Jackie Collins' Very Sinful City

A ruthless competitor attempts to sabotage the grand opening of his archrival’s neighboring Vegas megaresort! Could it be, perhaps, Steve Wynn plotting to bring down Sheldon Adelson’s Palazzo? Jackie Collins isn’t telling. The best-selling author insists she loosely based the characters of her latest novel, Drop Dead Gorgeous, on real Vegas figures she knows, but from there they take on a frothy, sexy, often outrageous life of their own. Collins, who appears at Harrah’s this weekend to launch her 25th book, talks this hour about writing novels she happily calls “guilty pleasures,” why she resisted her publisher’s urging that she open this tome with a blow job and why her own writing inspired the Dynasty character that made her sister Joan Collins a superstar. Plus,a special INTERVIEW edition of the Top Secret Tourist Tip of the Week. In Banter: The Mentalist, Tony Danza, Frontier closure, why airlines don't allow ticket transfers, is casino marketing to Asians racist and another Vegas podcaster slams "The Beauty of Magic."Call us at 206-424-4737, e-mail thestrippodcast@aol.com, the blog is at thestrippodcast.blogspot.com and the site is thestrippodcast.com.