John Katsilometes
Story Archive
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Andre Agassi reaches fundraising milestone, talks of film options for autobiography
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 Andre Agassi has amassed nearly $92 million in donations entering Saturday's 16th Grand Slam for Children, but he's not done working for education.
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'Absinthe' rolls on with new skaters: Brace for the Green Tornado
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 The Skating Aratas are being supplanted by the new brother-sister team of Vanessa and Emanuel Medini, who reportedly spin at 100 mph.
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Michaelina Bellamy receives financial, and emotional, support following benefit
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 Michaelina Bellamy is still in fine voice and is seeking opportunities to sing in front of an audience again.
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GBDC opens at the Palms, and George Maloof hints at yet another nightclub
Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011 GhostBar has long been a well-known daytime drinking establishment, but the Palms has now kicked it into a higher gear -- visually and audibly.
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VegasVille Photo of the Week: A high-up look at the Trop's pink hue
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011 The Tropicana is distinctively pink this month, and the hotel really pops when viewed from on high amid the other familiar Strip resorts.
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Donny Osmond ponders long-term Las Vegas affiliation and (another) career in TV
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 Donny Osmond is nursing a bum hip, but he's still chipper and quick with a jab toward Marie. He's also speaking vaguely of a TV project that is not a talk show but will be centered on Vegas.
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Tropicana looks to Las Vegas veterans to fill nightlife management positions
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 Joining Richard Wilk at the Tropicana nightclub and beach club are longtime club exec Joe Bravo and former BASE Entertainment official Anthony Pecora. ...
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Rick Faugno dons a new jersey with Body & Soul at Shimmer Cabaret
Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 Rick Faugno has moved his show Body & Soul from Mondays to Fridays and says he will sing a Frankie Valli number in the production.
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Operating at low risk, MGM Resorts 'dabbling' in outdoor shows with 48 Hours Festival
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 The unused parcel across the Strip from Luxor and Mandalay Bay is good for such events as stick ball, or, in this instance, a two-day rock festival.
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Michaelina Bellamy benefit show set for Sunday at South Point
Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 Michaelina Bellamy has amassed about $500,000 in medical bills since she was diagnosed with bone cancer in March. Her fellow musicians are rallying for a benefit show Sunday at South Point Showroom.
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More than a year after winning 'AGT,' Michael Grimm is still along for the ride
Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 Longtime Las Vegas singer-songwriter Michael Grimm is opening for Stevie Nicks on Saturday at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel.
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Disorder in the court! Showgirls, martinis expected on Oscar Goodman's judge show
Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 Oscar Goodman has banked an appearance on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and up next for the former mayor is his courtroom show set to debut in the Plaza ...
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Sea change for Brad Garrett as he plans move to MGM Grand
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 Brad Garrett opened his club at the Tropicana in July 2010 in the space once occupied by his idol Rodney Dangerfield, but he never did see a consistent profit. “We ...
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Oscar Goodman acts out a shooting and weighs Vegas Night Court option
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 Oscar Goodman is wounded to open tonight’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on CBS. A viewing party for that episode is set for tonight at the Plaza. ...
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Michael Douglas and Matt Damon's Liberace film gets a title and a cable TV home
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 Michael Douglas says he has beaten cancer, meaning the highly anticipated film starring him as Liberace can proceed next year.
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Tom McCartney leaving his post as president of Tropicana
Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 Tom McCartney took over as president of the Tropicana in December 2009. During his tenure, the hotel embarked on a $165 million, South Beach-themed makeover.
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Frankie Moreno has a new playground, as Stratosphere lands its headliner
Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011 Frankie Moreno has been kicking around Las Vegas venues for nearly a decade. A move to the Stratosphere is his first foray into showroom residency.
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Trop moves forward as Richard Wilk assumes club exec role
Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 Richard Wilk is one of the city's top nightclub figures, with a long list of celebrity contacts and a keen knowledge of the Vegas nightclub culture.
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Rossi Ralenkotter: 'What Happens Here' is a celebration of 'adult freedom'
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 LVCVA President and CEO Rossi Ralenkotter counters claims that the city's famed ad campaign is salacious, saying that the consumer decides the commercials' message.
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There is no dousing Montreal premiere of 'Michael Jackson's The Immortal World Tour'
Monday, Oct. 3, 2011 “Michael Jackson's The Immortal World Tour” stops in Las Vegas in December, leading to a permanent resident show by Cirque du Soleil in 2013.
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Elton John's 'Million Dollar Piano' ups the ante at Caesars Palace
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 Coming off his triumphant Red Piano performances, Elton John needed something different. He has achieved just that with The Million Dollar Piano.
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Features
A look back at the advertising magic of "What Happens Here, Stays Here"
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 It's hard to imagine Vegas without "What Happens Here, Stays Here." But the campaign almost didn't happen.
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celebs
A numerical look at the iHeartRadio Music Festival
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 Kenny Chesney's pants, Pauly D's gum and Randy Jackson's dinosaurs.
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Tropicana severs ties with Nikki Beach and Club Nikki to run the show itself
Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 The Trop is seizing all operations of the Miami-based club after a short summer run.
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Talking gay marriage, commutes and low self-esteem with Jay Leno
Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011 “I am a great believer in low self-esteem.”
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Oscar Goodman and 'CSI' combine for a mob hit
Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011 Time to play psychic: In mid-October, millions of network TV viewers will watch in astonishment as Oscar Goodman is shot at The Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas. I’m talking of Oscar Goodman the thespian, though, not the real-life former Las Vegas mayor and mob attorney.
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'Absinthe' keeps flowing at Caesars Palace
Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011 The sexy spectacle returns October 21.
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Andre Agassi's return of service brings high-powered lineup to Grand Slam for Children
Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 The Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children has raised nearly $92 million since its debut in 1995, including an $8.5 million haul in 2010.
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The vibe of Vegas is happening in an organic sort of way
Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 Those wondering where Las Vegas might recapture its cocksure attitude need to check into shows piloted by Frankie Moreno, Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns, Lon Bronson and Kelly Clinton Holmes.
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VegasVille Photo of the Week: A different sort of 'Singin' in the Rain' performance at Palms
Friday, Sept. 16, 2011 Dozens of strange, entertaining or otherwise revealing photos of Las Vegas are piling up on my iPhone. Some are too priceless not to share, including this one.
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Beware, Snooki: The Enough Already self-muting remote is all its name implies
Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011 Video producer Matt Richardson gives his thumb a rest with the new remote control he developed, called Enough Already, which automatically mutes the more annoying voices on TV.
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Crazy Planes: Sky Combat Ace experience is a roller-coaster ride with no rails
Monday, Sept. 12, 2011 Sky Combat Ace provides the planes, terrain and pilots to enact a simulated dogfight. You, however, must furnish the hypnotist.
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Betting
Race for the Nerf: Celebrity/media NFL Picks Week 1
Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 Two Goodmans, the Phantom, Carrot Top and more weigh in on Week 1 games.
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Mob Experience closing down much of the 'experience' to make upgrades
Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 Beginning Monday, a sizable segment of the Tropicana’s Mafia-themed interactive museum will be shut down for an indefinite period so officials can make “significant improvements” to the entertainment venue.
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After 50 years covering celebs, Robin Leach is fulfilling all of his champagne wishes
Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011 Robin Leach uncovered his first celebrity scoop as a teenager in England. He has been doggedly pursing the rich and famous ever since.
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Carrot Top says 'Tonight Show' summit with Dick Cheney was 'exciting,' 'awkward'
Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011 "Tonight Show" producers wanted to book a distinctive guest opposite Dick Cheney for Friday night's show, so they chose Carrot Top.
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The reunion of G.I. Wilbur and little Willy Huys was 66 years in the making
Monday, Sept. 5, 2011 Wilbur Brewer and Willy Huys hadn't seen each other since 1945 and had no correspondence at all since 1979. But Willy found Wilbur, finally, in Las Vegas, setting up a reunion for the ages.
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At age 85, burlesque queen Dixie Evans is still quite the tease
Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011 Dixie Evans recalls adopting her Marilyn Monroe persona and the time Bono visited her burlesque museum Exotic World near Helendale, Calif.
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For one week, it seems Pantera's Paul is my cousin Vinnie
Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 What do Double Down Saloon, the Palms and Club Nikki at the Tropicana have in common? Vinnie Paul visited each in a whirlwind eight-day stretch in VegasVille.
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Jerry Lewis/MDA saga hardly symphonic as orchestra for his final performance is called off
Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 Plans were in place for a 33-piece orchestra to play behind Jerry Lewis at the South Point for his MDA Telethon swan song, but that performance has come unwound.
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At the wide-ranging Cosmopolitan, it's not all Black and White
Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 The AFAN Black and White Party was hardly the only event happening at Cosmopolitan on Saturday night, as a convention of bottled water company sales reps discovered.
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Why is Rod Stewart kicking soccer balls at us? We answer that, and more, from The Colosseum
Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011 Rod Stewart's greatest-hits show is titled, appropriately, "The Hits," and he sings many songs we know and love. He also kicks soccer balls around the theater.
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As a send-off, Brody Dolyniuk takes a swipe at Snooki, DJs and the Las Vegas club scene
Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 Brody Dolyniuk has ventured off to Southern California, but he did make his opinion of the celeb club scene known in a vent-ful Facebook post.
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How The Unknown Comic turned an 8-minute bit into comic history
Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 The Unknown Comic is heading to the Riv for a limited engagement, but is there anything limited about this character?
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Frankie Moreno and Rick Moonen offer an unlikely duet at The Lounge at the Palms
Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 Frankie Moreno plans to add some spice to his show at The Lounge at the Palms on Tuesday. Or, rather, Chef Rick Moonen plans to add that spice.
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Why should Jerry Lewis be allowed back on the MDA Telethon? We have 2 billion reasons
Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 Jerry Lewis' appearance at the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame Gala was devoid of talk of his future with the MDA, but he was clearly enlivened at appearing before a Las Vegas audience once more.
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For a Las Vegas vibe, Matt Goss takes his Caesars Palace performance to Hollywood
Friday, Aug. 19, 2011 Matt Goss and his backing band were recorded by producer Ron Fair at Capitol Studios on Thursday night. The only quibble: No Dirty Virgins.
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'Brody's World' spins once more at Ovation, then Brody's world is Southern California
Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 Brody Dolyniuk has been a Las Vegas regular since 1997, but beginning Monday, he's relocating to "an undisclosed location in Southern California."
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'Echoes of the 60s' reminds that not all fun shows can survive in Las Vegas
Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 "Echoes of the 60s" had some ingredients for success but could not find its footing at V Theater.
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If it's Zowie Bowie and 'Name That Tune' at Imperial Palace, expect rampant frivolity
Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 Produced by Adam Steck, piloted by Zowie Bowie and designed by Emmy Award winner Andy Wallmsley, "Name That Tune Live" boasts plenty of Las Vegas entertainment credibility.