Lance Burton will perform at the Orleans Showroom Friday and Saturday, insisting he’s still retired. His 2015 movie “Billy Topit” makes its Las Vegas debut on Vegas PBS at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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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.
Robbie Williams, the British showman, pop artist and TV star, has added six dates to his existing six-show schedule at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas.
“Absinthe,” the company juggernaut, will close the year with a party at the Spiegeltent at Caesars’ Roman Plaza. The Dec. 31 event starts at 8:30 p.m. with a champagne toast in the venue’s open courtyard, a 9:30 p.m. performance of “Absinthe,” and a post-show party from 11 p.m.-1 a.m.
“PodKats!” my new man-about-town podcast, is up and running (similar to myself) on the Review-Journal website.
Buddy Valastro recalls well the first time he walked into his restaurant, when he was hit with the weight of his achievement.
The serpent-suited magician who brags of being “The loser of America’s Got Talent” is joining a spinning skating act and a self-muted mime on AGT’s upcoming all-star show.
Posthumously, Vinnie Paul headlined Las Vegas a final time Sunday night.
You might have seen, or not, coverage of guitarist Joe Perry’s health scare after he performed with Joel at Madison Square Garden in New York on on Saturday night.
Jeff Timmons is continually on the cusp of a new production — and expect another in 2019, centered on a new boy-band concept, to perform a showcase in March at Orleans Showroom.
Dave Chappelle and John Mayer have scheduled a “hybrid” show on the Las Vegas Strip in December.
“This is not a fussy restaurant, because we are not uber-serious people,” the 38-year-old Will Guidara says. “We take what we do seriously, but not ourselves seriously at all. We like to have a party.”
Clint Holmes and Kelly Clinton-Holmes renewed their vows Sunday in PortMiami, Fla., while aboard the Symphony of the Seas ocean liner, the largest cruise ship ever built
Stan Lee had this wonderful, wide smile, and was still mentally sharp. His fast welcome was, “You cover Vegas? That’s a great gig!”
The Colosseum at Caesars Palace headliner and international superstar has debuted a new line of gender-neutral clothing for children called Celinununu. She is shown in an action-packed video being chased by police officers, captured and handcuffed.
Known for his distinctive craftsmanship onstage, Robbie Williams gained fame initially with the pop group Take That from 1990-1995, and again from 2009-2012. He also performed the opening ceremony of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow.