89°F
weather icon Clear

Entertainment

Las Vegas entertainment guide and Las Vegas Strip entertainment information for locals and tourists alike. View exciting entertainment in Vegas today.

‘Super Size Me’ documentarian, Morgan Spurlock, dies

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar-nominee who made food and American diets his life’s work, famously eating only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died at age 53.

THE LATEST Entertainment NEWS
Taste of the Town: Readers come through with broasted chicken sites

For Carole LaRocca, who’s looking for broasted chicken on the east side of the valley, we’ve got nothin’ beyond the previously reported Chilly Jilly’z at 1680 Nevada Highway in Boulder City, which is south, but also sort of east. But for other searchers, Roberta Shulman and Evelyn Laurie reported that the St. Tropez Buffet at the Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, serves broasted chicken.

Wine of the Week: Monchhof Riesling

This Monchhof Riesling is top notch and will be wonderful in the spring weather.

Las Vegas rolling in dough at the center of the pizza universe

The industry-only Pizza Expo 2014 runs through Thursday at the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North Hall. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is estimating the number of attendees to be 12,000, bringing a nongaming economic impact of $15.1 million to the city.

Peridot Sweets owner advocates for tasty treats, enterprising mothers

A former baker for multiple Four Seasons Hotels and the former assistant pastry chef of The Mirage, Jones is no stranger to high-end sweets operations. It was through opening her own business in 2011 and a resulting storefront eight months ago, though, that she discovered a whole new world. “I’m so much more aware of small business and I try so much harder in my personal life to support small business now, way more than I did before,” Jones said.

14 Mexican restaurants to try

Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with Mexican restaurants this week.

Strong flavor mars well-fried whole-bellied clam dinner at Lazy Joe’s

Whole-bellied clams. They’re one of the foods readers seem to miss most from the East Coast and New England, one of the things they most frequently say they want to find in Las Vegas. As far as I know, Lazy Joe’s Fish &Chips is about the only place in town that serves them.

Wine of the Week: Las Rocas Garnacha

Las Rocas is the dominant winery in the very small, but highly regarded appellation of Calatayud.