Stevie Wonder’s most recent concert in Las Vegas was as headliner of Life is Beautiful in September 2015.
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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.
In an only-in-Vegas coincidence, two busy singers who live in Las Vegas — Mikalah Gordon of Rose. Rabbit. Lie at The Cosmopolitan and Amanda Avila of Brio at Tivoli Village — were both finalists on Season 4 of “American Idol” in 2004.
Lady Gaga was led into the Colosseum with a team of security officers, but otherwise enjoyed the show as any other ticketed fan.
Carrie Underwood adopted the Golden Knights as her new favorite team just after Winnipeg beat the Preds in Game 7.
The book is a uniquelycrafted series of letters from Anderson to his mom, who passed away in 1990, but as he says remains “a tangible, real person to me.”
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has made a traditional bet against her counterpart in the rival city, in this case Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman.
Bon Apetit’s Uncork’d food festival on the Strip launched Thursday afternoon with the Saber-Off at The Park promenade at the newly re-minted Park MGM.
If this keeps up, Bark-Andre Furry will need a stylist, an agent and a publicist.
Sources with knowledge of Stevie Wonder’s schedule indicate he will perform five shows at The Park Theater late this summer, most likely in August.
The Golden Knights held forth in one of the two swanky, private dining rooms. En route to the restaurant, the team stopped for a group photo at the Aria Sky Suites Living Wall, designed with a big GO NIGHTS GO! sign and team logo.
MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren’s position remains that if Park MGM is successful (and he expects it to be), “We might look at doing similar things, but there is not any specific project in the works yet.”
Once one of the hottest shows in the city, “Tony n’ Tina’s” opened at the Rio in 2005. The show moved to V Theater at Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, then the mezzanine level of Planet Hollywood, and finally Windows Showroom at Bally’s, where the show was most recently performed.
A custom-made, tweed burgundy suit worn by Lewis in his Julius Kelp character in “The Nutty Professor (estimate: $2,000-$4,000).
Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly glanced at Gazillionaire and Wanda Widdles and said, “What kind of assignment did I get myself into today?”
The Queen with Adam Lambert engagement runs Sept. 1-Sept. 22. Tickets range from $79-$350, and are onsale 10 a.m. Friday at Ticketmaster.com.
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