Perhaps stealing a page from its theme park division, Universal took attendees on a wild ride, bookended by that duo, during its CinemaCon presentation Wednesday at Caesars Palace.
Christopher Lawrence
Movie and TV critic
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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.
Killer clowns and a foul-mouthed Helen Mirren took center stage Tuesday during the first full day of CinemaCon at Caesars Palace.
Some of the biggest names in Hollywood are expected to converge on Caesars Palace for the four-day convention — part trade show, part pep rally — that kicks off Monday.
“Real People” creator John Barbour has a new memoir that recounts his lengthy career in showbiz.
They’re too old to be sharing a house. By a couple of centuries.
Kyle B. Rahn doesn’t fit the mold of a typical CEO.
Pinkbox Doughnuts LLC has accused Donut Mania NV LLC of using the company’s trade secrets and intellectual property to copy, among other delicacies, its doughnut designed like a poo emoji.
With all of the headlines over the past few years about inclusion and gender parity in Hollywood, surely women are riding an unparalleled wave of representation.
The Animal Planet reality show followed Brett Raymer, Wayde King and the employees of the Las Vegas-based Acrylic Tank Manufacturing.
Clark proves she’s just as adept at writing TV shows as she is at putting celebrity murder defendants behind bars.
Betty Buckley does Las Vegas like a champ. She’s on the lookout for something new during the little downtime she’ll have from starring in “Hello, Dolly!” at The Smith Center.
With a new batch of “Arrested Development” episodes hitting Netflix on Friday, here’s a look at some of the other revivals in active development.
Lauren Molasky’s excitement about the upcoming romantic drama “Five Feet Apart” has nothing to do with the fact that she’s a sucker for movies about teenagers who can’t be together, even though they’re totally into each other, and everything to do with the reason why they’re so incompatible.
This isn’t one of those parody sketches that didn’t make the cut during Elba’s hosting gig on this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live.” It’s an actual, honest-to-goodness series.
Brie Larson gained the power to portray the Marvel superhero — or at least her alter ego, fighter pilot Carol Danvers — during a research trip to Southern Nevada.