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“Atomic Saloon Show” producer Ross Mollison says, “Reverend Peabody of course can perform weddings.”
A real hot tub is to be a primary stage effect in “Blanc de Blanc,” which opens at the Foundry at SLS Las Vegas/Sahara on Aug. 16.
Johnny Thompson, a consultant on Penn Teller’s “Fool Us,” collapsed Feb. 25 as the show was in rehearsals at the Rio.
Las Vegas author Jack Sheehan is developing.a documentary on drug kingpin Jimmy Chagra, who was known to win or lose a $1 million a night in such Vegas casinos as Binion’s Horseshoe and Caesars Palace.
Brad Garrett looked over fellow comic Rob Sherwood and said, “What, did they have a garage sale at the Mob Museum? Do you OWN a mirror?”
Friday night, Mansion 54 hinted at the days of its title inspiration, Studio 54, with a thumping VIP preview event for the Epicurean Charitable Foundation.
It’s now important to note that Donny Osmond announced, three weeks ago and totally out of the dark, that Donny & Marie were closing their stage show at the end of next year.
We are speaking of the model and actor Tyson Beckford, who, it was announced Thursday, is back as guest host of “Chippendales” at the Rio from Sept. 27-Nov. 3. Beckford is easily the hottest celeb guest star (as shown by an uptick in ticket sales) in a long series of celebs to host the “Chipps” show.
Lance Burton’s most recent headlining show was at Route 66 Casino Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Sept. 1. He says he is performing in Vegas again because officials for Boyd Gaming, which owns The Orleans, asked him.
Travis Barker seems like he’s boasting, though it’s a strange topic about which to brag.
Members of the creative team were informed via e-mail that the show’s closing would indeed fall on June 17, and that those who had not been fully paid have been assured they would be fully compensated for their final two weeks of work.
MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren’s position remains that if Park MGM is successful (and he expects it to be), “We might look at doing similar things, but there is not any specific project in the works yet.”
The NHL made it official Monday. Rapper Logic will host a free performance at Toshiba Plaza Square at T-Mobile Arena at 5 p.m. Wednesday, leading into the Golden Knights’ Stanley Cup Playoffs opener against the L.A. Kings.
Dan Reynolds spent two years in Nebraska on his Mormon mission. Thus, as a teenager, he promoted the very church positions he opposes in his documentary, “Believer.”
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