“I’m still that hippie guy from the Fillmore and Woodstock who wants to end all the wars,” the veteran rocker says.
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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.
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.
We are speaking of the model and actor Tyson Beckford, who, it was announced Thursday, is back as guest host of “Chippendales” at the Rio from Sept. 27-Nov. 3. Beckford is easily the hottest celeb guest star (as shown by an uptick in ticket sales) in a long series of celebs to host the “Chipps” show.
Lance Burton’s most recent headlining show was at Route 66 Casino Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Sept. 1. He says he is performing in Vegas again because officials for Boyd Gaming, which owns The Orleans, asked him.
“A Mob Story” settles into its 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-through-Saturdays schedule. The show had originally planned to open July 11, then Aug. 8. Producer Jeff Kutash (the man behind “Splash” at Riviera) has said his own perfectionism and the extensive work on all elements of the production are responsible for the delays.
David Letterman is helping Paul Shaffer open his series at Cleopatra’s Barge at Caesars Palace.
Burt Reynolds might not have said all he wanted, but he did help establish a trend of stars staging similar storytelling shows.
Whether on the side of a building or through a social-media post, Donny Marie know how to get noticed.
What happens after the screaming stops? You bicker. You play a wild concert. You hug it out.
Sean “Diddy” Combs and Mike Tyson were the combination who led the final Labor Day event ever at the club over the holiday weekend.
Paul Shaffer has been sending out feelers to his famous friends to spice up his Vegas lounge revival.
More will be revealed, and soon, as Paul Shaffer and his Shaf-Shifters backing band sets up for performances through Saturday night and again Oct. 11-13, Nov. 29-Dec. 1
Both the “Righteous Brothers” cofounder and the nightclub pioneer will be feted at the Casino Entertainment Awards on Oct. 10 at Vinyl at Hard Rock Hotel.