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Superstar magicians Siegfried & Roy promised tonight (SAT) to perform magic again in Las Vegas. Their stunning and incredible announcement won them an immediate standing ovation and congratulations from 1000 Vegas VIPs—including all the presidents of the MGM Mirage hotels and its largest shareholder, billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, all attending the Keep Memory Alive charity fundraiser for the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute. Siegfried told a stunned audience: “I make a promise… one year from tonight at next year’s gala… Roy and I will return and we will perform magic again. That is the new goal—our next dream. We will make that come true. The magic is back!” It may only be a one-night only appearance—for now—for the “Masters of the Impossible!”

It was back in October, 2003 that Roy, celebrating his 59th birthday, suffered an on-stage stroke resulting in serious neck injuries when his favorite 600-pound Siberian white tiger, Montecore dragged the illusionist off-stage.

He was raced to the UMC Trauma Center with major blood loss, suffered an additional major stroke that forced surgeons to remove one-quarter of his skull to enable the swollen brain to expand.

Surgeons and brain specialists said that he died three times on the operating table with a series of other strokes, but fought with the strength of a thousand men to come back to life. After 25-days he was transferred to the UCLA Medical Center where he began to move his hands and speak a few words again. “The doctors say it was a miracle,” Siegfried told me at the time. “It was a miracle to even survive and then go to the recovery stage,” their manager Bernie Yuman told me back then. Everybody feared Roy might never walk or talk again—let alone ever perform magic again.

But he persevered with his recovery and railed against the gloom and doom naysayers. His first promise was to support our local Opportunity Village Christmas Santa Run charity. The first year he said he’d walk to get it started—and he did. Then the second year he promised to walk the half-kilometer—and he did. The third year he promised to walk the full 1k course—and he did. Now defying all the odds and the doctor’s original bleak forecasts he has set a new goal—to once again perform magic. Siegfried made the surprise announcement when I walked through the star-studded crowd introducing the celebrities and asking each of them to continue their support for the life-saving, life-changing cause. He took my microphone and made his small yet powerful speech—and the room erupted with cheers at their unbelievable undertaking.

Siegfried & Roy plan to present the new magic act exactly 12-months from tonight at the next annual gala of the Keep Memory Alive charity fundraiser.

It has provided millions of dollars for the opening of the world-famous architect; Frank Gehry designed Lou Ruvo Brain Institute building on 62-acres of downtown land in Las Vegas this fall. Next year’s 13th annual event will raise the ongoing research funds for the world-famous medical team’s belief they will find a cure for Alzheimers, Parkinsons, Huntington, ALS and other degenerative memory disorders.

The miracle magicians supported the gala with their manager, Bernie Yuman and good friend, former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali who suffers from Parkinsons. They were attending the MGM Convention Center Power of Love dinner along with Sopranos’ stars Lorraine Bracco and Steve Schirripa, actor Danny DeVito, Desperate Housewives’ star Teri Hatcher, and TV talk show host Leeza Gibbons—all of whom have experienced the devastating effects of the diseases on family and friends. Over a thousand guests paid over $3-million for tables at the dinner, which featured gourmet courses by celebrated chefs Wolfgang Puck, Guy Savoy and Tom Colicchio.

Organizers are hoping to raise another $10-million from automobile raffles, silent and live auction packages donated by Robin Williams, Quincy Jones, Mike Milken, Emeril LaGasse, Mario Batali, The Sopranos, Frankie Valli, FOX News political analyst Frank Luntz, the Monaco Grand Prix drivers, Andre Agassi and Steffi Graff plus a Caribbean cruise for 110 people on the SeaDream, a candlelit dinner in the caves of the Dom Perignon chateau and a five-day “rich and famous” experience on Giuseppe Cipriani’s private jet and yacht.

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Flipchip photo from the 2008 Adult Entertainment Expo Las Vegas

More Flipchip photos from the recently completed AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. All new photos await, so click here for a direct link to the ladies.

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2008 Adult Entertainment Expo Las Vegas

This week’s mini-gallery of previously unpublished Flipchip photos from the 2008 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. A Flipchip visual distraction as you’re watching NASCAR drivers’ Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch play bumper cars while going 200 miles-per-hour at the Daytona 500.

Vegas sports’ books have posted odds for the Daytona 500 with Jimmie Johnson the 4-1 favorite to win it, Jeff Gordon is 5-1 and Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the third favorite at 7-1. Tony Stewart is 10-1 and sparring partner Kurt Busch comes in at 18-1 while little brother Kyle Busch is 15-1.

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