and some confetti. J R. Thompson, Harrah?╟╓s Las Vegas entertainment director, has lined up Frank Sinatra-sound-alike Harry Con-nick Jr. and high-wire specialist Tino Wallenda for the resort?╟╓s ?╟úgrand opening?╟Ñ this week. The opening ?╟÷ actually a $200 million face lift of the Strip property at 3475 Las Vegas Blvd. South ?╟÷ also is expected to have 250 celebrities and VIPs in attendance. The resort?╟╓s weeklong celebration kicks off Monday with a pre-opening party featuring live music by Diane Diaz and the Big Fish. Tuesday night Vargas performs. Both events will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. in the outdoor Carnaval Court. Thursday?╟╓s festivities begin at 5 p.m. when Wallenda, the only living member of the original Flying Wallendas high-wire act, walks 139 feet across a 1-inch-diameter steel cable, 99 feet above the ground. He?╟╓ll start from a Harrah?╟╓s globe logo overlooking the courtyard on the Strip side of the property to another Harrah?╟╓s logo outside The Range Steak-house. At 5:30, the New Morty Show, a swing band from San Francisco featuring trumpet player and band leader Morty OMii and vocalist Connie Champagne, will play to the crowd in front of Harrah?╟╓s where a lane of the Strip will * be closed off. Scheduled to add some glitter to Please see HARRAH?╟╓S/5J <**?·-***.