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Free concerts, movies, open mic in downtown Las Vegas this week

The Fremont Street Experience will offer a pair of free shows this weekend. Collective Soul will perform at 9 p.m. Friday on the 3rd Street stage, and Better Than Ezra will play at 9 p.m. Sunday on the Main Street stage.

 
‘Blood oath’ violated, judge blocks Lynyrd Skynyrd movie

A film created with help from a former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer violates a “blood oath” surviving band members made not to exploit the band’s name and history, a judge concluded as he blocked its distribution.

 
‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre,’ ‘Poltergeist’ director Hooper dead at 74

Tobe Hooper, the horror director best known for helming “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and “Poltergeist,” died Saturday in Sherman Oaks, Calif., according to the Los Angeles County Coroner. He was 74. The circumstances of his death were not known.

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52 years ago, Las Vegas was epicenter of a wild wedding rush

Former Las Vegas Justice of the Peace James Brennan will never forget Aug. 26, 1965: the final day that marriage was accepted as a draft deferment, and the day he married more than 100 couples.

 
Star Wars’ Force Friday II to unveil new ‘Last Jedi’ character

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is still a few months away from hitting theaters, but BB-8-happy fans are about to get a glimpse at a new character as a part of a three-day marketing rollout of toys and products inspired by the film.

Jerry Lewis’s widow, SanDee touched by ‘outpouring of love’

SanDee “Sam” Lewis is still reeling from the loss of her husband of 34 years, international entertainment legend Jerry Lewis. But she said the outpouring of support she has received since his passing has brought comfort and buoyed her spirits.

Steven Soderbergh returns with crowd-pleasing ‘Logan Lucky’

If people actually stuck to their retirement plans, we wouldn’t have next week’s latest fight of the century, the past 16 years of Kiss shows or Richard Nixon’s presidency.