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The Amazing Johnathan stuns ‘ENTSpeaks’ audience: ‘I have a year to live’

October 24, 2014 Rick Carruth

By John Katsilometes for the Las Vegas Sun..

The Amazing Johnathan is the last in line on this night after a series of five speakers at Inspire Theater on Fremont East in downtown Las Vegas. Before him, we have been regaled in tales from such legends as Mary Wilson of The Supremes and comic genius Marty Allen.

At the end, it’s the comic magician of whom his contemporaries say is one of the great stage performers of his era. Comic Louie Anderson said that just before the show as he hung around the VIP suite with the night’s speakers. But The Amazing Johnathan, or A.J., as he is commonly known, is not right on this night. He is weak and has trouble walking over any considerable distance. His wife, performance artist Anastasia Synn, has had to sometimes carry him, actually on her back, when his legs fail.

June 7, 2014 Rick Carruth

This was reported by Robin Leach in the Las Vegas Sun.. Thanks Robin!

POST-WEDDING RETIREMENT: Following up on my Wicked Whisper & Racy Rumor report Wednesday, I can now confirm that The Amazing Johnathan will marry performance artistAnastasia Synn on Saturday. Longtime friend and “smashing entertainer” Gallagher became an ordained minister specifically to marry the couple in what they are describing as “one of the most off-the-wall weddings Las Vegas has ever hosted.”

A.J.’s office confirmed my report with official news this morning that the ceremony will take place at “A Special Memory Chapel,” which will be decorated in a circus theme. In addition to the couple’s family and close friends, David Copperfield, Carrot Top, Louie Anderson, Cirque Du Soleil cast members, zombies and wrestlers will join in the fun. The reception is at the Plaza, where entertainment will continue into the night.

Sadly, though, A.J. also confirmed today that, due to health issues, he will retire after 35 years of performing. Over three decades, he set house records at the Nugget, Riviera, Flamingo and Bally’s and became the longest-running comic magician in Las Vegas history. His final four shows will take place at the Magic Castle in L.A. from June 30- July 1 and will be recorded for a future documentary.

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EDM collaborations? Penn Jillette says, ‘Crank it’..

May 5, 2014 Rick Carruth

By John Katsilometes for the Las Vegas Sun..

We have been through so many AFAN AIDS Walks with Penn Jillette it seems there is not much else for him to say.

“Just take everything I’ve said in the past years and say that again,” he said during a phone conversation this week.

That’s a lot of territory to cover.

Jillette has already said the reason he and performing partner Teller have chosen AIDS as a charity meriting support is because “sometimes you just fall into things.” Five years ago, I asked how long he and Teller were supporters of the event, and he responded, “Ten years. Ten, or 37.”

And there was the moment during the charity run seven years ago when I asked Jillette about the competitive environment of entertainment in Las Vegas and he said, “If you go to a show on the Strip in 2007 and see someone doing a George Burns impersonation, you are not going to want to see another show on the Strip…

April 24, 2014 Rick Carruth

By Robin Leach for the Las Vegas Sun..

Magician Tommy Wind, who celebrated his 300th show in Las Vegas over Easter Weekend, has a reality TV show in development.

Tommy, who purchased the TW Theater on the Strip between MGM Grand and the Hawaiian Village after its owners lost their rights, is now working with his parents, Tommy Sr. and Arlene, his grandfather and his fiancee, Stacey Jackson, to upgrade and renovate it.

They also have created an after-hours concept, Club Equilibrium, that launches this month. The theater development and his rock and roll music combined with martial-arts illusions are the driving theme of the new reality TV show…

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