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Celine Dion’s and unprecedented critical and box office success helped initiate the superstar residency production shows that dominate the Las Vegas entertainment scene today.
Oscar Goodman asks, “How are you still alive?” Michael Franzese answers, “Because most of the people who want to see me dead are dead, or they’re in prison.” The show is on.
A Waldorf Astoria spokeswoman said, “We are currently conducting an investigation into the cause and working to repair the outer pane.”
Joe Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson family who built the Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson into international superstars, died Wednesday morning, according to multiple reports. He was 89.
Las Vegas resident Vinnie Paul, a heavy-metal icon and drumming force with Pantera and Hellyeah, has died in Las Vegas, multiple sources have confirmed.
Wayne Newton is bolstering his home security system and adding armed guards after a pair of burglers broke into his Las Vegas estate late Thursday night.
As always, the Keep Memory Alive Power of Love gala raises operating funds for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. Michael Buble is the star entertainer,
Addressing the scores of fans who turned out for her arrival at Planet Hollywood Resort, Gwen Stefani said, “I’m so excited and I’m going try my hardest to bring the best show that’s ever been here.”
The property on which the residence sits dates to 1964, but the house itself was built in 1982 and Jerry and Sam Lewis moved in in March 1983.
Dion is suffering from a condition known as Patulous Eustchian tube, and she will need minor surgery to repair the problem.
Dan Reynolds spent two years in Nebraska on his Mormon mission. Thus, as a teenager, he promoted the very church positions he opposes in his documentary, “Believer.”
Austin “Chumlee” Russell weighed upwards of 320 pounds as recently as five years ago, then dropped to 225 in 2014, and has crept back up ever since.
Marty Allen, a showroom and TV favorite for more than a half-century who gained national fame with stage partner of Steve Rossi, died on Monday in Las Vegas. He was 95.
“Inferno” will deliver as much fire and brimstone as any production show we’ve seen on the Strip.