Celine Dion was greeted with a full-throated roar and a standing ovation from the start as she opened her 1,144th and final show Saturday night at the Colosseum.
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“Celestia,” the tented wonder at The STRAT, carries an inescapable similarity to the Strip’s predominant production company.
Construction of the Colosseum and the signing of Celine wiped out plans to renovate the legendary Circus Maximus Showroom.
One co-star plays Harry Potter. The other plays all other 350 characters in a new Harry Potter parody.
“Ester Goldberg’s Totally Outrageous Brunch” is losing its Ester.
“I’ve been called irresponsible my whole life, but I don’t mind it,” Lady Gaga called out. As if to prove as much, she closed the song with, “Where’s my drink!?”
Fremont Street Experience is famously rife with chainsmokers (lowercase), the Chainsmokers ignited the place Friday night.
“Xperience” follows, and in many ways advances, the concept of a Las Vegas residency.
Wayne Newton, who still owns 45 Arabian horses, says he got chills when he read Lady Gaga’s message about her dying horse.
The great Vegas Golden Knights goalie shared, by coincidence, the red carpet with Derrick Barry, the terrific Britney Spears impressionist.
Twice, Lady Gaga showed up at the opening of Haus of Gaga at Park Theater on Thursday. The real Gaga arrived at about 5:15 p.m. shortly before her “Enigma” performance to greet fans and touch off the requisite bedlam.
As TMZ describes the agreement, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas will issue a significant public apology to rapper Meek Mill.
Lorena Peril is the firebrand vocalist in the indefatigable adult revue “Fantasy” at Luxor.
Las Vegas’ Haus of Gaga is a fashion buffet. A total of 24 glass cases present Lady Gaga’s many eye-popping stage outfits.
Hans Klok and “Thunder From Down Under” will have a fancy new room at Excalibur.
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