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The Nevada attorney general has joined a federal lawsuit that could have widespread ramifications for “the sports and entertainment capital of the world.”
Taylor Swift’s song has brought new attention to Clara Bow, a 1920s Hollywood film siren who moved to a ranch near Searchlight with cowboy actor husband, Rex Bell.
Amazon Prime has released a trailer for the upcoming release of a documentary following Celine Dion and her battle with Stiff Person Syndrome.
The lawsuit was being brought with 30 state and district attorneys general and seeks to break up the monopoly they say is squeezing out smaller promoters and hurting artists.
Ross Mollison is a known Vegas historian who especially fancies the downtown core, such old-west-themed casinos Binion’s Gambling Hall and under-the-radar hangs as Atomic Liquors.
The Palms is pumping a resort-wide, festival atmosphere when it opens Kaos Nightclub.
“We are teaching the next great musicians, and promoting jazz as a true American art form,” UNLV Jazz Studies department head and conductor Dave Loeb says. “It seems Lady Gaga is, too.”
The Aussie quartet of Phil Burton, Toby Allen and brothers Andrew and Mike Tierney, are not planning to move anywhere soon, either. The foursome last week signed a three-year extension running through March 2022.
“I was super-nervous to the point of, ‘Is this really happening?’ ” dancer Briana Chance said. “I’m still on a high from it.”
Boy George has been teasing about a residency for the past couple of years, especially referring to a Vegas residency in occasional Twitter posts. But this weekend Culture Club is co-headlining a one-night, rock-and-dance party with the B-52s at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.
“Don’t Lie to Me,” released Thursday, finds a passionate Barbra Streisand questioning the nation’s leader and pleading for change.
“Elvis has not left the building,” Mark Mercer, “Legends in Concert’s” marketing director, promises. “We’ll be excited to have him back in the fall. We’re just having fun with this particular lineup.”
Joe Jackson had a home in Las Vegas for decades. He was frequently spotted around town, especially in the 1990s, at such now-closed nightspots as The Shark Club and Tramps, and occasionally at such haunts as Le Bistro Theatre.
Joe Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson family who built the Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson into international superstars, died Wednesday morning, according to multiple reports. He was 89.
