Robin Hood 702 was not about to give away his seats to Denzel Washington just before Saturday night’s Canelo Alvarez-Gennady “GGG” Golovkin bout at T-Mobile Arena.
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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.
An original pioneer of the punk-rock movement, Billy Idol has signed on for 10 dates at the Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms.
Strip headliner Criss Angel and Shaunyl Benson are expecting their second child in January.
Las Vegan Daniel Emmet appears a final time on the NBC competition show at 8 p.m. Tuesday, and the champion will be announced in the season finale at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Well, we are going to see next month, when the aptly titled “Friends! The Musical Parody” opens at D Las Vegas. The show has been casting in Las Vegas over the past few days (callbacks are Monday) and is set to open for previews Oct. 18. The official premiere is Oct. 26.
The Canelo-GGG fight falls into a busy sports weekend in Las Vegas with the NASCAR racing action at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the Mr. Olympia competition at Las Vegas Convention Center.
The annual Tyler Robinson Foundation gala is much like Imagine Dragons , the band that founded the charity: Start small, work hard and blow up.
Canelo Alvarez is headlining, in a way, at XS Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas late Saturday night. Canelo will hit that scene(metaphorically) after his bout with Gennady Golovkin at T-Mobile Arena.
A great ventriloquist. A master magician. A soulful singer-songwriter. “America’s Got Talent” has certainly rewarded all measure of Las Vegas performers among its many champions.
Hundreds of dollars — actual USDs — fall from the sky in the new musical “A Mob Story” at Plaza Showroom.
Daniel Emmet was vaulted into the finals by judge Howie Mandel, who made the call at the end of tonight’s episode.
“I’m still that hippie guy from the Fillmore and Woodstock who wants to end all the wars,” the veteran rocker says.
The comedy-magician, given a year to live back in 2014, turned 60 on Sunday, celebrating with a small group of friends and his wife, fellow magician Anastasia Synn.
Lenea Sampson felt the question might come in a couple weeks, when she and her beau, Warren Wilkins, vacation in Cabo San Lucas.
George Clooney and Rande Gerber and their celeb friends will be all dressed up with someplace to go this Halloween.