Hans Klok introduced the legendary duo with, “The reason I am in magic tonight, my friends in magic, Siegfried and Roy!
John Katsilometes
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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.
The four-time Super Bowl champ is once more behind center, barking out the next play, with “The Terry Bradshaw Show” running Thursday through Sunday at Luxor.
Of a $15,000 blackjack spree, Foreigner’s Mick Jones says, “I mean, they really — they had to tear me away from the table at the end,”
Court TV will air “OJ25” beginnning in January. The 37-part series focuses on the OJ Simpson murder trial.
Pat Benatar remembers, In the beginning, Las Vegas was not for people like us, it was taboo, you weren’t even supposed to play there.
Hotel Apache itself dates to 1932, a time when Model Ts parked outside the property and guests were titillated to ride the first electric elevator ever in Las Vegas.
Carlos Santana, who broke in a big bad way at the original Woodstock, is officially out of next month’s anniversary event.
A long-running residency seemed an attainable goal for “Post-Postmodern Jukebox,” but the show pulled out a month before its original end date.
MGM Resorts’ original plan was for Mandalay Bay Events Center to compete with The Colosseum at Caesars Palace and Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood.
Opening this month, Happy Place is in line with the current mini-trend of Vegas entertainment experiences not easily described. “When you see it, you get it.”
Blue Man Group co-founder Chris Wink is Area15’s new “director of content and cool (stuff),” his official title actually carrying a profanity.
Zak Bagans’ fascination with Charles Manson has expanded to the purchase of an infamous Los Angeles residence.
Lim’s “Limitless” production carries an emphasis on skillful card tricks, application of smoke and mind-blowing close-up magic.
Redfoo is the titillating tennis tutor and resident hip-hop superstar who generates life into the Rollers’ matches at Orleans Arena.
Robbie Williams did stunning business this spring and summer, and his show was a buoyant blend Las Vegas inspirations.
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