Oscar Goodman, the former mayor of Las Vegas and city’s famed “Mob Lawyer,” was nearly a member of the so-called O.J. Simpson “Dream Team” of defense attorneys in his 1995 double-murder trial.
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The real tug in “Circus 1903” is what Willy Whipsnade calls “the root of the circus.”
Palace Station’s marquee and hotel tower was splashed across national TV reports for several days following the O.J. Simpson incident of Sept. 12, 2007.
Master impressionist Gordie Brown is once more on the hunt for a venue as the Cabaret Show Lounge at the Mezzanine at Planet Hollywood is closing for ticketed shows, effective Aug. 15.
Louie Anderson won his first Emmy last year for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy for his role as the mother of twins Chip and Dale Baskets, played by co-creator Zach Galifianakis.
The day may have arrived for juggling the dates of the Electric Daisy Carnival.
Members of the Texas Outlaw Comics have been asked repeatedly to reunite. They are back together at Laugh Factory this week.
Know this, Monsters: There is to be no Lady Gaga on Thursday in Downtown Las Vegas.
Exactly when and where Lady Gaga would perform her “Dive Bar Tour” show was a mystery Monday. The performance was expected to be Thursday, but might be moved to later in the summer.
“There’s no doubt Mayweather-McGregor will be at T-Mobile” says a source familiar with the scheduling of that bout and Ice Cube’s 3Ball tournament, both set for Aug. 26.
After Earl Turner spent something like 12½ minutes performing Prince’s “Kiss” in a most funky manner, Frankie Moreno shouted, “Earl! I don’t think that’s funky enough!”
It’s a typo for the ages. A misfire on a keyboard resulted in the creation of the biggest star in burlesque: Dita Von Teese.
The production “The Elvis Experience” ran from April to May 2015, while the 28,000-square-foot “Graceland Presents: Elvis the Exhibition” was open from April 2015 to February 2016.
Cirque du Soleil has been looking to make entries into seven cities in China with our touring shows, and is bringing the Blue Men along for the ride.
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