Stan Lee had this wonderful, wide smile, and was still mentally sharp. His fast welcome was, “You cover Vegas? That’s a great gig!”
Kats
John Katsilometes’ column runs daily on Page 3A. Email jkatsilometes@reviewjournal.com. Follow him at @johnnykats on Twitter and @JohnnyKats1 on Instagram. Listen to the latest episodes of his PodKats! podcast here.
Scott Bradlee has long wanted to bring his inventive Postmodern Jukebox production to Vegas. He told Saturday’s audience at Mirage’s Terry Fator Theater that was so enamoured of his surroundings, “I haven’t left this building in two days. I have not seen sunlight in that long.”
Greg Thompson produced such adult revues as “Bareback,” “Skintight,” “Erocktika” and “Showgirls” in Vegas until leaving town in 2008.
Through the miracle of cinematography, Carrie Fisher offers one final performance as Princess Leia.
“Bandstand,” the Broadway-fashioned show conceived in Las Vegas that actually made it to Broadway, lives on.
“We had an 8 o’clock show, then a late show at 10 or 11 o’clock, and then we would have movie night,” Todd Fisher recalls. “This was up in one of the old Desert Inn ballrooms. It ran late, but we always found time for these movies.”
The ‘Deadpool 2’ video clip takes a jarring, and laughable, turn near the end.
The theater is state of the art. The movie is vintage Oscar Goodman.
Dan Reynolds spent two years in Nebraska on his Mormon mission. Thus, as a teenager, he promoted the very church positions he opposes in his documentary, “Believer.”
We’ve spent a few CineVegas Film Festivals at Brenden Theatres, including the world premiere of “Ocean’s 13” in 2007.
![Nevada’s gas prices could soon skyrocket. Blame it on a new California law](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/19279558_web1_GAS-PRICES-JUL21-22-SB-002.jpg?h=80)
![$1.5M jackpot hits at downtown Las Vegas casino](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/19283625_web1_The-Cal-1.5M-WOH-Win-2.jpg?h=80)
![Own a piece of The Mirage: Las Vegas resort prepares to sell furnishings](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/19289146_web1_mirage_file020.jpg?h=80)
![More than 3K homes, with trail network, coming near Red Rock Canyon](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/19279758_web1_centenniallandsale.jpg?h=80)
![Source: Findlay operations nearly idled, losses mount from cyberattack; suit filed](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/19288763_web1_CARDEALERS-OCT28-16jh_006.jpg?h=80)