Don’t expect a repeat of “Barbenheimer,” last year’s $2.4 billion box-office phenomenon, but here’s a look at some of what’s in store.
Christopher Lawrence
Movie and TV critic
Email: clawrence@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 380-4567
Christopher Lawrence escaped his native Kentucky without an accent thanks to the thousands of hours he spent in front of a television as a child. That’s also why he never learned how to ride a bicycle. He’s been writing about TV and movies since his days at Murray State University, when the school’s basketball coach had him reassigned at the student newspaper after just one story about the team. He’s been a professional TV critic since 2000, the Review-Journal’s TV critic since 2005 and its movie critic since 2012.
It would be hard to produce a less likely superstar than the singing impressionist Danny Gans, whose death on May 1, 2009, left a hole in this city that’s yet to be filled.
Locals can watch movies every Monday evening starting in May on the Strip hotel’s 65-foot digital marquee.
The reboot of the series that put Las Vegas on the television map won’t live to see a Season 4.
The CinemaCon trade show at Caesars Palace offered plenty of ideas for new revenue streams, along with the viral “Dune: Part Two” popcorn bucket.
Those massive movies were showcased during the annual gathering of the National Association of Theatre Owners at Caesars Palace.
Thanks to the success of “The Real World: Las Vegas” and “Pawn Stars,” the valley has gone through a couple of reality TV booms.
Approximately 300 former showgirls and other entertainers reunited a sequin’s throw away from the theater the legendary show called home during its 49-year run.
Kristin Chenoweth will star in the musical based on a documentary about the Westgate founder’s quest to build the largest single-family home in America.
The videos that play on the Exosphere can take a team of 15 to 20 people between four and six weeks to complete.
An upcoming documentary focuses on British racing legend Dan Wheldon, who died in 2011 after a crash at the IZOD IndyCar World Championships in Las Vegas.
The 10-musical season also includes touring versions of current Broadway hits “Back to the Future: The Musical,” “& Juliet” and “Kimberly Akimbo.”
The best and worst of Las Vegas history will be on display for the world to see starting this weekend with the debut of two documentary series.
For its third-season premiere, “CSI: Vegas” brought 110 members of its cast and crew to film for a day in downtown Las Vegas.
The RJ spent the biggest day in the city’s sports history at the biggest sportsbooks in the world. Here’s some of what we saw.
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High-stakes gambler appeals dismissal of lawsuit against Las Vegas Strip casino, its former boss
Bettor wagers $52,500 on Browns-Steelers total as number plummets
57 arrested in Culinary strike at Virgin Las Vegas
Poolside incident at Strip casino leads to wrongful death lawsuit
Dylan Laube gets out of doghouse, earns 2nd chance with Raiders