Like a narcissistic lounge comic with perfect hair but a tired routine, U.S. Sen. John Ensign figures to bogart the spotlight until well past closing time — anything but admit the truth.
There are public relations fires, and then there are five-alarm, image-incinerating arson jobs like the one that has engulfed the Clark County Fire Department.
The essence of Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy lies in its daring. This crazy British guy will do just about anything.
A new report on the Clark County public defender’s office backs up the findings of previous reviews this decade: The office’s attorneys have some of the highest felony caseloads in the country.
Yes, enforcing the laws against illegal immigration might involve men with handcuffs leading away the nice lady who brings you chips and salsa at your favorite Mexican restaurant. I am not thoroughly happy with that prospect, since I agree it certainly seems young Maria is doing us no immediate harm, merely seeking a better life for herself and her kids, and I do enjoy the chips and salsa.
Sen. John Ensign caused his own problems. And as word emerged Thursday that the senator’s wealthy parents gave his mistress and her family $96,000 after they’d heard he’d been having an affair with his best friend’s wife, Nevadans who have viewed John Ensign as a decent man and appropriate representative began to feel like villagers under an artillery barrage, cringing as they wait to see when and where the next shell will fall.
On Monday, the U.S. Senate will hold a confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, I have pledged that this hearing will be fair and respectful — but also thorough and rigorous.
It must be great working for a big, sophisticated, forward-thinking operation like The Washington Post. Oh, to be able to afford to pay brilliant people to sit around and invent whole new, out-of-the-box ways to make a buck.
Sometimes people come to therapy not to inquire. Rather, they come to declare. So it is with this man.
Here are a few things in news, sports, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
The Las Vegas Philharmonic presented its 11th traditional Fourth of July Concert at a new venue — the Las Vegas Springs Preserve.
Thanks to the interactive Wii, you can lose weight while boxing, jogging and doing deep-knee lunges in video games. So let’s take a look at a new slate of sports games that make you sweat, and some that don’t.
Review-Journal columnist and entertainment writer Doug Elfman has been presented a 2009 National Entertainment Journalism Award for criticism by the Los Angeles Press Club.
Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.
Greg Geiger pulls into a parking lot two minutes from his home. He walks toward what was supposed to be his local supermarket.
Watching Raven Asay and her mother, Brenda, in the living room of Raven’s grandfather’s home, it’s impossible to think of them as anything but mother and daughter. They finish each other’s sentences. Touch each other spontaneously. Tease one another, secure in knowing that the other will get the joke.
There was a time when Barbie lovers could only dream of spending the night in Barbie’s Malibu Dream House, hence the name.
Tiny Genoa lies in the verdant Carson Valley at the base of the Sierra Nevada, about 10 miles from Nevada’s capital, Carson City, on Nevada Highway 206. Nevada’s oldest community, Genoa began in 1850 with the establishment nearby of a seasonal trading post along the emigrant trail to the California gold fields.
It’s getting hot. Not only can I tell by stepping outside, I can tell by the questions coming my way at the Springs Preserve. Here are some recent concerns.
She’s stolen priceless works of art, a jury trial and a room full of orphans. She’s stolen the Hope Diamond and put it back, all because she was bored. And she’s stolen — cue the schmaltz in three … two … one — the hearts of viewers.
Phil Ruffin spent $775 million to buy Treasure Island from MGM Mirage. But going solo took the property out of the company’s large customer database.
Mike Tobey and his South Shore Golf Club cronies have the course pretty much to themselves on a 108-degree weekday. If they’re feeling any heat to speed up their play, it’s coming from the scorching desert sun.
For years, politicians and business leaders have repeated the mantra that Las Vegas needed to diversify its economy.