More than 600 attendees paid tribute to Mac King on a night of playful, and profane, testimonials.
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Neil Diamond’s last performance was Aug. 12, 2017, at the Forum in Los Angeles. He’s the honoree at the next Power of Love gala at MGM Grand.
Backstreet Boys, Green Day and Heart brought the heat at the first night of iHeartRadio Music Festival.
Tiki Jay One says of his work at Luxor, “The whole idea is to try to make it look like it’s an element on the street.”
Celebrating a positive visit to the doctor, Carolyn and Oscar Goodman are a tiki twosome at Frankie’s in Las Vegas.
Credibility Award goes to Bruno Mars, who drew a standing ovation just by walking out in shades, an untucked shirt and long-looped gold necklace
The 10th anniversary of The Joint crops up in the planning schedule for the Hard Rock Hotel’s extensive overhaul.
Marty Allen, the beguiling, bug-eyed comic legend whose “Hello, Dere!” was his lifetime catcphrase, will be honored with a celebration of life Friday at Rampart Casino’s Marquis Ballroom.
As she expands her culinary interests on the Strip, Giada De Laurentiis says she considers Las Vegas her second home.
Britney Spears is to cap her residency on the Las Vegas Strip on Dec 31 with a performance on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2018.”
In six years, Melody Sweets performed for about 1.3 million people in 3,350 shows.
Legendary entertainer Jerry Lewis is to be honored today at 7:49 p.m. with an 11-minute video tribute on prominent Las Vegas marquees.
Las Vegas freelance photographer and avid Golden Knights fan Shawn Hickey donned a suit of armor during the NHL Expansion Draft on Wednesday.
“This city has a great hockey foundation and we’re really excited about hockey coming to Las Vegas,” Wayne Gretzky said. “This is tremendous organization. (Las Vegas Knights General Manager) George McPhee has done a tremendous job putting the team together. They are going to surprise a lot of people this year. As Nashville showed, if you finish in the top eight, anything can happen.”
The aquarium being designed by Raymer and King’s crew for the Animal Planet show “Tanked” is to be installed at the Sharks’ home arena, SAP Center, aptly known as The Shark Tank. The episode airs this fall on the Animal Planet series.