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Cher autograph on a poster
On April 18 a dream I had had for a long time came true. As I was planning my next trip to the USA I decided to attend a show of the American megastar Cher. The Show took place in the hall COLOSSEUM at the hotel CAESAR’S PALACE in Las Vegas. The tickets were bought ahead of time, 6 months before the show, and were delivered to our hotel several days before our arrival in the USA. Along with the tickets to see the show in the VIP-zone, the promoters of the show also gave us 2 original CDs with Cher’s songs for free and reserved for us a table in the NERO restaurant.
We were taken to the concert hall in a limousine. Limousines for Las Vegas are just what metro is for Moscow. After a short dinner, which consisted of Australian lobsters, gigantic shrimps and excellent Italian white wine, we were invited into the hall.
The hall resembled a trans-galactic ship that was rushing forward to the planet of Cher cleaving on its way starry space and galaxies. And then our hall seating 5 thousand people got filled, while our ship had drawn near its target. The lights went out, and the hall got filled with rhythms of music. After another moment the entire hall got still – out of the darkness of the hall a star shuttle carrying Cher dressed as an Egyptian queen was slowly descending to the stage. As soon as the shuttle touched the stage the show immediately began, and everybody plunged into Cher’s versatile world ……..
In remembrance of the show and the wonderful journey into Cher’s world, we were given pictures with Cher’s autograph.
A little information about Cher: Cherilyn Sarkissian LaPiere Bono Allman; born on May 20, 1946, El Sentro, California, known as Cher is an American pop singer-songwriter, actress, director and record producer. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and a People’s Choice Award for her work in film, music and television.
Cher began her career at the age of seventeen and came to prominence as one half of the pop rock duo Sonny & Cher with the success of their song “I Got You Babe” in 1965. She subsequently established herself as a solo recording artist, and became a television star in the 1970s with the variety show The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, for which she won a Golden Globe Award. A well received performance in the film “Silkwood” earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1984. In the following years, Cher starred in a string of hit films including Mask, for which she won Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985, The Witches of Eastwick, and Moonstruck, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1988.
The Hollywood Walk of Fame
With a career lasting over almost 50 years, Cher won a firm status of a pop icon and one of the best selling artists in music business ever. After a three-year retirement from touring, Cher returned to the stage in 2008 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas where she is currently performing her show “Cher at the Colosseum.”
Cher was born in El Centro, California, on May 20, 1946. Her mother, Georgia Holt, was an actress, while her father, John (Karapet) Sarkissian, was originally from Armenia and worked as a truck driver. Her parents were divorced when Cher was born, and she saw her father for the first time at the age of 11. From her early years Cher dreamed of becoming a famous actress and as a child already began to work on her signature for autographs. At the age of 16 Cher went to Los Angeles.