Sonic wound up at Cosmopolitan after a gig at Park MGM (in part) because MGM Resorts International owns both hotels.
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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.
Wayne Newton is performing the national anthem Sunday, along with 43 guest stars from the Las Vegas Academy Singers.
The show was created just before COVID-19 hit. It is premiering just days after death of the artist for whom it is paying tribute. The creators of “The Olivia Show” have become accustomed to difficult timing.
Sandy Gelfound’s first gig was at the Improv in Hollywood. She was still a Raiderette, and says, “I was hooked.”
The veteran rocker gets it. She understands she needs to play the hits on tour. Las Vegas crowds, especially, respond to what is familiar.
Katy Perry’s “Play” run is booked through October. She says, “Maybe I will leave Vegas, but I will always want to come back to do a show.”
Olivia Newton-John once said of Vegas, “I was the opening act for a long time. I bounced around to different hotels,” before she opened at the Flamingo in April 2014.
Former dancer Carrie Royale reports she was at the party in the Encore resort suite when Harry stripped nude. Now she’s putting his black briefs up for auction.
Diana Ross sang a medley of Supremes classics and solo hits at Cliff Branch’s Pro Football Hall of Fame party in Canton.
The cornerstone has been established for what the Jerry Lewis camp hopes to be a “Nutty” Broadway run.
The Industrial Event Space was spared a fire that took 70 minutes to put out.
Mark Davis and the Raiders waited a long time to see Cliff Branch honored. The owner is making it count.
“The height of your dreams now is to play Las Vegas. It’s just become the coolest place to play,” the 81-year old funk legend says ahead of Parliament Funkadelic’s Aug. 13 show in North Las Vegas.
David Saxe opened “Vegas! The Show” in 2010, was forced to close it in 2020, and it’s been dark since.
A stunt driver is shutting down and firing up the Strip. Video from Monday night shows Ken Block throwing smoke from his tires while racing through the Paris Las Vegas porte cochere.
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