Cocktail Demo: The Smashing Pumpkin
 
Cocktail Demo: The Smashing Pumpkin

The taste of pumpkin pie, if pumpkin pie were a cocktail. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Several Shows on the Strip Canceled
 
Several Shows on the Strip Canceled

Review-Journal columnist John Katsilometes talks about several shows canceling performances tonight in the wake of the Las Vegas Strip shooting.

‘Veep’ star Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has breast cancer
 
‘Veep’ star Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has breast cancer

HBO revealed to ‘PEOPLE’ that Louis-Dreyfus learned of her diagnosis one day after the Emmys. Louis-Dreyfus wrote Louis-Dreyfus, famous for playing Elaine on ‘Seinfeld,’ just won her sixth Best Actress Emmy in-a-row for her role on “Veep.” She didn’t disclose any more info
on her diagnosis.

Las Vegas morning update for Tuesday, August 1st
 
Las Vegas morning update for Tuesday, August 1st

1. North Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal shooting in the Aliante master-planned community. Police say someone in a white pickup truck shot at the victim in the road after an altercation. The man shot was in critical condition and later died at University Medical Center. No arrests have been made.

2. Las Vegas City Council is considering a measure to let adult sex stores expand in downtown Las Vegas. The new measure would allow adult emporiums that draw at least 35 percent of revenue from books, magazines, sexual novelties, photos and videos to expand or alter stores. Councilman Bob Coffin says he believes the measure will help improve the area.
3. The Killers played a pop-up show on the Las Vegas Strip last night that aired on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Fans lined up early to catch the 10-song set outside of Caesars Palace, parts of which aired on Monday’s late night show.

Fox executives and cast member talk about Empire
 
Fox executives and cast member talk about Empire

Chairman and Co-CEO’s, Dana Walden and Gary Newman, along with Showrunner Ilene Chaiken and cast member Bryshere Yazz Gray talk about the success of the TV show Empire.

Celine returns to Caesars Colosseum
 
Celine returns to Caesars Colosseum

After a leave of absence – including more than 40 scheduled dates at Caesars Palace — to devote her attention to husband-manager Rene Angelil’s battle with throat cancer, Celine Dion return to Caesars Colosseum.

Kabuki show premieres at Bellagio
 
Kabuki show premieres at Bellagio

The traditional Japanese art form of Kabuki debuts on the Las Vegas Strip with a unique rendition of Koi-Tsukami (Fight with a Carp) starring Ichikawa Somegoro and Nakamura Yonekichi.

The Beatles arrive in Las Vegas 1964
 
The Beatles arrive in Las Vegas 1964

The Beatles arrived in Las Vegas on Aug. 20, 1964, played at Las Vegas Convention Center and rested at the Sahara. Beatlemania ensued.(courtesy Las Vegas News Bureau)

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