Terry Fator’s upgraded show is called, “An Evening With the Stars,” with such new celeb figures as Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Stevie Wonder and Willie Nelson.
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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.
Of Lady Gaga, Andrew Dice Clay says, “She is just an absolute talent. That’s how I look at her.”
If the title “Once Upon a One More Time” brings to mind the music of Britney Spears, it should.
Paul McCartney is adding a second date at T-Mobile in June.
Jenn Michaels, MGM Resorts International Senior Vice President of Public Relations, was inducted among a field of 100 nominees across the country.
Gold medal figure skater and TV personality Tara Lipinski said of Cirque du Soleil, “I can’t imagine doing the things they do. I’m gasping at every moment.”
In keeping with the TV show theme ever-present in his life, Chumlee’s wedding is a two-part episode.
Oscar Goodman had joked about practicing with the old-style shaving implement during the week leading up to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation Shave at NY-NY’s Brooklyn Bridge.
Johnny Thompson, a consultant on Penn Teller’s “Fool Us,” collapsed Feb. 25 as the show was in rehearsals at the Rio.
Las Vegas author Jack Sheehan is developing.a documentary on drug kingpin Jimmy Chagra, who was known to win or lose a $1 million a night in such Vegas casinos as Binion’s Horseshoe and Caesars Palace.
Jimmy Kimmel surely remembers the place as the Aladdin Theater for the Performing Arts. Today, it’s known as Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood, and it’s where Kimmel is bringing his ABC late-night talk show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” for taping April 1-5.
Sworn to secrecy since he signed on with the show last April, Donny Osmond famously donned a peacock suit for his memorable run on “The Masked Singer.”
Robbie Williams’ view of a Strip production plucks from every Las Vegas cliche over the past 60 years or show
The production is malleable, complex, in the round and all over the place. Don’t try sitting — there are no seats — and be ready to participate.
A Care2 petition now circulating online demands, “It’s Time Mandalay Bay Stop Making Money of Alleged Child Molester Michael Jackson.”