Independent entertainment news covering the people behind Las Vegas film, television, music, theatre and live production — interviews, premieres, festivals and industry features.
Industry · Community ·
Inside AREA15’s 360-degree Portal, the Las Vegas 48 Hour Film Project celebrated its filmmakers — and a city building a creative ecosystem of its own.
Premieres · Film ·
A Hollywood production featuring the McGraw sisters, Andrew Koji and Las Vegas headliner Shin Lim is returning to the city where cameras first rolled.
Premieres · Film ·
The 1980s crime thriller, shot largely in Las Vegas, debuted Oct. 1 at The Pool at SAHARA with its cast, filmmakers and a packed local crowd.
Profile · Music ·
The Las Vegas artist known as urbloodybunny moves between hip-hop, rock and acting — and his next chapter is a heavier one.
Music · Live ·
Six players, one stage, zero prior shows together — and a cohesion most bands spend years chasing. A night with Voice of Glass, and an afternoon inside the studio they call home.
Screen · Independent Film ·
A locally produced psychological horror feature that won the Audience Award at Indie Vegas, picked up a screenwriting prize in Marina del Rey, and has now reached the hardest stage of all — distribution.
Profile · Music ·
The Las Vegas native has spent the past several years working both as a recording artist and as a producer for Chris Brown, Kehlani and Key Glock — and his biggest credit yet was shot on the Strip.
Industry · Community ·
A one-month, collaboration-first program — built with the Desert Waves Film & Music Festival — pairs local directors with musicians to make an original music video from concept to premiere.
Profile · Local Filmmaker ·
Eight years sober and a decade deep in Nevada’s film scene, Patrick Riglesberger wrote his sci-fi satire in a single Saturday — a movie made to hang out with friends that became the last film ever shot at VU Studios Las Vegas.
Screen · Streaming ·
Inspired by true events and filmed in part in Las Vegas, the anthology drama trades detective work for the real stories of people who survived being shot — and the aftermath that followed.
Screen · In Development ·
The downtown Las Vegas legend who launched the World Series of Poker is heading to television — with Cole Hauser starring and Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions and MGM Television behind it.
Profile · Independent Film ·
Outside the Hollywood studio system, filmmaker Joe Lujan has quietly built the Ravage Reign Universe — proof that original cinematic IP can be imagined, written and produced right here in Southern Nevada.
Premieres · Apple TV ·
Anya Taylor-Joy’s limited series premieres July 15 — shot in part inside Caesars Palace, and BTSLV was in the room for the exclusive first look.
Profile · Local Scene ·
A winter afternoon with the creators of Eccentric Artists — the women-led hybrid art collective and creative media company behind the award-winning feature Home: A Mother of 3,000 and a wave of community-centered events reshaping the Las Vegas arts scene.