As Donna Rocker says of Raiders revelry at her bar and restaurant, “Asking people not to cheer during that game would be like asking someone not to scream on a roller coaster.”
John Katsilometes
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.
Mark Davis calls his mother “The First Lady of Raider Nation.”
Tommy DeVito, founding member of the Four Seasons rock ’n’ roll group and an inspiration for the “Jersey Boys” musical, has died of COVID-19 in Henderson.
Brandon Flowers says, “Every time someone makes a record, they say that they have 50 songs and they’re going to release another record. We really are.”
Chris Wink, the director of content and cool “stuff” for Area15 and co-founder of Blue Man Group arrived at the arts-and-entertainment complex in a full Las Vegas Raider costume.
Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis is using the team’s home opener to thank supporters and donate to a pair of prominent Las Vegas charities.
“The Bradshaw Bunch” reality show, or “docu-series,” centers on the affable Terry Bradshaw and his family at Bradshaw Ranch.
Station manager Terri Peck; “More” producer Toni Gonzales; anchors Rachel Smith, Maria Silva and Christine Maddela; and reporter Jillian Lopez are no longer with the company.
In late May, Bill Medley underwent surgery to remove a cancerous growth from his throat. On June 8, he lost his wife, Paula, after a five-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. The two had been married 35 years.
“Magic Mike Live” has announced its theater is under construction at Sahara Las Vegas.
Notoriety owner Ken Henderson says, “Comedy and magic are not ambient. Anything you have to watch is considered a show.”
The Killers are advancing the tradition of rock bands performing on rooftops for the Las Vegas Raiders’ home opener Monday night.
Of Donald Trump, comic actor John Di Domenico says, “Every single utterance of this guy plays into everything we are doing.”
For last Tuesday’s show, Piff the Magic Dragon convinced David Copperfield to join in a video re-creation of Copperfield’s famous stunt from 1983, when he made the Statue of Liberty disappear.
The Westgate karaoke setup is not allowed under pandemic reopening restrictions, but bookmark that idea.