Ex-RM Seafood chef Gerald Chin, who went on to become chef de cuisine at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, scored with the mystery ingredient basket on The Food Network’s “Chopped.” It contained leftover matzo ball soup and fried blooming onion.
Robin Leach
Tuesday marked the day that Linda Smith’s son, Christopher, was born as a Down Syndrome child, and our beloved Opportunity Village came into the world as a result. Linda today is no longer O.V.’s top executive, where she started as a volunteer 37 years ago.
Tabloid reporters and photographers are about to go into frenzied overdrive when golfing ace Tiger Woods turns up Friday at MGM Grand with a new supermodel cover girl — none other than blonde bombshell Kate Upton.
Gordie Brown’s delivery at rat-a-tat speed was a nonstop barrage of hilarity and music, with old and new favorites ranging from President Trump and Arnold Schwarzenegger to the late Robin Williams and all three of The Bee Gees, which was a triumph in its own right.
Journey donates proceeds from its show at The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel to Make-a-Wish of Southern Nevada so that more wishes can be granted to children battling life-threatening illnesses. Journey performs the albums “Escape” and “Frontiers” in their entirety.
For the second consecutive year, after the dust settled in the desert, one familiar figure remained upright. 2015 PBR Rookie of the Year Kaique Pacheco, 22, of Brazil emerged from three rounds of bull riding and was “The Last Cowboy Standing” at Las Vegas Village opposite The Luxor and Mandalay Bay.
Music producer and longtime “America Idol” judge Randy Jackson was a surprise guest at the grand-opening weekend of Chica at The Venetian, and he told me that he has mixed feelings about signing on for the return of “Idol” on ABC instead of Fox.
ABC announced this morning that The 2017 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday will air its three-hour telecast live simultaneously on the East and West coasts from our T-Mobile Arena (8 p.m. EST and 5 p.m. PST).
Birthday boy Dustin Lynch, who showed off his fit physique in board shorts, was surprised and delighted when Encore Beach Club’s servers celebrated his 32nd birthday with a champagne presentation that included the country singer hunk being sprayed with bubbly.
Omnia at Caesars Palace features Steve Aoki and celebrates the second anniversary of Wild at Heart, the nightclub inside a nightclub, with a surprise guest performer. Impressionist Gordie Brown officially opens his residency at Cabaret Lounge at Planet Hollywood.
Gorgeous 25-year-old Kara McCullough defied the odds, followed in the high heels, sash and tiara of Deshauna Barber and walked off Sunday night with the Miss USA title. She now goes on to represent The USA in The Miss Universe Pageant.
Twelve show-business managers who have guided the careers of legendary actors, musicians and other celebrities will be inducted into The Personal Managers Hall of Fame on Thursday at Downtown Grand, the first time the event has been held here.
A guest at Bellagio walks into a bar and to his surprise sees former boxer Mike Tyson and former Great Britain Prime Minister David Cameron, and, on the other side of the lounge, there’s President Obama’s senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and former Vice President Joe Biden.
I’m getting first word of a President Donald Trump visit to Las Vegas coming up over the next two months to meet with big donors Sheldon Adelson, Phil Ruffin and Steve Wynn. Security details are being locked into place as I write, but no other details yet.
Mark Shunock’s charity show “Mondays Dark” with Las Vegas performers is themed “The Pop Princesses” to raise money to fund the nonprofit Andson educational organization here that empowers through its academic, homework help, tutoring and financial literacy programs.