LAS VEGAS ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Criss Angel named Magician of the decade

Criss Angel has been named the first ever recipient of the Merlin Award for “Magician Of The Decade” by the International Magician’s Society. Angel was presented the award by IMS President Tony Hassini on stage following his Saturday evening performance of “Criss Angel BeLIEve” at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

“I never set out to win awards, just to push my own envelope and try to create something that’s never been done,” said Angel. “I must confess that it is an honor to be named Magician Of The Decade by the largest magic organization in the world.”

IMS founder Tony Hassini said, “The International Magician’s Society boasts over 37,000 members worldwide and has never named a Magician Of The Decade in its 40 year history.” Angel has previously won the Merlin for “Magician Of The Year” four times, including last year, marking the first time in the award’s history that an individual has won in consecutive years. Previous Merlin Award winners for Magician Of The Year include Siegfried and Roy, David Copperfield and Lance Burton.

Viva ELVIS

Cirque du Soleil is proud to present its new resident show that will be playing at ARIA Resort & Casino™ at CityCenter in Las Vegas opening December 2009.

The production pays tribute to Elvis' music and life, fusing dance and acrobatics, live music and iconic tracks, nostalgia and modernity, high technology and raw emotion. In short, the show will be in Elvis' image: powerful, sexy, whimsical and truly unique

Mystere

Mystere will be celebrating its 15th anniversary all through 2009

Mystere in the news

Artists from Mystere can be seen on Las Vegas Fox affiliate, KVVU Fox 5. The promotional spots are fun and light-hearted showing that FOX5 is local and unpredictable by incorporating Mystere artists into situations with the KVVU on-air talent.
Four spots with the artists were produced and began airing in March and will continue to be on-air through August.
Mystere artists featured:
Red Bird (Ross Gibson)
Green Lizard (Israel Gutiérrez)
Spermato (Eli Skoczylas)

Clip can be viewed at www.facebook.com/mystere

KA reaches milestone show

KA by Cirque du Soleil made its groundbreaking debut at the MGM Grand on February 4, 2005. Now, just over four years later, the spectacular production, celebrated its milestone 2,000^th performance on February 18.

A lot happens over the course of four years and 2,000 shows.

1. Just how impressive is 2,000 shows? In KAparsion, Conan O'Brien has been hosting Late Night with Conan O'Brien for 16 years and will leave the program having done 2,725 shows. KA has done 2,000 in its first four years!
2. 38 cast members and 81 behind-the-scenes managers and technicians have been with KA since the opening night performance.
3. 3.1 million guests have experienced KA!
4. 700,000 cubic feet of granular cork, enough to fill 8 Olympic-size swimming pools has been dumped from KA's stage during the beach scene.
5. The KA snake puppet has traveled more than 30 miles down the "trees" in the forest scene. That's nearly four miles more than a full-marathon!
6. 240,000 pre-show fireballs have been launched - each are a blazing 1200° Fahrenheit.
7. 220,000 live arrows have been fired & 238,000 fireworks have been discharged.