The opening of Chumlee’s Candy on the Boulevard has been delayed for at least a week. The sugar shop in downtown Las Vegas, operated by Austin Russell (nickname of Chumlee, of “Pawn Stars” fame) was originally planned to open last Monday but instead has been pushed back to next week.
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Clint Holmes was once featured in an ad campaign where he was shown singing in the shower. The shower is gone, but he is back.
Jeff Timmons is not a male dancer, but he’s a male who can dance, and that’s led to “Men of the Strip” at Tropicana.
Mama Maria Perry moved to Las Vegas in 1943, when 6,000 people lived in the tiny desert town.
Freddie Glusman has thousands of friends. A couple hundred filled Piero’s on Saturday for his 80th birthday.
In 1960, Frankie Valli stopped in Las Vegas on his way to Hawthorne, met Louis Prima and learned a lot about playing the lounges.
Brian Dewhurst ran away with the circus at age 13; his son, Nicky, was hanging around the tent at an even younger age.
Michael Jerlecki is plotting “Palms 2.0,” starting with the very chairs customers occupy at poker machines.
Clint Holmes, Wayne Newton, Earl Turner and Frankie Scinta were among the current Vegas performers who ignited what is considered the city’s greatest charity show 15 years ago today.