EXHIBIT 10.41



                                   LAS VEGAS ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK, INC.

                                             OPTION AGREEMENT

                                          Dated December 11, 1996



         LAS VEGAS  ENTERTAINMENT  NETWORK,  INC., a Delaware  corporation  (the
"Company")  hereby  grants to  Nunzio  P.  DeSantis  ("Holder")  an option  (the
"Option")  to  purchase  1,500,000  shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock (the
"Shares") at a purchase price and on the terms set forth herein.



         1.       Exercise.



(a)  Purchase Price.  This Option,  or any portion  hereof,  is exercisable at a
     purchase price of $1.00 per Share (the "Purchase Price").

                  (b) Time of Exercise. Subject to Section 2(c), this Option may
be  exercised  in whole or in part (but not as to a  fractional  shares)  at the
office of the Company, at any time or from time to time,  commencing on the date
first written  above,  provided,  however,  that this Option shall expire and be
null and void if not  exercised  in the manner  herein  provided,  by 5:00 p.m.,
local time, on the ____________ anniversary hereof (the "Expiration Date").

                  (c) Manner of  Exercise.  This  Option is  exercisable  at the
Purchase  Price,  payable,  in cash or by check,  to the  order of the  Company,
subject to  adjustment as provided in Section 2 hereof.  Upon  surrender of this
Option, or a portion hereof,  with the annexed  Subscription Form duly executed,
together with payment of the Purchase  Price for the Shares  purchased  (and any
applicable  transfer taxes) at the Company's  principal  executive offices,  the
Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate or certificates for the Shares
so purchased.

                  (d) Delivery of Stock  Certificates.  As soon as  practicable,
but not exceeding 30 days,  after  complete or partial  exercise of this Option,
the Company, at its expense,  shall cause to be issued in the name of the Holder
(or upon payment by the Holder of any applicable  transfer  taxes,  the Holder's
assigns)  a  certificate  or  certificates  for the  number  of  fully  paid and
non-assessable  Shares to which the Holder shall be entitled upon such exercise,
together with such other stock or securities or property or combination  thereof
to which  the  Holder  shall be  entitled  upon  such  exercise,  determined  in
accordance with Section 2 hereof.

                  (e) Record  Date of Issuance  of Shares.  Irrespective  of the
date of  issuance  and  delivery  of  certificates  for any stock or  securities
issuable upon the exercise of this Option,  or any portion  hereof,  each person
(including a corporation or partnership)  in whose name any such  certificate is
to be issued  shall for all  purposes  be deemed to have  become  the  holder of
record of the stock or other securities represented thereby immediately prior to
the close of business  on the date on which a duly  executed  Subscription  Form
containing notice of exercise of this Option, or any portion hereof, and payment
of the Purchase Price is received by the Company.

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         2.       Adjustments.



                  (a) Adjustment for Subdivisions, Combinations or Dividends. In
case the Company shall,  at any time or from time to time,  subdivide or combine
the outstanding  shares of Common Stock or declare a dividend  payable in Common
Stock,  the  exercise  price of this Option in effect  immediately  prior to the
subdivision,  combination  or record  date for such  dividend  payable in Common
Stock shall forthwith be proportionately  increased, in the case of combination,
or decreased,  in the case of subdivision  or dividend  payable in Common Stock,
and each share of Common Stock  purchasable upon exercise of the Option shall be
changed to the number  determined by dividing the then current exercise price by
the exercise  price as adjusted after the  subdivision,  combination or dividend
payable in Common Stock.



                  (b) Adjustment for Certain Dividends and Distributions. In the
event the  Company,  at any time or from  time to time,  makes or fixes a record
date for the  determination  of holders of Common  Stock,  entitled to receive a
dividend or other distribution payable in securities of the Company,  other than
shares of Common Stock,  then and in each such event provisions shall be made so
that the Holder  shall  receive  upon  exercise  of the  Option,  or any portion
hereof,  in  addition  to the  number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock  receivable
thereupon,  the amount of  securities of the Company which the Holder would have
received had its Option, or any portion hereof, been exercised into Common Stock
on the date of such event and had it thereafter, during the period from the date
of such event to and  including the date of exercise,  retained such  securities
receivable  by  it as  aforesaid  during  such  period,  subject  to  all  other
adjustments  called for during such period  under this Section 2 with respect to
the rights of the Holder of the Option.



                  (c)    Adjustment   for    Reclassification,    Exchange   and
Substitution.  If the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Option,  or
any portion hereof,  is changed into the same or a different number of shares of
any class or classes of stock, whether by recapitalization,  reclassification or
otherwise  (other than a subdivision  or combination of shares or stock dividend
or a  reorganization,  merger,  consolidation  or sale of assets,  provided  for
elsewhere in this Section 2), then and in any such event the,  Holder shall have
the right  thereafter,  upon exercise of the Option,  or any portion hereof,  to
receive  the  kind and  amount  of  stock  and  other  securities  and  property
receivable upon such  recapitalization,  reclassification or other change, in an
amount equal to the amount that the Holder  would have been  entitled to had the
Holder exercised the Option,  or any portion hereof,  immediately  prior to such
recapitalization,  reclassification  or other change, but only to the extent the
Option,  or any portion hereof,  is actually  exercised,  all subject to further
adjustment as provided herein.



                  (d)  Reorganizations,  Mergers,  Consolidations  or  Sales  of
Assets. If at any time or from time to time there is a capital reorganization of
the Common  Stock  (other  than a  subdivision,  combination,  recapitalization,
reclassification  or exchange of the Common Stock provided for elsewhere in this
Section  2) or merger  or  consolidation  of the  Company  with or into  another
corporation,  or a sale of all or substantially all of the Company's  properties
and assets to any other person then, as a part of such  reorganization,  merger,
consolidation  or  sale,  provision  shall  be  made so that  the  Holder  shall
thereafter be entitled to receive,  upon exercise of the Option,  or any portion
hereof,  (and only to the extent the Option is exercised),  the number of shares
of stock or other  securities  or property of the Company,  or of the  successor
corporation  resulting  from such merger or  consolidation  or sale,  to which a
holder of Common Stock, or other securities, deliverable upon the

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exercise  of this  Option,  or any portion  hereof,  would  otherwise  have been
entitled on such capital reorganization, merger, consolidation, or sale.



         3.       Restriction on Transfer.



         (a)  The  Holder,  by  its  acceptance  hereof,  represents,  warrants,
covenants  and agrees  that (i) the Holder has  knowledge  of the  business  and
affairs of the Company,  and (ii) this Option and the Shares  issuable  upon the
exercise  of  this  Option,  or any  portion  hereof,  are  being  acquired  for
investment and not with a view to the  distribution  hereof,  and that absent an
effective  registration  statement  under the  Securities  Act of 1933  ("Act"),
covering the disposition of this Option,  or any portion  hereof,  or the Shares
issued or issuable upon  exercise of this Option,  or any portion  hereof,  they
will not be sold, transferred,  assigned,  hypothecated or otherwise disposed of
without  first  providing  the Company with an opinion of counsel  (which may be
counsel  for the  Company)  or  other  evidence,  reasonably  acceptable  to the
Company, to the effect that such sale,  transfer,  assignment,  hypothecation or
other  disposal will be exempt from the  registration  and  prospectus  delivery
requirements  of the Act. The Holder consents to the making of a notation in the
Company's records or giving to any transfer agent of the Option or the Shares an
order to implement such restriction on transferability.



         This Option and the Shares  issuable  upon the exercise of this Option,
or any portion  hereof,  shall bear the following  legend or a legend of similar
import, provided, however, that such legend shall be removed, or not placed upon
the Option or the certificate or other instrument  representing  the Shares,  as
the case may be, if such legend is no longer necessary to assure compliance with
the Act:



         THESE  SECURITIES  HAVE NOT BEEN  REGISTERED  WITH  THE  UNITED  STATES
SECURITIES  AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION OR THE  SECURITIES  COMMISSION OF ANY STATE
BECAUSE THEY ARE BELIEVED TO BE EXEMPT FROM  REGISTRATION  UNDER SECTION 4(2) OF
THE ACT. THE  SECURITIES ARE  "RESTRICTED"  AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS PERMITTED  UNDER THE  SECURITIES  ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED  PURSUANT TO
REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM.



         (b) The  Company  agrees to register  the Shares  under the Act, at the
Company's cost and expense on a Form S-8 registration statement.







         4.  Payment  of Taxes.  All Shares  issued  upon the  exercise  of this
Option,  or any  portion  hereof,  shall  be  validly  issued,  fully  paid  and
non-assessable  and the  Company  shall pay all  taxes  and  other  governmental
charges  (other  than income tax) that may be imposed in respect of the issue or
delivery thereof. The Company shall not be required,  however, to pay any tax or
other charge imposed

                                  

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in connection  with any transfer  involved in the issue of any  certificate  for
Shares in any name other than that of the Holder  surrendered in connection with
the purchase of such Shares, and in such case, the Company shall not be required
to issue or deliver  any stock  certificate  until such tax or other  charge has
been paid or it has been established to the Company's  satisfaction  that no tax
or other charge is due.



         5.  Reservation of Common Stock. The Company shall at all times reserve
and keep available out of its  authorized  but unissued  shares of Common Stock,
solely for the purpose of issuance  upon the  exercise  of this  Option,  or any
portion hereof,  such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be issuable upon
the exercise  hereof.  The Company  covenants and agrees that,  upon exercise of
this Option,  or any portion hereof,  and payment of the Purchase Price thereof,
all shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.



         6.  Notices  to  Holder.  Nothing  contained  in this  Option  shall be
construed as  conferring  upon the Holder hereof the right to vote or to consent
or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of any meetings of shareholders
for the  election  of  directors  or any other  matter or as having  any  rights
whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. All notices, requests,  consents and
other  communications  hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly made when delivered or mailed by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested:



(a)  If to the  Holder,  to the  address of such Holder as shown on the books of
     the Company; or



(b)  If to the  Company,  to 1801 Century  Park East,  Suite 2300,  Los Angeles,
     California 90067.



         7.  Replacement  of  Option.   Upon  receipt  of  evidence   reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction
or mutilation of this Option and (in case of loss,  theft or  destruction)  upon
delivery of an indemnity  agreement in an amount reasonably  satisfactory to the
Company,  or (in the case of mutilation)  upon surrender and cancellation of the
mutilated Option,  the Company will execute and deliver,  in lieu thereof, a new
Option of like tenor.



8.   Successors. All the covenants,  agreements,  representations and warranties
     contained in this Option shall bind the parties hereto and their respective
     heirs, executors, administrators, distributees, successors and assigns.



9.   Change;  Waiver.  Neither  this  Option nor any term hereof may be changed,
     waived,  discharged  or  terminated  orally  but only by an  instrument  in
     writing  signed by the  party  against  which  enforcement  of the  change,
     waiver, discharge or termination is sought.



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10.  Headings.  The section headings in this Option are inserted for purposes of
     convenience only and shall have no substantive effect.



11.  Law Governing. This Option shall for all purposes be construed and enforced
     in  accordance  with,  and governed  by, the internal  laws of the State of
     Delaware, without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws.



         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the Company has caused this Option to be signed by
its duly  authorized  officer  and this  Option to be dated as of the date first
above written.



                      LAS VEGAS ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK, INC.


                                 By:     /S/ Joseph A. Corazzi

                                       President





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                                                 EXHIBIT A



                                             SUBSCRIPTION FORM



                                       (To be Executed by the Holder

                                     in order to Exercise the Option)



             The undersigned  hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right to
purchase  ________  of the  Shares  covered  by this  Option,  according  to the
conditions  hereof and  herewith  makes  payment of the  Purchase  Price of such
Shares in full.






                                                Signature






                                                Name



                                                Address:









        Dated:  _________________, 19__.





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