The reviews of the new $100 million dollar Criss Angel Believe show are in, and they are not good.

That — among its many, more obvious failings — is the fatal flaw at the heart of “Criss Angel: Believe.”

There’s just no wonder in it.

In fact, there’s shockingly little magic to be seen in this much-anticipated Cirque du Soleil spectacle constructed around a celebrity magician. No shock, no awe, precious little surprise, even.

Cirque throws everything in its considerable arsenal of stage genius at Angel — the expected array of lush, loud music, expert dancers and aerialists, lavish settings and boundary-breaking special effects, all intended to amaze.

The single most amazing thing about “Believe” is that it’s still so boring.

For a reported $100 million, Cirque has bought itself its first bona fide bomb.

Holly Madison attended Angel’s show in Las Vegas, after the show ended Angel spoke about Holly, then they left for an after show party. Angel said:

“This is one of the most special evenings for me in my life, and I can not think of a more beautiful person, a more special person, inside and out, than Holly to spend it with.”

How will Holly feel about Criss when his star loses its shine?

It’s official. Holly Madison said on camera she and Hugh Hefner are no longer together. Guess Holly’s plan to have Hef’s baby didn’t work out. Holly has even moved out of the Playboy mansion, and she’s been dating Criss Angel. Hugh already has several new girls, and may even be planning a new Girls Next Door with those girls.

Update: Holly gave us an update on her relationship with Hefner:

"What’s Going on . . . .
Current mood: lonely

Hef and I will always be friends . . . I do have my own place, but I am still at the Mansion, too, right now . . . I’m too busy to move! hahaha . . . Bridget, Kendra and I are all still best friends and plan on doing several projects together in the future . . . even though Bridget is in Europe right now and I am sad and lonely without her . . .

You will see how it all happens in Season 5 . . . Sunday nights on E! . . . How lame, I just turned that into the most shameless plug ever . . . lol!

Love-Holly"

Criss Angel when crazy at the Miss USA pageant after his girlfriend Miss Nevada Veronica Grabowski was eliminated from the competition. Criss was particularly upset with Vegas Confidential columnist Norm Clarke who wrote the following:

Shortly after Grabowski was eliminated, Angel was seen flashing a middle finger during a NBC telecast when a roving cameraman attempted a celebrity-in-the-crowd shot at Planet Hollywood Resort’s main theater.

Angel was still fuming after the pageant when he threatened this columnist in an F-bomb-laced tirade that ended with Angel, after being restrained, saying, "Don’t ever write another word about me, or you’ll need an eyepatch over your other eye."

Criss might feel pretty good about pinking on a guy who has only ONE EYE, but then Criss went and pissed off Donald Trump:

Donald Trump, who owns Miss Universe, the umbrella group for Miss USA, told me Friday that he was disturbed by Angel’s encounter with a judge and added, "We’re going to have to look at that."

Don’t mess with the Donald, or he’ll tie you to a post, and publicly embarass you with harsh comments that are televised on national television.

Criss Angel exposed “psychic” Jim Callahan last night on a live taping of the NBC show Phenomenon. Angel challenged fellow judge Uri Geller, and Callahan, to tell him what was in the envelope he was holding in his hand. If either of them did, Angel said he’d pay $1 million of his own money. Here’s what went down:

“Criss, I can see you’re itching to say something,” noted “Phenomenon” host and Access Hollywood’s Tim Vincent .

“I just think it’s comical quite frankly,” Angel said.

Angel then pulled an envelope from his pocket and appeared to challenge, not only Callahan’s abilities, but also those of his fellow judge Geller.

“I will give you a million dollars of my personal money right now if either one of you can tell me specific details of what’s in here right now,” Angel insisted.

The challenge clearly didn’t sit well with the contestant.

“Ok man, I’ll tell you what I will tell you. I find you an ideological bigot,” Callahan responded as he made his way towards Angel.

“Tell me what’s in the envelope,” Angel kept repeating.

Angel then got out of his seat to meet Callahan, as Geller and Vincent came between the two men and separated them.

Obviously Angel came to the show prepared to embarrass Callahan. Callahan channels dead people’s spirits, and maybe this kind of magic bothers Angel, because it gives people false hope and false closure since, as Angel proves, it’s all fake. Angel’s magic is just as fake, but perhaps he feels he’s better than Callahan because his magic and deception is somehow more honest. Does it even matter if it’s fake, just as long as it’s entertaining? Maybe Angel felt threatened, or maybe this was all to get more free publicity just like when he hangs around with celebrities like Britney Spears. There’s no question that Angel could not have guessed what was in a surprise envelope either, if he had been challenged the same way. If any of them were real magicians they would have fought each other at a distance with magic wands like on Harry Potter. These guys are all talk and no magic.

Click the link below to see the video. The fight comes at the end.

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Lindsay Lohan is supposedly so broke she can’t afford to pay back PURE in Las Vegas for missing her hosting duties when she went into rehab. Us Magazine says:

Less than a month after leaving Utah’s Cirque Lodge, Lindsay Lohan is poised to make a comeback to the club scene. A source tells Usmagazine.com the actress, 21, is set to host a New Year’s blowout at Las Vegas hot spot LAX. But Lohan isn’t exactly breaking out the noisemakers about the gig.

“Lindsay doesn’t necessarily want to host, but she’s contractually obligated,” a source says. The source tells Us Lohan took on the gig in order to pay back the “hundreds of thousands of dollars” she got by agreeing to host her 21st birthday in Sin City at PURE Nightclub (which, like LAX, is owned by Pure Management Group). Lohan was forced to scrap the July 2 bash to focus on her treatment in rehab. Adds the source, “She already took the money from the birthday gig and can’t afford to pay them back.”

Her rep had no comment.

Right about now Lindsay needs to dump the caveman and hookup with Criss Angel. He’s not just a good magician, he’s also a great bartender. Everytime Lindsay orders water Criss just grabs three glasses filling two with water and one with Vodka. He mixes them up in front of Lindsay and has her choose one to drink. There’s a 2/3 chance she’d be back in rehab by the end of the night.