Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman has said he’ll bet on anything — including a pair of cockroaches scrambling across a tile floor (let’s set up a tournament for that, eh?).
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.
This was no ordinary marriage proposal. It was a spectacle typical of Andy Walmsley.
The New Zealand-born artist whose legal name is Sam Wills wears tape over his mouth in his nonverbal mix of comedy and magic.
Terry Fator could wreak havoc, in life and onstage, with his undeniable stunning ability to speak and sing wonderfully with his lips shut.
Kind Heaven will present live music of all genres on four stages, with Perry Farrell himself heading up the booking. Its walking tour will focus on Southeast Asia cuisine and culture.
Upon hearing the news, the ever-zealous Vin A. couldn’t get back to sleep. He has fans to thank, a set list to compile. Oh, and rehearsals. Lots of rehearsal time for this one.
Roger Daltrey says of a return of The Who to the Strip: “We’ve got offers. If Pete wanted to do it, I would do it; let’s put it that way.”
The Moody Blues, who issued that masterpiece in 1967, are returning to Encore Theater for an engagement past their four-show spree in January.
Piff the Magic Dragon, the costumed comic-magician headliner at Flamingo Las Vegas, shaved the head of John Katsilometes during the St. Baldrick’s Foundation shave-a-thon at New York-New York’s Brooklyn Bridge.
Dan Reynolds spent two years in Nebraska on his Mormon mission. Thus, as a teenager, he promoted the very church positions he opposes in his documentary, “Believer.”
Astronaut-wannabe Dale, a luckless fancier of flight, is grounded and driving for Uber. One of his passengers is Harry M. Howie, the producer-character of “Opium” at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Smith Center president Myron Martin says, “If you wait until for the second or third day (to buy tickets), you’ll probably be shut out.”
Steve Aoki took the stage for a 20-minute EDM set inside the Madame Tussauds display space. It was an eye-popping, and ear-splitting, event.
More than half of the stars embedded along Las Vegas Boulevard have been wiped out as part of Clark County’s project to install security bollards on the Strip.
Those who fool Penn & Teller receive a “Fool Us” trophy, with the letters “F” and “U” displayed prominently.
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