Criss Angel - Las Vegas Sun

Justin M. Bowen

Criss Angel and Cirque du Soleil hold a press conference Friday in preparation for the premiere of "Believe."

After ‘Believe’ premiere comes the after-party: CRISS ANGEL: Luxor keeps details under wraps, but “black carpet” guests could have a late night; Fri, Oct 31, 2008 (5:52 p.m.); By Melissa Arseniuk; After five weeks of practice, practice, practice, it’s time to party, party, party. “Criss Angel Believe” opened for preview performances on Sept. 26, and tonight, after three delays and a flurry of rumors that the show wouldn’t open at all, Cirque du Soleil’s sixth permanent Las Vegas-based show will make its public debut.

Vegas magicians backing Angel’s ‘Believe’: CRISS ANGEL:; Friday, October 31, 2008; By Melissa Arseniuk; The city’s magicians are coming out to support Las Vegas’ resident bad-boy illusionist Criss Angel as his Cirque du Soleil show prepares for its Friday public premiere.

Stars to line up for first glimpse of 'Believe': CRISS ANGEL:; Wednesday, October 29, 2008; By Melissa Arseniuk; A star-studded guest list of VIPs was released Wednesday detailing the colorful and high-profile personalities expected to attend the premiere of “Criss Angel Believe” on Friday.

'Believe' two days from public debut: CRISS ANGEL: After weeks of performances, Cirque show’s progress evident; Wednesday, October 29, 2008; By Melissa Arseniuk; Practice has made nearly perfect for magician Criss Angel.

Illusionist’s big ‘Ta-da!’: ON THE STRIP: Speculation surrounds bad boy conjurer Criss Angel’s long-awaited show with Cirque; Wednesday, October 29, 2008; By Joe Brown; Just days from now, our long national nightmare will finally be over.

STRIP SCRIBBLES: Biden’s family picks pasta and parmignon: Robin Leach:Luxe Life :; Monday, October 27, 2008; By Robin Leach; *Tattooed chef and DJ Steve Martorano played host to Sen. Joe Biden’s family when they visited Café Martorano at the Rio for the best Italian food from Philadelphia. I was enjoying the new menu and tackling the eggplant, mozzarella, tomato tower stacks when the Democratic vice president nominee’s son Hunter along with the senator’s younger brother, Frank, popped in for pasta, pepperoni and parmignon -– and everybody was so KO’d with the fabulous food they even posed for this exclusive Luxe Life photo!

Inside Angel’s crammed diary as Believe Countdown reaches Day 7: Robin Leach:Luxe Life :; Friday, October 24, 2008; By Robin Leach; There are just seven days left on our countdown to Criss Angel’s world premiere of his new Cirque du Soleil Believe magical mystery show at the Luxor. Just how much work goes into a $100-million production as it gets ready to be unveiled to the theater-going crowds? Just how fit does the star have to keep himself for the rigorous twice-nightly performances?

Holly reveals Halloween secret as Angel Believe countdown reaches Day 8: Robin Leach:Luxe Life :; Thursday, October 23, 2008; By Robin Leach; It’s definite -- and it’s exclusive news on Day 8 of our Criss Angel countdown! Girls Next Door star Holly Madison will be back for his world premiere Believe show next Friday on Halloween! She’ll walk the red carpet at the Luxor with her Playboy co-star Bridget Marquardt as her “date” -- before joining Criss after the show at his celebration party! Holly herself told me the news when I joined her on the outdoor patio at the new LAVO restaurant in the Palazzo after her dinner with Palms hotel tycoon George Maloof -– and before she went off to ...

Angel, Carrot Top and Fantasy girls join Tila Tequila at Luxor club opening: Robin Leach:Luxe Life :; Thursday, October 23, 2008; Sexy, self-confessed bisexual reality star Tila Tequila stole the spotlight at the red-carpet grand opening of the new T&T mod-Mex restaurant Wednesday night in the Luxor. She even admitted to being tempted by the tequila-temptresses who serve the south of the border drink there!

Strip Scribbles: Celebrity sightings and tonight’s top tips: Robin Leach:Luxe Life :; Wednesday, October 22, 2008; *The behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of Cirque du Soleil’s Beatles LOVE musical at the Mirage had a one-night special screening here and yesterday the All Together Now DVD was released worldwide. Having watched it at the Brendan Theaters in the Palms, I can tell you it is an emotional experience -- and very revealing in how Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison fought to ensure their late husband’s works were treated respectfully in the spectacular. The interviews with both Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr during the almost two-year creation process were enlightening. The DVD release of the film shows the ...

Strip Scribbles: Celeb sightings and tonight's tip: Robin Leach: Luxe Life:; Tuesday, October 21, 2008; Robin Leach; Almost $30 million raised from debut car collector car auction

Criss Countdown – Day 9: Tickets selling as well as Love, new illusion added to finale: Robin Leach:Luxe Life :; Tuesday, October 21, 2008; By Robin Leach; Day 9 of our countdown, and we can accurately report that ticket sales for Mindfreak magician Criss Angel’s new Believe show are selling equal to the rival blockbuster Cirque du Soleil/Beatles show, Love spectacle at The Mirage -– and ahead of the competing KA stunner at MGM Grand Grand.

Criss & Holly back together, spotted at Cathouse: Robin Leach:Luxe Life :; Tuesday, October 21, 2008; By Robin Leach; Magician Criss Angel and Hugh Hefner's former No. 1 galpal, Holly Madison, were back together again early this morning (Tuesday). It was a late-night pre-dawn reunion at the Cathouse lounge in the Luxor where the Mindfreak star has the world premiere of his new Cirque du Soleil show Believe in 10-days time! CLICK HERE for our daily countdown to the Oct. 31 opening.

Criss Countdown — Day 10: Believe performance features a true hangout for Angel: Robin Leach:Luxe Life :; Tuesday, October 21, 2008; By Robin Leach; Our Criss Angel countdown begins today. There are now just 10 days to go before the October 31 world premiere- and every day as our countdown clock ticks closer to Halloween Eve we’ll have one more fascinating story to report. Here’s our first: Twice-nightly during each performance of Believe, the Mindfreak magician faces a highly dangerous unknown. It’s not a trick. It’s not an illusion. It’s a century-old Houdini escape that requires the skill of a superb stuntman! Criss is trapped into a straightjacket, and then hoisted out over the audience until he’s hanging upside down 60-foot directly above them ...

More injuries for Dancing With the Stars cast revealed at celebrity-studded party: Robin Leach:Luxe Life :; Monday, October 20, 2008; By Robin Leach; op-prince Lance Bass should have walked the red-carpet at the Blush boutique nightclub -- but instead, the Dancing with the Stars contestant was in a hospital emergency room being treated for a windpipe injury sustained in a kickboxing accident. DWTS co-host Samantha Harris gave me the exclusive news at the first anniversary celebration party of the boutique Wynn nightclub hosted by Dom Perignon champagne and Esquire magazine.