“Strike Force Five” is being pared for a one-night benefit performance to help sidelined Hollywood pros.
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“Bat Out of Hell” is so talent-laden, it survived an interloping experience by yours truly.
Usher led his girlfriend, Jennifer Goicoechea, to the stage in Wednesday’s show. Her birthday was Thursday.
The headliner showed up as planned — at 2:45 a.m. The party cannons went off, full blast. Chris Brown certainly knows how to create an entrance.
Travis Scott and Morgan Wallen are making career comebacks, but there is more in store for the BMA’s in Sunday’s return to Vegas.
In Las Vegas, Sonny Turner revived the Platters’ heyday in performances at Suncoast Showroom.
Gus Mancuso’s contemporaries remember him as one of the greatest musicians ever to play Las Vegas.
Shania Twain has added 16 shows, and the Doobie Brothers have announced eight, at Zappos Theater.
Simon Cowell has finally realized his dream of bringing a variety show to the Las Vegas Strip.
Entertainment pros in Caesars Entertainment productions had hoped this month would signal reopenings of their shows. Instead, some of those shows are being cut loose.
The intimacy is genuine, even if socially distant, at the new “X Burlesque: Private Edition.” The topless revue reopened Thursday night, playing to 30 guests
Pete “Big Elvis” Vallee of Harrah’s says, “We’re trying different things to see what works, and right now we’re back and singing ambience.”
Zak Bagans activity at the “Tiger King” zoo is to be a two-part special on Travel Channel, and Bagans plans a “Tiger King” exhibit at his Haunted Museum.
Veteran Las Vegas show producer David Saxe says, “We’ll be back as soon as we’re legally allowed to be back. If the demand is there, I think we’ll go seven days a week.”
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