There’s boring bad and there’s brilliant bad. Even when you’re talking topless vampires, as in “Bite,” they couldn’t shake their groove fangs all of four years without a spark of warped genius.
Ernie Curcio didn’t need to get hit by a New York taxicab to realize that he, along with his brand of guerrilla theater, belonged in Las Vegas.
Movies are rated on a letter-grade scale, from A to F. Opinions by R-J movie critic Carol Cling (C.C.) are indicated by initials. Other opinions are from wire service critics.
The press release went out on the day of Cher’s Aug. 6 return to the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The pop diva would debut "a new ensemble … an eyeful of glitter and sequins" for her "Believe" encore.
That’s right. A press release. For a costume.
In the poker bar of old, decor was sparse to nonexistent, if you didn’t count the dark corners. The prevailing scents were stale beer and staler cigarette smoke, the prevailing sounds coins banging into the trays of the slot machines and occasional verbal outbursts either cursing or praising the fates. The food? Usually whatever could be kept in the freezer and thrown into the fryer.
I have tortured many girlfriends over the years, not in a CIA kind of way, but in a way that’s almost as bad — staying up until 7 a.m., night after night, playing as the New Orleans Saints until I win 15 Super Bowls in “Madden” football.
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The queen of hip-hop soul, Mary J. Blige, headlines The Pearl at the Palms on Oct. 17. Tickets are $100, $125 and $200 and go on sale at noon Saturday at The Pearl box office, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, and Ticketmaster outlets.
The sunny predictions that came from this week’s National Clean Energy Summit at UNLV largely ignored the dark clouds hovering above the Cox Pavilion. (No, they didn’t come from a coal-fired power plant.)
Nancy Ford, administrator of Nevada’s Division of Welfare and Supportive Services, split the baby Tuesday, adopting one policy change designed to meet federal requirements that aid recipients be required to look for work, but rejecting another.
Herbst Gaming is turning over its Southern Nevada sports book operations to Brandywine Bookmaking.
Binion’s newest owner is bringing back a renowned tradition at the downtown Las Vegas casino, and it isn’t swift and thorough beatings for people dumb enough to get caught cheating at cards.
CARSON CITY — A decade-old ban on the use of cell phones and other electronic devices inside Nevada sports books was lifted for one year on Thursday by the state Gaming Commission.
The lobbying arm of the nation’s $740 billion travel industry will use Las Vegas and Orlando, Fla., to gain a stronger foothold in the presidential race.
The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday gave unanimous approval to hand over operational control of bankrupt Tropicana Entertainment to a four-person board while its members undergo investigation for licensing in the state.
Traffic at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas fell 8.6 percent in July to about 3.9 million arrivals and departures.