Travis Barker seems like he’s boasting, though it’s a strange topic about which to brag.
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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.
It took about two years to prepare for less than 10 seconds of motorcycle flight on the Las Vegas Strip.
The Nitro Circus show scheduled for Bally’s is not the first time an Evel Knievel-inspired event has been designed for the stage. David Saxe attempted to develop a live tribute to Knievel’s 1967 Caesars Palace jump about five years ago for “Vegas! The Show” at Saxe Theater.
Matt Goss’s new single “Red Flares” invokes hip-hop rhythms and vocals uncommon in Goss’s previous releases, was recorded this spring at Studio at the P
Travis Pastrana says, “Nitro Circus is all about the stunt aspect, where you can make mistakes.”
Iliza Schlesinger is kicking off her Elder Millennial Tour, a promotional swing for her upcoming Netflix concert ts special of the same name premiering July 24.
Set to be announced, likely as early as Sunday as part of Travis Pastrana’s spectacle, is a Nitro Circus production at a Caesars Entertainment hotel in spring 2019.
The Strip’s embattled drag show is now being reviewed by the State Gaming Control Board.
Travis Pastrana is attempting to complete three jumps once on the Las Vegas Strip that were once attempted by Evel Knievel.
Jerry Seinfeld characteristically picks a car that somehow relates to his guest; his vehicle of choice for Lewis was a 1966 convertible Jaguar roadster.
“I’m saddened to say that due to my own negligence, Make-A-Wish has not received a check from me for some time,” Frank Marino, star of the just-closed “Divas Las Vegas” at Linq Hotel, said in a statement Tuesday. “I take full responsibility and am sincerely apologetic for this situation.”
The Kats! Bureau at this writing is Copa Room at Bootlegger Bistro, where Santa Fe The Fat City Horns are administering “The Healing.” We call it that because you always walk out feeling better than when you walk in.
Britney Spears has reportedly agreed to a $500,000-per-show guarantee in her upcoming two-year residency at Park Theater at The Park MGM.
A day after the stage show “Frank Marino’s Divas Las Vegas” announced it was closing at The Linq Hotel, an investigation into the show’s charitable activity has been reported.
“Frank Marino’s Divas Las Vegas,” starring the Las Vegas drag legend as Joan Rivers, has closed at The Linq Hotel. It was one of the longest-running production shows ever on the Strip.