Banned by Nathan’s, Joey Chestnut is expected to defend his Siegel’s Bagelmania World Eating Championships victory next January.
Music
Generation-spanning superstar Tom Jones will headlining two shows at Encore Theater in September.
Miral Kotb’s “iLuminate” is booked through 2027 at The Strat Showroom.
Cork Proctor worked the lounge circuit in Las Vegas and Reno beginning in the 1970s, when he opened for such stars as the Supremes and Mel Tillis.
Chazz Palminteri knows talent, and he knows the Bronx Wanderers. This is how a hit show came to be.
Cole Duffy was born at 12:01 a.m. Jan. 1, 2000, a little more than a week early.
Elvis’ and Ann-Margret’s feverish “C’mon Everybody” was filmed at what is now the UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art.
CBS is broadcasting New Year’s Eve from Las Vegas across its western markets.
Piff The Magic Dragon and Tape Face remain active Strip headliners in COVID.
Ross Mollison says, “These kids have got nothing, and unemployment runs out in Nevada in two weeks.”
Bill Clinton and several Vegas entertainers led Tony Hsieh’s tribute.
Wynn Fine Art gallery is open in Palm Beach, Fla., though Steve Wynn is based in Las Vegas.
Lance Burton says of Vegas: “I was so excited and grateful to be doing my magic act in the city I had been dreaming of.”
“Die Hard” actors Clarence Gilyard of UNLV and Bruce Willis are having their batteries recharged in a reunion commercial.
“Extravaganza — The Las Vegas Spectacular” has avoided closing a second time during COVID.