Criss Angel arrived early and did not linger on the red carpet for “Viva Elvis” last night. But Perez Hilton did. Angel was nowhere to be seen 
when Hilton walked the carpet engaging in a slightly obscene relationship with his “Criss Angel” t-shirt. Honestly, Angel should be grateful that Hilton is kind enough to promote “Believe.” I don’t think Angel’s show has gotten much attention –except for the gay slur thing–- since Angel freaked out at Hilton from the stage. Maybe that is the plan?
The endless revision of “Believe” continues without an announcement of “fixation” being at any stage of completion. For now “Believe” is the worst big ticket show on the Strip and the single embarrassment Cirque has produced in Vegas. Considering the way Angel breezed passed members of the press you could almost forget he was the star of a Cirque show with tickets to sell on the Strip.
Working on a story for The Daily Beast now about “Viva Elvis,” but thought you would enjoy this study in contrasts. Who has the Elvis (or, at least Billy Idol) sneer down?
One thing Angel fans might enjoy was a lady next to me asked who the young man was dressed in black. I told her he was Criss Angel, a Vegas magician, but he wasn’t that young. In fact, Angel and I were the identical age. The woman looked at him and then she looked at me. “He must be a good magician,” she said. Other members of the press set her right on that one. (photos: Lanie Crossman)
“For now “Believe” is the worst big ticket show on the Strip” …………what is the basis for this comment in the article
I correct my comment. I read it incorrectly as ticket sales and was wondering what box office list you were referring to.
Damn, Richard. You made me spit coffee on the screen laughing.
Basically, all I got to say is…. Amen.
That douchebag has sunk to irrelevancy.
Although I don’t care one way or the other or follow Perez Hilton, it does seem to appear he got his revenge from when Criss Angel yelled at him during one of his shows. Wearing the t-shirt probably pissed off Criss Angel.
Don’t hold your breath on that “fixation” thing. And I’m sure you won’t. That’s still just a marketing ploy by the equally douchebaggedness hierarchy of Cirque du Soleil to try to con tourists into thinking that the show will change. It won’t. It sucked before, it sucks now, it will continue to suck and if it runs for its entire ten years, it will be considered the suckiest show ever to grace a stage on the world famous Strip. It will probably get the vaccuum cleaner award.
Criss actually tweeted thumbs up to Perez for wearing his shirt–I guess Criss didnt see Perez’s picture of him MOCKING CA (squinting his eyes closed and making the rock fingers, like Criss does) – Criss just saw the nice picture.
Perez was actually making fun of Criss. If Criss had known that, I DOUBT he would have tweeted a thumbs up to PH on his twitter!!
Colin, Criss is getting rid of the dancers, music, ANY Cirque magical moments, etc. and just turning it into basically a kid’s afternoon magic show at ticket prices of $190 and up.
Criss was a complete gentleman, as he always is, and Perez has been relentless. If anything, I think it shows how Criss rarely responds to negativity and takes most of it in stride. Besides, don’t you know that whether it’s good or bad…you’re still talking about Criss Angel?
Actually, Mary, when people talk about a good show on the world famous Las Vegas Strip, Criss Angel BeLIEve never comes up in that conversation.
On the other hand, when people talk about bad and horrible, and at the same time talk about stage production shows on the world famous Las Vegas Strip, it’s ALWAYS Criss Angel BeLIEve.
Those two things go hand in hand.
Poor Poor Mary_Believe she lives in a dream world. Criss is in love with that 15 year old from his show Sandra. You will never get to him.
I thought we were talking about Criss Angel and Perez …not Criss Angel and Mary…
I personally wouldn’t care if Criss was in love with a tomato… Why do people judge this girl they know nothing about? He isn’t hurting anyone….get over it.
PERZ,ON THE WANDA SYKES SHOW 3/27/.THAIR WAS SOME OBESE BASHING. IT WAS STATED THAT OBESE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THINGS THROWN AT THEM,FOR BEING SO FAT.THEY MAKING FUN OF OBESE PEOPLE FOR THE SODA TAX,IN NY. WHY ISN’T ANYONE UPSET OVER THIS COMMENT.
Is criss still dating that child Sandra?
Criss dating Sandra is 1,000% better than him associating with the LOYALS that stalk him. Mary, Diana, Jenny, Jesse, Ellen,Cindy, to name just a few–you all know who you are. We all read twitter, we’ve all seen you at his show. We know you are ALL married with kids. Have some dignity.
Have you all SEEN the women Criss finds attractive? And none of them are you. Sorry.
Sorry, meant to type–none of you even remotely come close to his type! Either support the magician for his career or move on!
Does he have fans who like talented magicians? And, who cares who the guy dates? I don’t think I have written about any girlfriend of his, except for the one he brought on Larry King. And,these days she is more famous than him. Yrs., Richard
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Criss dating spanish girls now? the “Kim Kardasian” look is HOT but dating a college kid is NOT.
Why does Criss find the need to make a fool of himself? Unless this is really his daughter and he is hiding that fact.
The girl is obviously a kid!!
I hope security keeps a close watch on Mary. I have seen her twitter. The girl is not all there.
Leo-Add a MEGA psycho on Criss twitter named Diane to that bunch.
There is somthing very creepy looking about that girl Mary that you guys are talking about.
She looks like a sick psycho.
This is madness, Richard.
You point out things in your article. Outlining things that have been going on that shows Criss Angel shouldn’t even be up there on the stage in a show room in a casino on the famed Las Vegas Boulevard. And the fact that he basically portrays himself, in his private life, and even up on stage, pretty much the same consistency of stuff that comes out of the southbound end of a northbound horse.
But you get comments from knuckleheads who are more interested in what bimbos he is surrounding himself with, who he is dorking, where he gets a haircut, who brushes his teeth for him, and other stupid personal stuff about his life. Stuff that centers around the creepy ass minions who follow him and basically lick the ground he walks on, adore him, basically showing him allegiance….allegiance he does not deserve…at all.
COME ON!
You can’t tell me this guy is fucking Dracula and he looks at people and they go goo goo gah gah and basically fawn all over his dumb ass with this crazed look in their eye! Nor that he does that fucking cockeyed look and women (and some men) immediately fall under his spell!
Some of this stuff strains the legitimate bounds of credulity here…..
Apologize for my language, but this shit is getting incredibly ridiculous.
You point out, other people point out, audience members point out, critics (both nationally credited and local) point out, they ALL point out this guy basically sucks on stage. But then you STILL have idiots posting stuff left and right going…oh…you’re biased…he’s not an idiot…he’s the best thing that happened since sliced cheese….he’s good looking…so because of that we’ll overlook all that legitimate shit you’re saying…that goth crap is the bestest thing in the world…love that big ass crucifix he wears..all this precludes any and all legitimate gripes about how he is basically worse than a dog licking his scrotum.
Incredible, Richard.
Just incredible.
I know. What do I care? I don’t. But I do. For only one reason. And that is, the more these knuckleheads post, the more tourists read their hokey shit and end up getting ripped off by an incredibly horrible show at the Luxor…just an increasing number of people who complain about this guy was blatantly and falsely advertised, taking money from them under false pretenses…giving them nothing in return for it other than the fact that they just want to forget this numbskull.
I’m saying that…in Las Vegas…this is basically a crime.
I’m sorry, but I really, really do believe there is justice in this world.
But, I’m starting to come to the realization that…it’s not true. Not when it deals with Cirque du Soleil. They just fucking do whatever they want. They could peddle horseshit and jump up and down and scream and howl and contend that it is honey. And they would get away with it.
There is no justice in Las Vegas. Because when you try to let people know the truth? They look at you like you don’t know what you’re talking about.
And the bullshit just continues on and on and on.
Criss Angel wins.
Tourists? No. They lose. And they will lose every day.
UnBeLIEvable.