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Robin Leach

Miss Universe competition tops weekend events

A record number of 92 women from across the globe will compete for the opportunity of becoming the next Miss Universe on Sunday at the Planet Hollywood Resort. According to Paula Shugart, president of the Miss Universe Organization, the number includes first-time representatives from Laos, Cambodia and Nepal.

Miss Universe contestants participate in the National Costumes presentation

Thousands of dollars and thousands of sewing hours went into the extraordinary presentation of National Costumes at the International Parade at the halfway point of the 10-day visit to Las Vegas by the 92 glamorous Miss Universe contestant at the Planet Hollywood.

Can pizza bring world peace?

Could pizza be the answer to world peace? This is a question I’ve been asking myself for the past few months, while watching — as I know all of us have — so many troubling events around the globe and here at home in Las Vegas and the U.S.

Nacho Daddy gives back to community

After two years of trying to bring Nacho Daddy to the Las Vegas Strip, we finally made it! Opening just over a year ago on Sept. 1, our new flagship location features our vision of a more open and inviting layout.

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Miss Universe contestants ready for pageant

It may well be the second quietest two weekends of the year this Saturday and Sunday, plus Thanksgiving and at Christmas but Vegas is awash with glamour right now.

Q&A: Greg Gleason headlines ‘Masters of Illusion’

Rehearsals are underway for the new “Masters of Illusion” magic show set to open Dec. 6 at Bally’s, reviving the shuttered” Jubilee” theater vacant since the dancers left there after a near 35-year run in February 2016. The new production is America’s largest touring magic show and comes from the hit CW television series that stars the world’s greatest award-winning magicians.

Singer Fergie to headline Miss Universe pageant

Eight-time Grammy award winner multiplatinum singer Fergie will be the headline star of the upcoming Miss Universe pageant on Nov. 26 as I hinted in yesterday’s column.

Miss Universe contestants ready for pageant

Middle Eastern politicians and diplomats went into overdrive hysteria when the two Miss Universe beauty queens from Israel and Iraq wound up as roommates here at Planet Hollywood and posted photos of each other on their Instagram accounts. The two countries do not hold any official diplomatic relations but Jewish beauty Adar Gandelsman and masterful Muslim Sarah Idan proved peace is possible when they posed together.

Las Vegas celebrity home to go to auction

The staggering 23,000-square-foot home once owned by the late Mexican singer songwriter Juan Gabriel in the Las Vegas Historic District is going under the auctioneers hammer right after Thanksgiving. And a real estate speculator could snag the previously offered $5 million price for as little as $1 million.

More than 40,000 run in Las Vegas Marathon

I would be remiss if I didn’t note the more than 40,000 courageous runners, who took to the Strip and streets of Las Vegas at the weekend for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon, one of the oldest marathons in the country — and arguably the most unique.

Audience uses cellphones in ‘The Miss Behave Game Show’

The quiz show categories are scrawled in black marker on torn fading strips of cardboard — much like the helpless homeless individual begging for money on the corner. The prizes are simply the word “PRIZE” scrawled on yet another piece of cardboard. Welcome not only to the wildest night out you never knew you even wanted in Las Vegas — but it’s also the cheapest production to ever be staged on the Strip. In fact, its budget was less than a $1.99!

Four marathons tie up Strip this weekend

With the Geico Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon, half-marathon, 10K and 5K runs closing part of the Strip this weekend and the Goo Goo Dolls and Snoop Dogg grabbing the spotlight to entertain the runners, our weekly celebrity preview gets a little smaller than usual. The larger-than-life musicians and acrobats of the MarchFourth Group open for the three-time Grammy nominated Goo Goo Dolls on Saturday (Nov. 11) night at the festival grounds of the Las Vegas Village across from the SLS Hotel.

Chefs, donations, comedy, holiday lights and Soul Train

The super DJ lineup of Hakkasan group music stars, including Tiesto and Steve Aoki, raised just over $1 million at Tuesday night’s Vegas Strong benefit show held at the Omnia nightclub in Caesars Palace.

Elton John AIDS Foundation holds gala in NYC

More than $4.3 million was raised at last night’s (Nov. 7) annual fall gala in New York for the Elton John AIDS Foundation to support HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs with a star-studded concert at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Sir Elton John was honored for his leadership, commitment and enduring vision as the Founder and driving force.

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