Vegas' Craziest Movie Moments

Ex-boyfriend was last to see her

(NEWSER) - Police have issued a “critical missing persons alert” for Debbie Flores-Narvaez, a Las Vegas showgirl who disappeared without a word last week. Police have found her car, which had her purse inside it, and say they have some leads. They’re likely to question her ex-boyfriend, who was the last person to see her on December 12. “It was a bad break-up,” her sister, Celeste Flores-Narvaez, tells CBS News . More»

Binging, smoking crack, playing twins, and more

(NEWSER) - James Franco's self-amputation (using a blunt pen knife, no less) in 127 Hours is apparently so realistic that audiences are fainting and vomiting at the sight of it. How'd Hollywood pull that off? At first, by using makeup to create a decaying arm, explains one of the film's makeup artists. But when the arm actually gets severed, prosthetic arms and tons of movie blood came into play. The Daily Beast spills the beans on a dozen other cinematic secrets: More»

'The Dark Knight Rises' is lame ... but far from the worst

(NEWSER) - Drum roll, please: The sequel to The Dark Knight will be named ... The Dark Knight Rises. "How thoroughly underwhelming," complains Katie Calautti for Newsweek —while acknowledging it could be much, much worse. She runs down the 10 most pathetic attempts at creativity in the last 20 years of cinema:

1. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010): So it ... takes naps? What does this even mean? "Is greed better when it’s been awake for a solid 72 hours?"

Tying him to the bed is not a good idea

(NEWSER) - Everything we need to know about life we can learn from studying the repertoires of Katherine Heigl and Hugh Grant, right? Maybe not. Cracked points out six romantic acts that are a staple of cinema—and can saddle get real-life imitators jail time.

1. Tearing through the airport: It worked in Love Actually, but bust past security to go after your one true love could get you 18 months in the slammer. Crazy enough, this happened in January.

It's well above expectations, on track for March record

(AP) - Audiences are just mad about Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, helping it earn a whopping $41 million in its first day. After its big start yesterday, the 3D Disney release should be on track for a $100 million weekend, well above expectations. It could end up being the second-biggest opening outside of summer, notes the LA Times , behind only The Twilight Saga: Next Moon. More»