Frankie Valli was a young Lover when he first visited Las Vegas. This week, he’s headlining Westgate’s International Theater.
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High winds forced an audible at the Jim Irsay Collection event, but the show stayed downtown.
‘Roastmaster General’ Jeff Ross asks, “Who would be the ideal Vegas personality?” to roast. He gets a few candidates.
The Rogers Foundation chair Beverly Rogers says of her namesake theater, “We want to know what we can add. We want you to tell us if we could live without something.”
Jim Irsay is an accomplished guitarist, avid collector and eager to bring his rock/memorabilia show to Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.
The impact of Sammy Davis Jr.’s history in Vegas was felt during a “Black In Vegas” event at The Stirling Club.
A week after filiming scenes in Las Vegas, the Hollywood A-lister has sold his L.A. home.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are not scheduled to visit Southern Nevada on their current tour, but that needle could still be threaded.
Oscar Goodman needled his dinner-series crowd at Plaza, “If you want to talk while I’m talking, leave your name, leave your address.”
The Lowden family’s latest venture, an 8,650-square-foot jazz club and restaurant, shares the same neighborhood (artistically and geographically) as The Smith Center.
Kevin Nealon’s offshoot projects have since included “Hiking With Kevin,” venturing through the canyons of Los Angeles with his comedy friends.
Perez Hilton has moved to Vegas from L.A. Credit a run with the Chippendales for that inspiration.
Todd VonBastiaans proposed to his partner, Bryan McCarthy, at the iconic Silver Slipper sign.
Rene-Claude LaMarre’s theater concept sprouted from the writer-director’s “Chocolate City” movie franchise.
The multicolored, 56-foot-long sign has not been illuminated in a quarter century. “Lido” was a hallmark Las Vegas Strip show from 1958-1991.