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Who Will Take Steve Wyrick's Place?
Anyone know what’s going on with The Space Formerly Known As The Steve Wyrick Theater?
The lights are off, there’s no one home, but the hoardings are still up and the shop still has Wyrick t-shirts racked up forlornly.
We’re taking it as read that Wyrick and his orange tan are gone for good, but we’re wondering who, if anyone, is going to move in there. And, more importantly, will it be a magician? Hope so.
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Venus Williams Makes A Rookie Vegas Mistake: Giving Criss Angel A Chance
Criss Angel has a fan. For real. And not only is she female, but she aint bad looking, and she's pretty important, too. For real.
Venus Williams was in town this week, and, like many other tourists, decided to see a show. Would it be a magic show or a Cirque show? Or maybe a blend of both? Thus it was that she ended up spending Wednesday night watching Believe.
Not only that, but at the end of the show, she was dragged invited backstage to have her picture taken with the looker that is Criss Angel. The mouth may be smiling, folks, but the eyes are screaming “help me”.
Next time, Venus, call us. We'll be happy to suggest alternative entertainment. Like spending the evening as a nightclub toilet attendant could be a start.
Of course, we might take this all back if the soon-to-be-implemented changes make Believe any more bearable. But we're almost certain we won't.
[Photo: Las Vegas Now/Tom Rutan]
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Mental Goes Free, And You'd Be Mental Not To See It
Looks like everyone’s favorite tattooed English mindreader on the Strip Luke Jermay is trying to confuse us. First there was the announcement of his new show, Dirty Thoughts. Then Anthony Cools, who produces the show, kept tweeting about big changes to Mental, but every time we asked the O’Sheas O’Sheas lot, they professed total ignorance.
Anyway, now we know what the change was – and it’s a good one. Instead of charging $49 for tickets, it’s now free. Yes – an hour of a brilliant show (that we’ve been saying that you should go see since August, as it happens) for free.
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It's Not Been a Good Week For Magic In Vegas
Lots of news in the struggling freaky world of Vegas this week. Whether it’s good or bad depends on whether you like the acts in the first place.
Dirk Arthur has announced he’s closing his Xtreme Magic show on March 12 (to which we say boo to losing the cheese, but hooray for the poor tigers).
Everyone’s least favorite magician Criss Angel is revamping his beleaguered show, and looks to be cutting out most of the Cirque dancers and upping the magic factor (only problem--as far as we know--is that Criss Angel really can't do magic.)
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David Copperfield's Still Got It (Despite MGM Grand's Best Efforts)
Like: The Copperfield. Dislike: The Copperfield's environs.
We warned you we were going to do this. After David Copperfield hypnotized us with his silky voice and creepy invitations, we wanted to go see his show. This week, we finally got round to it and hit up the Hollywood Theater at MGM Grand.
We wanted to see the magic, of course, but what we really wanted to know is whether Copperfield’s still got it. Because, although watching him walking through the Great Wall of China is a heowge memory from our childhood, that was several years and several more grey hairs in the past.
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Luke Jermay's New Show Will Expose Your Dirty Thoughts
More Brits taking over Vegas news: if you believe Twitter, Essex boy and mindreader Luke Jermay is starting a new show in addition to Mental. This one is still at O’Sheas, and it’s more of the mindreading, except of a slightly more x-rated nature.
According to Jermay’s promoter, the original filthy hypnotist Anthony Cools, It’s called Dirty Thoughts and started on Wednesday at 8.30pm. And, as you’d expect from the name, the show consists of Jermay doing “x-rated mindreading.”
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An Open Letter to Anthony Cools
Dear Anthony Cools,
First things first: we like you. You’re clearly a good hypnotist. Your show at Paris is funny. Having spoken to you (you won’t remember), we reckon you’re pretty personable. And your Twitter obsession with Norm Clarke is something that sings to our hearts.
Which is precisely why we’re so disappointed in you by your new clothing line. Sorry, Anthony Cools Apparel. You have four ‘designs’; we are fans of none.
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The Lights Are On, But Steve Wyrick's Not Home
Sigh. Looks like there’s one less weird thing on the Strip. According to LV Weekly, although the lights are still on, there’s nobody home at the Steve Wyrick Theater in Miracle Mile. Looks like it’s curtains for Wyrick's own show Real Magic.
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You Too Can Win Criss Angel's Corvette. Still. You Just Have to Believe It
Tickets to Believe thankfully not included
If only life were as simple as Criss Angel would like us to think it is. For one thing, we could win a $25,000 car if we just wanted to hard enough (and if we knew whether this was a real offer). For another, if we screwed our eyes shut really tight, we could imagine that Believe wasn’t as much of a massive, steaming pile of poo as by all accounts it is.
Enough negativity though, let’s focus on believing. Cos we just entered the competition to win Criss’ Corvette.
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David Copperfield Hypnotized Us Into Wanting To Go To His Show
You may need to turn the sound up to hear the full extent of the creepiness. Sorry!
So there we were, cruisin’ quietly down the Strip last night when we got caught right in the middle of a magician sandwich. On our right hand side was a truck pulling this David Copperfield ad. On our left, no less than two trucks, one behind the other, each carrying an ad for Lance Burton.
Being inexplicably drawn in by those liquid brown eyes and, um, sparkling white t-shirt, their fight for our gaze was won by Copperfield. But then, a horrid thing happened. Copperfield started talking to us, asking us to come to his “brand new show” at the MGM Grand. Over and over and over again, until we felt a little bit hypnotized. Poor Lance Burton was completely forgotten. Both of him.
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A Sad Day for Freaky Vegas: Siegfried and Roy Announce Their Retirement
Back in the glory days...
Looks like it just got a little bit harder to seek out Vegas’ freaky side. Not only has Freaks at O’Sheas closed (we shall miss their flesh-hooking, glass-eating and literal heart manipulation a lot), but on Tuesday, Siegfried and Roy announced that the chances of them making any kind of comeback are zero.
In an interview with German mag Neues Blatt, Siegfried announced:
Roy and I miss our audience. But there will not be a comeback.
Us, we’re hoping that the cast of Freaks might think about starting a new, beastie-based show. In the meantime, of course, the Secret Garden lives on at The Mirage. If you want to relive the memories/hold a candle-lit vigil for the cruel loss do it here - you might even find them doing the same thing. Entrance is $15 adults, $12 children, or you can get an hour-long VIP guided tour for $210 for one person, or up to $250 for five. See the website for more details.
[Photo: Perez Hilton]
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Is Steve Wyrick's Disappearing Act for Real?
You’d think magicians’ assistants were more natural teases than the headliners themselves, but illusionist Steve Wyrick is doing a proper line in keeping our interest at the moment. Last week, he seemed to be doing a disappearing act for real when he closed his theatre (the modestly named Steve Wyrick Theater at Miracle Mile) out of the blue and stopped returning calls. Then it got juicy as some of the other entertainers at the theatre sued him for doing a runner without paying them and he still didn't pick up the phone.
But now it appears to be more of a ‘now you see him, now you don’t’ game than a full blown disappearing stunt. Wyrick has posted a statement on his website saying that the closure is merely “temporary” and that it will “reopen and resume full operation by the end of the month.”
