Considering that he’s capable of cranking out bajillion-dollar juggernauts like the first two “Iron Man” movies, you can’t expect the writer-director to think small. Still, it would be nice if he did it more often than every other decade.
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Fear not “Mamma Mia!” fans. The beloved ABBA musical did not lose any sparkle as it danced its way back onto the Strip, even if it did set the cute control this time.
If you saw The Amazing Johnathan in Las Vegas during the past 13 years, you surely saw Psychic Tanya, too.
The hearty Irish dish known as corned beef and cabbage isn’t just for St. Paddy’s Day, lads and lasses. True lovers of the stuff can find it at select local pubs.
“I Wanna Marry ‘Harry,’ ” debuting at 9 p.m. Tuesday on KVVU-TV, Channel 5, tricks 12 extremely gullible American women into thinking they’re dating Prince Harry. The results are hilariously evil.
Going into Monday’s last dances on “Dancing With the Stars,” Johnny Avello, director of race and sports operations at Wynn Las Vegas, has listed Amy Purdy, the Cimarron-Memorial grad, and her parter, Derek Hough, the favorites at 7-5.
The nightly improv comedy “Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding” is an ensemble work that doesn’t depend on any one person. Except it sort of does.
Because it has always had a few residents to watch over it during its down cycles, the ghost town retains a few original streets, where about 50 weathered wooden structures remain.
“Locke” is just 85 minutes of Tom Hardy driving a BMW from Birmingham to London. And it’s terrific.
Tom Jones is missing in action and Tony Bennett doesn’t come around much anymore. So it’s up to Rod Stewart to be the senior hep cat of Las Vegas.
A reader asked me recently why I don’t review many Korean restaurants, and at first I couldn’t answer. When I think of Korean food, it’s favorably; the flavors of the classic bulgogi are especially appealing. And then it hit me: kimchi.
Opponents of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository may have their most convincing argument yet: “Godzilla.”
The Venetian is bundling 14 female stand-ups into a series launching in July.
Last and, well, least this upfront season, The CW continued its split personality of appealing to genre fans and young women alike by announcing two new dramas based on DC Comics titles as well as a soap called “Jane the Virgin” for the 2014-15 season.
Michael Jackson is having an amazing week for a dead guy.
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At 80, Mick Jagger sprints through Rolling Stones’ return to Las Vegas
Gimme curry? Mick Jagger visits a second famous Las Vegas restaurant
$35M home sale in The Summit Club sets Vegas record
Mick Jagger sweeps into famous Las Vegas restaurant
Supreme Court rules on petition effort against A’s ballpark public financing bill