This Week in History...

• Dec. 19, 1967: Luxor headliner Criss Angel was born as Christopher Sarantakos in East Meadow, N.Y.
• Dec. 19, 1946: Robert Urich, who starred as detective Dan Tanna in "Vega$" for three seasons, would have been 62. He died April 16, 2002.
• Dec. 20, 1957: Elvis Presley receives his draft notice from the U.S. Army while spending the Christmas holidays at Graceland, the rock 'n' roll star's newly purchased Tennessee mansion.
• Dec. 22, 1949: Robin Gibb of the singer/songwriting trio The Bee Gees was born with twin brother, Maurice.
• Dec. 23, 1979: Holly Madison was born in Astoria, Ore. She was a roller-skating waitress at Hooters in Santa Monica, Calif., before spending eight years in the Playboy Mansion with Hugh Hefner.

Magic Required to Rescue Angel from Circus

We hear surveillance cameras are being trained on audience members, including media, at the Criss Angel " Believe" Show at Luxor in Las Vegas show determine what elements of the show gets a reaction and which fall flat.
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Since previews last month, the multi-million dollar production which took 2 years to create has been plagued with bad reviews keeping all but Angel's "Loyals" from spending their vacation dollars on the magic show circus.
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