![\"bugsie-siegel\"](\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bugsie-siegel.jpg\" "\\"bugsie-siegel\\"")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cPolitical pundits cast aspersions on candidates and incumbents by labeling their policies and beliefs \u2018communist\u2019 or \u2018socialist. I have noticed many of these exchanges recently and wanted to bring them to light in a humorous way by placing them here alongside Hollywood celebrities and musicians. We are all ultimately the same before the flash of the mug shot bulb.\u201d– German-born artist Rachel Schmeidler<\/strong><\/a> (whose interpretation of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel<\/strong> appears above) on the subject matter of her new exhibit, \u201cHollywood Most Wanted<\/a> + Co.\u201d which runs through April 28 at Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood<\/strong>, Calif., the<\/em> other entertainment capital of America<\/em>. No other casino-related figures are featured in Schmeidler’s collection, although many Tinseltown-based denizens of the Las Vegas<\/strong> nightclub scene can be found in her rogue’s gallery<\/em>. If only somebody (<\/em>*cough*Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art<\/strong><\/em>*cough*) would bring this show to the Strip …<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cPolitical pundits cast aspersions on candidates and incumbents by labeling their policies and beliefs \u2018communist\u2019 or \u2018socialist. I have noticed many of these exchanges recently and wanted to bring them to light in a humorous way by placing them here … Continue reading