A show filled with side acts and a live band, “Opium” at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, which opens March 13 at Rose. Rabbit. Lie. Showroom.
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Restaurateur, author, TV star and noted philanthropist Giada De Laurentiis has been selected as Nevada Ballet Theatre’s Woman of the Year for its 34th Annual Black White Ball.
Mel Brooks twice filled Encore Theater on June 30-July 1. He had just turned 91 when he made his Strip debut.
No. 58 is to stay in the stables at this year’s National Finals Rodeo.
Imagine Dragons has long been known for fiery live performances. This dates even to the days when they lugged a giant bass drum to the stage at Hard Rock Live on the Strip nine years ago.
Joey Scinta, the comic force of “The Scintas” show, which still performs Friday and Saturdays, died Nov. 17 of complications from a series of strokes.
The talent of “The Cocktail Cabaret” cast members of Eric Jordan Young, Daniel Emmet, Niki Scalera and Maren Wade and pianist Philip Fortenberry is well known around VegasVille.
Lionel Richie recalls his early days with the Commodores: “We didn’t make it until I was 26, and we heard ‘No’ all the way through. But to me, it didn’t mean, ‘No,’ it meant, ‘Not now.’ “
Matt Goss has checked in with a new show at a new venue … and a new drink.
Clint Holmes’ original charge was simply to make a great album. But the underlying objective, sometimes mentioned just slyly, was to make it great enough to be nominated for a Grammy.
It could be at least a month before 76-year-old Robin Leach returns to coming the scene and writing his daily column in the R-J.
The band in “Raiding the Rock Vault” has long resisted performing its first encore. That changed Saturday night at the end of 90-minute set Saturday night at Hard Rock Hotel’s Vinyl music club.
A fitness and self-defense instructor from Sedgefield, South Africa, who survived an attempted carjacking this summer, is the new Miss Universe.
‘Tournament of Kings’ offers a feast; ‘Legends’ a tribute buffet
Frankie Moreno is developing a partnership with Madison Square Garden to write songs for Knicks’ performances, and also perform halftime shows at the legendary venu
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