He doesn’t really follow his own advice, even though he sounds like a true believer whose admonitions are as certain and immutable as his own mortality.
If it’s not in the Constitution, it should be: Everybody has a right to an affordable pool party close to their home so that they don’t have to drive across town in sweltering summer heat to have fun.
In the two decades between 1989 to 2009, the three worst pop hits, in chronological order, were A) Milli Vanilli’s “Blame It On The Rain”; B) Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way”; and C) Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face.” Musically speaking, those songs blow massive amounts of chunks.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
This doomsday documentary, which debuted at this year’s Sundance film festival, explores the escalating nuclear arms race — and how someone building, buying or stealing a bomb could trigger disaster. Gary Oldman narrates; talking heads range from former Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev to ex- CIA intelligence agent Valerie Plame Wilson. At Village Square. (91 min.) PG; thematic material, images of destruction, incidental smoking.
So much for the theme-park ride theory of cinema. With “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” movies have abandoned the roller coaster model in favor of the video game aesthetic.
It sounds great and looks better. Of course. It’s “Vegas! The Show.” It’s over baked and doesn’t understand that sometimes less is more. Of course. It’s “Vegas! The Show.” Either way, it’s true to a city’s entertainment legacy. More important, its heart is in the right place.
Saturday and Aug. 21, the Silverton is giving away a Lexus (or $30,000 cash or free slot play) as well as nine $300-$500 cash prizes.
Tim Allen and The Walt Disney Company have a lot to thank each other for. But Girls Scouts on the front row?
Michael Kessler and Melinda Jackson are theater veterans whose resumes range from performing in Tommy Tune’s “Grand Hotel” to starring in “The Great Radio City Music Hall Spectacular” at the Flamingo Las Vegas.
Houston, we have a problem-solver. Or so hopes one Lone Star State station as news pros nationwide turn a curious eye toward its drastic experiment.
It’s been 10 years, and a lot has changed — just not the Las Vegas Shakedown.
The dog days of August will not end before an “America’s Got Talent” act comes to roost on the Strip, or before Donny Osmond finds himself a more worthy opponent for his nightly dance-off with Marie.
A report released by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police on Wednesday shows they believed they were responding to an attempted suicide after “American Idol” winner Fantasia Barrino overdosed on pills in her Charlotte, N.C., home. Her manager says the singer was not trying to kill herself. Manager Brian Dickens said Barrino overdosed on aspirin and a sleep aid, but her injuries were not life threatening, and it wasn’t a suicide attempt. The overdose came days after a woman claimed in court documents that Barrino was having an affair with her husband.
Las Vegas is undergoing a beautification project. This year’s Miss Universe contestants began arriving this past Saturday for two weeks of appearances before the pageant Aug. 23 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
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