Freddie Glusman has thousands of friends. A couple hundred filled Piero’s on Saturday for his 80th birthday.
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In 1960, Frankie Valli stopped in Las Vegas on his way to Hawthorne, met Louis Prima and learned a lot about playing the lounges.
Lijana Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas circus family was injured in an eight-person pyramid act to be featured at the Circus Sarasota on Wednesday.
Lacey Schwimmer, a former pro on “Dancing With the Stars,” is choreographing a new number to open the 34th season year of “Legends in Concert.”
William Shatner hails from Montreal, Cirque’s home town, and is just a couple months older than renowned “Mystere” artist Brian Dewhurst.
If the audience paying homage to Tony Sacca on Monday afternoon could have spoken with one voice, it would have said, “Tony, we’re gonna need a bigger room.”
Lady Gaga’s blazing Super Bowl halftime show (great use of the keytar, aerial straps and fishnets) has accelerated speculation about her performing having an extended residency on the Strip.
Vanilla Ice hearkened to the ’90s with a packed party at the Hard Rock Hotel; Oscar Goodman favors the Atlanta Falcons — but Mayor Carolyn is likely to hedge that bet.
Jay Kornegay had no line to Broncos coach Mike Shanahan, and he did not dial up a pair of kneel-downs from backup QB Bubby Brister.
You can thank David Perrico and Pop Strings Orchestra for the delay in the long-anticipated renovation of Cleopatra’s Barge at Caesars Palace.
Willie Nelson, returning to full health from a recent illness, unveiled his line of cannabis on Main Street in the Arts District on Tuesday night.
Tony Sacca always had something going on. He relished new projects, whether it was his Las Vegas Rocks Café restaurant and showroom downtown at Neonopolis or his musical/comedy adventure through our city’s history, “Vegas the Story.”
Tony Sacca was a well-known performer and television host, and also the headliner at the annual San Gennaro Feast, for more than 30 years in Las Vegas.
Jeff Civillico underwent knee surgery on Halloween. He ends his hiatus in March in a new room (for him) at Paris Las Vegas.
Vanessa Williams called her friend David Weinreb of the Howard Hughes Corporation to perform a couple of numbers to close the annual Nevada Ballet Theatre Black & White Ball at Aria.
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