*Our The Beauty of Magic Planet Hollywood headliner, Hans Klok appears with TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres today. The high-speed illusionist will perform two of his lighting fast tricks for her Halloween special on stations coast to coast.

*The booming new-construction Chinese gaming enclave of Macau is looking more and more like Vegas everyday, but one day in the near-future both its visitor count and gaming revenues will surpass Vegas statistics. Gaming and gambling activities in Macau just posted gross revenues of US $7.363 billion in the first nine months of 2007, which exceeded that for the entire 12 months of 2006. Now Cirque du Soleil confirms reports it will unveil its newest production there next year at The Venetian, and it will be a completely new show–not a copy of something we already have here on our Strip!

Incidentally, I keep hearing rumblings that Cirque will move a very large portion of its Montreal-based team here to a new downtown arts district site. On-going conversations with City officials have been “so positive and responsible” that the announcement might well be made early in the New Year.

*NBA Hall of Fame Superstar, Dr. J - Julius Erving–dressed in a Hulk Hogan costume, drinking Grand Marnier while dancing with friends at The Beatles Revolution Lounge at The Mirage over Halloween festivities! Also there, music maestros Fall Out Boy and Daft Punk who partied until closing time pre-dawn.

*Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage treated his family to dinner delights at BOA Steakhouse in the Forum Shops of Caesars Palace.

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