Annette Bening was in Las Vegas for The Space 2.0 announcement and praised Las Vegas’ film-industry push.
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John Katsilometes’ man-about-town column appears on daily on page 3A. Katsilometes moved to Las Vegas from Northern California in 1996 and spent two years with the RJ before moving to the Greenspun Media Group in 1998, where he served as an editor, magazine writer and columnist. He returned to the RJ in August 2016. He has won numerous state and regional awards, including the 2013 Nevada Press Association Journalist of the Year honor, and has been awarded three times for column writing by the Best of the West contest.
Boots In the Park is making its Las Vegas premiere at The Event Center at Desert Breeze Park this spring.
Carrot Top turns 60 years old this week, remakably. The Luxor Las Vegas headliner has been in show business for 40 years, also remarkably.
Bruno Mars returns to Dolby Live in May but was back in Vegas to celebrate The Pinky Ring’s first anniversary.
Billy Crystal honored Jimmy Kimmel just weeks after losing lost his Pacific Palisades home of 46 years.
“Ka,” which launched in 2005, trails only “Mystere” and “O” in terms of longevity among Cirque du Soleil’s productions on the Las Vegas Strip.
Backstreet Boys have added three shows in August at Sphere, bringing their residency at the iconic Las Vegas entertainment venue to 18 dates.
Murray Hill has performed as a guest in several Vegas shows. Now the drag king is playing the Plaza Showroom.
Saquon Barkley led a contingent of Philadelphia Eagles teammates into Wynn on Saturday night.
Earth Wind and Fire performed music, and Jimmy Kimmel and at the Vegas-tinged Power of Love gala.
Howard Hughes Holdings CEO David O’Reilly says Mark Wahlberg “hasn’t stopped texting me” about the Sony Studios project.
Mark Shunock, the man behind Mondays Dark and The Space, is planning what is tentatively being called “The Space 2.0.”
Earth Wind & Fire is performing at this weekend’s Keep Memory Alive Power of Love gala, and the band’s best-known song has a connection to the cause.
John Huck, who had been with Fox 5 since 2003, is leaving for business opportunities.
The Osmonds are once more a hit as Donny Osmond recruits grandson Daxton for some AI.