CinemaCon, the official convention of The National Association of Theater Owners, opens at Caesars Palace with 5,000 delegates able to experience the weightless G-Force simulator featured in the insane aerial stunt Tom Cruise pulls off in his new film, a remake of “The Mummy.”
For the wild-and-wacky producer The Gazillionaire, it was a drop in the bucket despite shelling out more than $10 million for a helicopter to attend the premiere of his West Coast edition of “Absinthe.”
Las Vegas comedy legend Marty Allen celebrated his 95th birthday in his favorite way — putting on yet another performance. Marty and wife Karon Kate Blackwell entertained an audience at South Pont with material new and old, songs and even a little dancing.
It was a busy weekend for comedian and actor Nick Swardson even without his standup gigs at Terry Fator Theater at The Mirage. He partied at Steve Wynn’s Encore hotspots XS and Encore Beach Club. He was at Topgolf in The Chairman’s Suite behind MGM Grand for a few hours.
Caesars Palace headliner Sir Elton John celebrated his 70th birthday and his 50-year writing partnership with Bernie Taupin at a gala benefit for his Elton John AIDS Foundation and The Hammer Museum at UCLA. Rob Lowe hosted the evening at Red Studios.
Australia’s Human Nature has now called Las Vegas home from Down Under for eight years and simultaneously has become known around the world for its distinctive harmonies and stellar live shows.
Contract negotiations have begun for another two-year extension of Britney Spears’ Las Vegas residency. I can reliably confirm that she is mulling over an offer to remain at Axis at Planet Hollywood, but bids from rival hotels have been made for her to move elsewhere on the Strip.
Hakkasan Group CEO Neil Moffitt is keynote speaker on the first day of the 2017 Nightclub & Bar convention and tradeshow. The Happy Hour party for delegates is at Beauty & Essex, with the welcome kickoff party at Daylight Beach Club, followed by the late-night Platinum Party at Marquee.
The three-day Nightclub & Bar Convention starts with exhibits at the Convention Center and parties up and down the Strip. Some 30,000 food, beverage and nightlife leaders explore trends in the burgeoning industry. Neil Moffitt of Hakkasan Group is keynote speaker.
I decided in mid-February to have my black hair colored bright blue to mark my birthday March 15 and also to have some fun since I have had the privilege of being an arts + entertainment editor in The Entertainment Capital of the World the last eight years.
Cancer survivor, Las Vegas nurse and grandmother Helene Neville already has four world records from her amazing runs around and across America. You would think that after running the nearly 10,000 perimeter miles, she’d conquered everything — but now she plans to finish with the ultimate challenge.
Be you 10 or 100. Be you a rocker or country fan. Be you a sports enthusiast or TV “Game” addict, there’s something for everybody this weekend before Nashville country superstars take over in the next few days for The Week Vegas Goes Country and Academy of Country Music hands out its awards.
For more than five decades, singer Marie Osmond has performed at the top of the entertainment industry. Despite fame also as a dancer, actress, author, entrepreneur and headlining with brother Donny Osmond at The Flamingo for five years, it’s her role as a philanthropist that is dearest to her heart.
Sugar Factory Fashion Show celebrated its grand opening last weekend with rapper and Las Vegas resident Flavor Flav on Friday, reality-TV star Scott Disick (“Keeping Up With the Kardashians”) on Saturday and Axis at Planet Hollywood headliner “Mr. Worldwide” Pitbull on Sunday.
Has May 12 been set for the grand opening of Chica at The Venetian that heralds the arrival of Venezuelan TV celebrity chef Lorena Garcia? Nearly $4 million is being spent on its transformation from the former DB Brasserie vacated by Daniel Boulud in January.
