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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.
We can’t call it the bums’ rush, if for no other reason than these folks are too well-dressed.
The night was glorious but bittersweet, too, as the evening coincided with the 15th anniversary night Roy was dragged offstage at the Mirage by the big cat Mantecore.
Months ago, Paul Anka posted a photo on social media from a session with Drake, then said to watch for a collaboration — and the remastered “Don’t Matter To Me” is the result.
Jimmy Kimmel this morning unspooled plans for an 8,000-square-foot club, two-story venue with a variable capacity up to 300, open seven nights per week.
At age 93, John “Sonny” Franzese was convicted of extorting two Manhattan adult clubs and a pizzeria in Long Island. He was largely confined to a wheelchair at the time.
Oct. 1 is at once a blur and an unforgettable tragedy for Krystal Goddard, a popular country artist across the city’s entertainment scene.
Mandalay Bay President Chuck Bowling says, “For every bad story you heard there are three stories about the humanity of Las Vegas.”
It was JLo and LL Cool J and Ja Rule and A-Rod and Diddy at Zappos Theater on Saturday night.
Adhering to his family tradition that their patriarch be called by his first name rather than “dad” or “grandpa,” Steve Leach said his father was “a reporter, first and foremost.”
“I guess that’s really it; I feel like I don’t have to prove myself. I don’t have to prove anything,” Dion says. “When you don’t have to prove anything, it gives you a lot of space.”
Hit-maker for the ages and Strip resident star Lionel Richie and will be the headliner at the Keep Memory Alive Power of Love gala March 16 at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Split/Face” will be displayed at the new Criss Angel Theater at Planet Hollywood on Dec. 19, the first night of previews for the new”Mindfreak Live.”
Boy George has been teasing about a residency for the past couple of years, especially referring to a Vegas residency in occasional Twitter posts. But this weekend Culture Club is co-headlining a one-night, rock-and-dance party with the B-52s at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.
I refer to Dave Loeb’s performances on “Family Guy” as, “The Bait.” It’s what we put on the hook to to remind Las Vegas music fans of Loeb’s true passion — his UNLV Jazz Studies program at UNLV.