MGM Resorts International President of Entertainment and Sports George Kliavkoff said the company aims to be as safe as possible.
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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.
“After so much stress and worry, it’s time to bring back some laughter and positivity to the world,” says Sam Wills, who portrays mime and prop comic Tape Face.
Piff The Magic Dragon has worked his magic away from the live stage, winning “Tournament of Laughs” and mastering comedy magic online.
Impress your friends by knowing the first album ever sold at Virgin Records was “Electronic Meditation” by Tangerine Dream, sold by Richard Branson.
The Lakers are celebrating their 17th NBA title in Las Vegas this weekend.
Lorena Peril’s first full-time job was at a nursing facility in San Francisco. She returned this week.
The Las Vegas hit “Absinthe” returns to rehearsals and launches a new web series.
Save Our Stages is the $10 billion grant program to help offset the the economic impact that COVID-19 has had on live entertainment.
John Fogerty on Arnold Stalk, founder and director of Share Village: “He is a saint, as far as I’m concerned.”
Dionne Warwick, a recording superstar dating to the early 1960s, is being honored with the Silver State Equality, Nevada’s Ally Leadership Award at Silver State’s virtual gala.
Pete “Big Elvis” Vallee of Harrah’s says, “We’re trying different things to see what works, and right now we’re back and singing ambience.”
Actor and stand-up Sebastian Maniscalco reached out to a VIP who could not make his invite-only performances at Wynn Las Vegas this weekend.
Scott Menke’s cousin and co-founder of Paragon Gaming, Diana Bennett, said the loss was “painful, inconceivable.”
Give it up for “Absinthe.” The Spiegelworld hit is the first large-scale production show in a Vegas hotel-casino to return after COVID-19 shut down live entertainment in March.
Piff The Magic Dragon is the first faux-reptile to return to the Las Vegas Strip. But ahead of Piff’s re-opening, the female revue “X Country” is back at Harrah’s Cabaret.