Entertainment

LAS VEGAS -  Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement with the Buena Vista Gaming Authority, an entity of the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California ("Buena Vista Tribe") to bring a new 71,000 square-foot Harrah's-branded facility to Northern California. Complete with gaming and dining options, this exciting announcement furthers Caesars Entertainment's plan to expand its brands into new markets.

"This agreement with the Buena Vista Gaming Authority advances our growth strategy to expand the reach of our brands into new markets and reinforces our over 20-year history working with tribal partners," said Mark Frissora, President and CEO of Caesars Entertainment. "We expect our Harrah's brand and Total Rewards network to increase the earnings potential of the property while generating incremental revenue for Caesars Entertainment without significant capital investment."

MADISON, Wis. -  Grammy and Emmy award winner, and Tony award nominee, the multi-talented musician, singer and actor Harry Connick, Jr. and his wife of 24 years and former model, Jill Connick, recently marked the fifth anniversary of Jill's recovery from breast cancer.  As Jill credits timely screening and early detection for being a cancer survivor today, she is joining Harry to share their experience and to raise awareness of another cancer for which timely screening is critical: colon cancer.

Their efforts will support The New 50, a public education campaign sponsored by Exact Sciences, that debuts today during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. The initiative aims to encourage people 50 and older to talk with their healthcare provider about screening, including the modern, noninvasive options that can fit into any schedule of this busy on-the-go "new 50" generation.

MIAMI - Virgin Hotels, the lifestyle hotel brand by Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson, in partnership with a group led by Juniper Capital Partners and Fengate Real Asset Investments along with their partners Dream, Cowie Capital Partners, and other private investors, has purchased the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas from a Brookfield-managed private real estate fund in a transaction that closed today.

The group plans to open a reconceptualized and revitalized property, the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, in the late fall of 2019. The Virgin Hotels brand's entrance into the entertainment capital of the world is an exciting development - one that will see innovative design fused with irresistible amenities in order to give guests experiences that will surprise and delight.

LOS ANGELES -  Rob Zombie is celebrating 20 years of solo foot-stomping, hair-raising, and thrill-seeking with a fully stocked vinyl arsenal of the heaviest rock anthems known to man. To be released March 30 by UMe in a limited edition of 1,000 copies worldwide, each foil-stamp numbered ROB ZOMBIE vinyl box set features 11 Zombie solo albums exclusively on 15 audiophile-quality 180-gram LPs.

Available now for preorder only from uDiscoverMusicUS, the lavish box set collects all of Rob Zombie's studio and live solo albums, including several previously out-of-print or previously unreleased on black vinyl, plus the vinyl LP for Zombie's brand new live album, ASTRO-CREEP: 2000 LIVE, which also debuts on CD and digitally on March 30. The vinyl box set also includes all 11 albums as digital audio on an exclusive Creeper Robot USB device and other Rob Zombie-designed and commissioned extras available only in the new collection. Except for HELLBILLY DELUXE 2, all the albums are also available for individual preorder on standard weight black LPs.

NEW YORK  - Masterworks Broadway is excited to announce today's release of four tracks from Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert – Original Soundtrack of the NBC Television Event, in advance of the production's broadcast.  NBC's highly anticipated special event "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert," with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, will air Easter Sunday, April 1, from 8-10:15 p.m. ET from the Marcy Armory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y.

"Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)" by John Legend, "I Don't Know How to Love Him" by Sara Bareilles, "Superstar" by Brandon Victor Dixon and the "Overture" are now available for repeat listening via all digital service providers.  Aside from these four songs, the remainder of the soundtrack will be taken from the live event and released digitally April 6 and on a two-CD set April 27.

LOS ANGELES -  Music legends Glen Campbell and Willie Nelson have been nominated for the Academy of Country Music Award for Vocal Event of the Year for their poignant duet "Funny How Time Slips Away." The 53^rd Academy of Country Music Awards will air live on Sunday April 15, at 8 PM ET/PT on the CBS Television Network.

"I'm so proud of my dad and so glad his music is still being enjoyed and recognized in the music community. He always put his heart and soul into every song he ever sang," said Ashley Campbell.