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.
The Kats! Bureau at this writing is Stirling Club at Turnberry Place’s March Mania party. I’m writing, watching college hoops and enjoying the fizzywater at club’s lounge. The wood flooring and furniture are new and the place is coming together nicely ahead of its formal opening. No date set but that should happen in June.
For all of her entertainment achievements, Jennifer Lopez has never headlined her own U.S. tour. That changes today with the announcements of shows on her “It’s My Party” tour.
In a rite of spring, Derek Stevens, a devout Michigan graduate, has some serious cabbage riding on the NCAA hoops tournament.
Donny & Marie opened on the Las Vegas Strip in September 2008. They are closing Nov. 16.
Jimmy Kimmel’s team has announced the first set of guests for his shows airing from Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood from April 1-5.
One highlight from this run-through of “September,” vocalist Philip Bailey calling out, “This is for TV! Not the radio! We gotta give it a good run!”
Lena Prima moved to New Orleans eight years ago, but maintaining a strong connection to Las Vegas, where her father made history by tearing up the lounge scene with Keely Smith and Sam Butera and the Witnesses.
“Atomic Saloon Show” is ready to rattle Kraken Music Hall at Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian with its cast of bartenders.
Rick Harrison is opening his Rick’s Collection store in July at Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian. He’s just signed the documents formalizing the deal.
“It’s amazing,” Vince Neil says. “The movie is amazing. You laugh you cry and you root for the underdogs — us!”
Shania Twain introduced Lionel Richie by relating a story about when she lost her voice in 2011, and sought Richie for counsel. Richie offered her a chance to duet with him on any of his songs, and she chose to re-cut “Endless Love.”
“We’re going to do it,’ Lionel Richie said of a return to a Vegas residency. “I love it here. But I need to see Paris, London, Copenhagen, and then after that we’re coming back to Las Vegas.”
Hall & Oates have sold more records than any duo ever and are playing a three-show series at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip.
Ross Mollison has looking for a show other than “Absinthe” he can proclaim a hit on the Strip. He has it with “Opium.”
Lionel Richie and Shania Twain teamed on a re-recording of “Endless Love” in 2012. The song was a monster hit for Richie and Diana Ross in 1981.
