Corinne Entratter Sidney memoir revisits Rat Pack Las Vegas

Corinne Entratter Sidney and co-author Jeff Burbank have released Private Stock, a memoir about Sidney’s career as a Playboy model, actress and insider around the Rat Pack-era Las Vegas scene. The book draws on her proximity to Sands Hotel power brokers and Hollywood figures to revisit the working world behind the glamour.

Why it matters: - Private Stock adds a first-person account of the Rat Pack era from someone who worked both in front of the camera and inside Las Vegas entertainment circles. - The memoir centers on the people and places that shaped mid-century show business, including the Sands Hotel, the Copa Room, Beverly Hills society and Hollywood auditions. - The book also preserves a perspective on how celebrity, nightlife and casino power operated behind the public image of the era.

What happened: - Corinne Entratter Sidney and co-author Jeff Burbank released Private Stock: My life as a Playboy model, Hollywood actress, and wife of the man who created the Rat Pack. - The release was coordinated with Aurelium Press. - Sidney’s memoir recounts her life as a model, performer and insider connected to Hollywood, Las Vegas and the broader entertainment industry. - Sidney worked professionally as Lari Laine during her career. - Sidney’s marriage to Sands Hotel and Casino executive Jack Entratter placed her close to the center of Las Vegas entertainment operations.

The details: - The memoir describes rehearsals, musicians, writers, producers and celebrity guests as part of the machinery behind Rat Pack performances. - The book presents the Rat Pack performers within the working environment that supported their public image. - Sidney appeared on about 30 magazine covers before receiving Playboy’s Miss May title in 1958. - Sidney also built an acting career with appearances in You Bet Your Life, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Peter Gunn and Blake Edwards’s The Party. - Sidney was a co-host of Del Moore’s Late Late Show and made more than 130 appearances on the program. - Burbank is an award-winning journalist and author of five books. - Burbank has written for more than four decades and produced thousands of stories as a reporter and editor. - Burbank’s work has appeared in the Daily Mail, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. - Burbank has also appeared in numerous documentaries.

Between the lines: - The memoir is positioned as more than a celebrity recap; it frames Las Vegas as an ecosystem powered by executives, performers and backstage labor. - Sidney’s dual role as model and insider gives the book access to both Hollywood’s image-making and Las Vegas’s business side. - The release also leans on Burbank’s journalism credentials to give the project added historical weight.

What's next: - Sidney and Burbank are available for interviews. - The book’s release could draw interest from readers focused on Rat Pack history, classic Hollywood and Las Vegas entertainment lore.

The bottom line: - Private Stock aims to tell the Rat Pack story from the perspective of someone who lived close to the power centers that made the era run.