“I can’t believe this is happening, “ Barry Manilow said in a statement today. “Our new show is ready, we’re all ready, and we were all looking forward to tonight.”
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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.
Wayne Newton is bolstering his home security system and adding armed guards after a pair of burglers broke into his Las Vegas estate late Thursday night.
Where one sees a news release, Perez Hilton sees a career opportunity.
The musical “Baz — A Musical Tour de Force” is closing after its July 29 performance at The Palazzo Theater. Actors Equity Producer and General Manager Blair Farrington informed the cast just prior to Tuesday’s 8 p.m. performance.
Tegan Summer ran a few minutes late for a meeting over coffee on Monday afternoon. He was knocked off schedule as he helped a woman who had tumbled near the Las Vegas Strip. Summer himself couldn’t have written a more appropriate metaphor.
Erik Haula and Kristen Boege have been together for nearly seven years. She is from Minneapolis; he played for the Wild.
The famed celebrity journalist returned to Las Vegas about five weeks ago. He had received care at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, and continues rehab at a Las Vegas health-care facility.
Paul Ames was Garrett’s older brother, a warm and familiar face at Garrett’s club over the years who was instrumental in the comic’s success on the Strip.
The D Las Vegas Casino Director Richard Wilk turned 50 in fine fashion Saturday night. His party at the 12th-floor Detroit Ballroom was dubbed “An Evening With A Couple of Sopranos.”
Members of the creative team were informed via e-mail that the show’s closing would indeed fall on June 17, and that those who had not been fully paid have been assured they would be fully compensated for their final two weeks of work.
The 2017-‘18 Vegas Golden Knights convened for possibly the last time at the Palms on Friday night.
Vegas talent agent Jaki Baskow signed Anthony Bourdain as keynote speaker at the Next Conference, a convention for the tech company Nutanix, at New Orleans Convention Center on May 10
The Washington Capitals picked a nightclub in the neighborhood of T-Mobile Arena for their Stanley Cub victory celebration.
The Vegas Golden Knights did more than reach the Stanley Cup Final, and were more than just the most successful expansion franchise ever in pro sports. Though the achievements are enough reason to celebrate this team.
A clip of PATD to air as part of today’s Stanley Cup Final pregame show on NBC. Game 5 between the Golden Knights and Washington Capitals airs at 5 p.m. from T-Mobile Arena.