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STARS GALORE AT THE OPENING OF CATCH AT ARIA

Giancarlo Stanton Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The ChainsmokersFloyd Mayweather, members of the Vegas Golden Knights, and music   producer Jermaine Dupri were among the celebrities who turned out for the opening of Catch at  Aria on Friday. The restaurant has locations in New York City and Hollywood. On hand were Catch Hospitality group partners Mark Birnbaum, Eugene Remm and Tilman Fertitta. Other celebrities included model Tyson BeckfordNew York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton, The Hills’ Frankie Delgado, poker personality Rick Solomon, and Golden Knights William Karlsson, Alex Tuch, and Malcolm Subban

Darren Criss  of “Glee” fame was spotted dining in the private room at Beauty & Essex inside The Cosmopolitan Friday night. He was joined by “Glee” castmate Lea Michele and his band. Also at the dinner, Mike Shouhed from the reality show “Shahs of Sunset.”…

Spotted at The Pearl (Palms) on Saturday October for ZHU, the Grammy-nominated electronic musician ZHU: UFC president Dana White and in another party, actors Owen Wilson and Billy Zane…

Murray SawChuck, AKA Murray the Magician, on opening night (Oct 24-2018) at the Tropicana. Photo: Norm Clarke

At Murray the Magician’s opening night on Wednesday in the Laugh Factory at the Tropicana: Westgate headliner George Wallace, Tropicana headliner Rich Little, Pia Zadora, who has had a long-running show at Piero’s Italian Cuisine; Chumlee of  “Pawn Stars,” Frankie Scinta of the The Scintas, actor Adrian Zmed (“Grease 2” and “T.J. Hooker”), hypnotist Anthony Cools, “Zombie Burlesque” dancer April Leopardi, Arthur Duncan, longtime dancer on The Lawrence Welk Show Arthur Duncan, who turned 85 in September, the hockey dog Bark-Andre Furry and his escort Logan the Girl with the Hat (Golden Knights), “Jubilee” alumnus Dani Flahive, now lead dancer and host of Crazy Girls; band leader David Perrico, Emily and Billy England, the Absinthe roller skaters who reach the finals of “America’s Got Talent,” Gina Eaton, producer and dancer of “Little Miss Nasty Show,” Irwin Raymer, who stars in the long-running Animal Planet reality show “Tanked,” magicians JD Scott and Annalee Belle of “Property Brothers” and Instagram personality, Jennifer Romas of “Sexxy” at the Westgate; J.J. Snyder, co-host of KTNV’s “Morning Show;” John Shaw, magician at Zak Bagans’ The Haunted Museum;  vocalist Linda Suzanne, who toured with Rosemary Clooney at the age of 17, and John Wackerman, the drummer in Terry Fator’s band; Cirque du Soleil clown Mateo Amieva, singer Melody Sweets, who shined as the Green Fairy in Absinthe; Michael Shapiro of “Reckless on Vegas,” X Country dancer Jolae Shapiro, Paul Shortino of Quiet Riot and Raiding the Rock Vault; Vegas Rocks magazine editor Sally Steele, “Jubilee” and “Crazy Girls” dancer Sara Sutter, “Crazy Girls” dancer Sarah Story, YouTube personality Scott Richter, comedian Shayma Tash, Skip Martin of Kool and the Gang and Chris Phillips of Zowie Bowie.