Piff the Magic Dragon, the costumed comic-magician headliner at Flamingo Las Vegas, shaved the head of John Katsilometes during the St. Baldrick’s Foundation shave-a-thon at New York-New York’s Brooklyn Bridge.
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Kiss mainstay Gene Simmons stopped into the Rio in VegasVille on Saturday on his cross-country tour delivering “The Vault.”
The KATS! Bureau at this writing is Thomas Mack Center and the 59th Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. This year marks the last rodeo for Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Commissioner Karl Stressman, who is stepping down after a decade in ye olde saddle.
Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor could happen “sooner than you think,” says a source in the know.
The Amazing Johnathan was told he had a year to live more than three years ago, but he’s still standing.
Clint Holmes joked about his age from the stage, but his storytelling show at Golden Nugget show a serious artist at work.
Steve Martin and Martin Short put on an act, but their friendship is real. At least this is what they told the full house at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Sunday night.
August is a boon for Yes fans, with versions of the band playing The Joint and Reynolds Hall just five days apart.
Mel Brooks and Chris Rock — separately — are visiting Las Vegas in June
The sign placed on the dressing room door at The Showroom at Golden Nugget March 3 gave it away. It reads: “Frankie’s Room.”
Lijana Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas circus family was injured in an eight-person pyramid act to be featured at the Circus Sarasota on Wednesday.
Buddy Greco headlined at such legendary hotel-casinos as the Sands, Desert Inn and Flamingo during his years in Las Vegas. His final public appearance was at the venerable Italian American Club in August 2015.