James Probst And Megan Fazio Love Story
 
James Probst And Megan Fazio Love Story

James Probst and Megan Fazio grew up near each other in Houston, but didn’t meet until hiking in Red Rock Canyon. (Kevin Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

VR experience adds new dimension to the Big Apple Coaster
 
VR experience adds new dimension to the Big Apple Coaster

New York-New York has added an optional virtual reality experience with its Big Apple Coaster.
Video by Patrick Connolly
Additional footage provided by MGM Resorts
Music by Otis McDonald

China Lights at Craig Ranch Regional Park
 
China Lights at Craig Ranch Regional Park

The first-ever Chinese New Year China Lights festival in North Las Vegas runs until Feb. 25. (Briana Erickson)

RJ Best Pictures of the Week Jan.15-21
 
RJ Best Pictures of the Week Jan.15-21

Las Vegas Review-Journal photographers’ best photos from the week: Jan. 15, 2018 to Jan. 21, 2018.

This Las Vegas bar has a ‘wine ATM’
 
This Las Vegas bar has a ‘wine ATM’

Serve yourself at a “wine ATM.” Hostile Grape at M Resort lets you pour your own. (Janna Karel/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

“Pawn Stars” hits No. 500
 
“Pawn Stars” hits No. 500

“Pawn Stars,” which debuted in June 2009, marks its 500th show this month. The broadcast is set for Jan. 22. Rick Harrison asks, “Who wants to watch a show about four fat guys working at a pawn shop?” But the owner of Gold & Silver Pawn has helped turn his father, Richard; son, Corey; and Austin “Chumlee” Russell into TV stars. From The Colosseum at Caesars Palace … Celine Dion had to cancel a weekend show. She said in a statement on Twitter she was resting, under doctor’s orders. On New Year’s Eve, she welcomed the idea of a duet with Lady Gaga. As Celine says, “I would love I would love that. I love her so much.”

Aerosmith guitarist riffs on band’s Las Vegas plans
 
Aerosmith guitarist riffs on band’s Las Vegas plans

In an interview last week with Boston NBC television affiliate WBTS, Perry, a bona fide guitar god as a founding member of Aerosmith, went off the charts when talking of the band’s plans for Las Vegas. Perry’s comment fits with tremors around the scene that Aerosmith has been enlisted for an extended engagement on the Strip. The Aerosmith residency, whatever its length, only reinforces The Park Theater’s already impressive lineup for 2018, with Bruno Mars closing New Year’s weekend at the venue.

Hoda Kotb Joins Savannah Guthrie 
as ‘Today’ Show Co-Host
 
Hoda Kotb Joins Savannah Guthrie as ‘Today’ Show Co-Host

Hoda Kotb Joins Savannah Guthrie as Co-Host of NBC’s ‘Today’ Kotb is now officially co-host of the popular morning show after temporarily filling in for Matt Lauer who was fired in November over sexual harassment claims. This has to be the most popular decision that NBC News has ever made. Hoever, Kotb isn’t a completely new face as she co-hosted the fourth hour of the show with Kathie Lee Gifford since 2008. I am pinching myself,” Kotb said. “I think we should send some medics to Alexandria, Virginia, where my mom has likely fainted after hearing the open of that show.” Having two female co-anchors is rare in morning news with the first instance occurring from 2006-09 when Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts co-anchored ABC’s “Good Morning America.”