"DEAL"
~Featuring Burt Reynolds and Shannon Elizabeth~

A month after Zak Penn's The Grand stormed the box office by banking just enough to buy-in to the WPT Championship, the poker movie Deal, which stars waxy-looking golden ager Burt Reynolds and features Dancing with the Stars' Shannon Elizabeth, playing a Las Vegas hooker, hits movie screens tonight in select cities, and already critics are rushing to give it praise. Just sample some of these rave reviews: "Deal has to take the title of the worst film ever about the game and that includes the how-to videos with Joan Rivers impersonators you see in your Vegas hotel room." - Erik Childress, efilmcritic.com "One of the most cliche-ridden and generally misguided films of not just the year, but the decade so far." - Brian Tallerico, Deadbolt.com "Director/co-writer Gil Cates Jr. gives us a by-the-numbers execution of a by-the-numbers story, which would barely be movie-of-the-week material but for Reynolds's 'star power.'" - LA City Beat "A poker movie that has the dubious honor of being even worse than Lucky You." - Gary Thompson (but not the Gary Thompson?), Philadelphia Daily News In related news our highly acclaimed screenplay titled Sitting on the Can While Writing This Post just got greenlit. It's set to be filmed this morning, after our third cup of coffee kicks in. Drop us an email if you want to be an extra. Below is a video of RawVegas.tv's Denise Pernula prettying up the red carpet at the Deal's premiere last night at the Palms in Las Vegas. Maybe it's us but it's like director Gil Cates Jr. and his producers know they made a piece of crap film. Like they were baked out of their minds when they shot it and now are trying to stop themselves from laughing as they try to talk serious about it. Also in the video, card-tossing couple Jennifer Tilly and Phil Laak talk about their non-plans ahead of the 2008 WSOP, and in news sure to delight ex-WCP reader Carl, Dancing With the Stars' lovebirds Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough say they are getting married in Las Vegas. Burt Reynolds unfortunately couldn't get out of the Madame Tussaud museum he lives in to walk the red carpet.

We had a great time in Vegas at the movie premier of DEAL! T.G. and I stopped in at Wynn's to visit an old and dear friend, Joe Esposito. He used to be Elvis' road manager. It was nice catching up with him. While on the red carpet, we caught up with Shannon Elizabeth who stars in the movie DEAL as well as one of the favorites on Dancing With the Stars! We also ran into her dance partner and fiancee, Derek Hough. Now, onto the movie premier!! We were all so excited to finally see it....Lorrie Morgan and I enjoyed some popcorn and a few snapshots before the movie began.
You can see some shots from the movie premier below!
Thanks for looking! ~Kelly