 Gene Simmons has hit the Fat Elvis period of his career. After a very public face-lift on his own reality TV series, he's now doing a Vegas show with novelty acts like the Magnificent Leonid (a drag queen who balances knives and got rejected on "America's Got Talent") and hip-hop violinists The Black Violin. Yes, hip-hop violinists. In Las Vegas. Why the hell not?
And he's wearing a flashy white suit and sunglasses. Yup, The King is back. It's only a matter of time before we find him dead on the john, having choked on a peanut butter and bacon sandwich.
http://spyonvegas.com/reserve/SpyOnVegas Open Bar will be held from 6 to 9pm at the Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Guests will receive free Imperia Vodka drinks from 6-9pm at the pre-Beacher's Madhouse party! Plus, Andre Legacy, Dirt Nasty and Beardo will be performing live during the Open Bar. After the Open Bar, a special Friday edition of Beacher's Madhouse will take place between 9 and 12pm. Rock Legend Gene Simmons will be performing with the Royal Crown Revue, and the entire event will be filmed for his hit A&E TV show, "Gene Simmons Family Jewels".Of course, Jeff Beacher, the man who Rolling Stone Magazine named "The Best Showman on the Strip", will bring you all of the usual madness including the legendary Karaoke Rock Star, Dance Idol, and Fake Orgasm contests, plus our world renowned feature performers such as Leonid the Magnificent, The Madhouse Oompa Loompas, MUFF (Micro Unprofessional Fighting Federation) aka The Little Person Wrestling League, Mini & Big Britney Spears, The Madhouse Marching Band, over 100 gorgeous go-go dancers, A-List celebrities, the Famous Beacher's Babies Dance Team, and an audience filled with the most beautiful women in Las Vegas. |
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Halloween in San Francisco - Event Details
Oct. 26-27, 2007
Exotic Erotic Ball & ExpoCow Palace, 2600 Geneva Ave.
Part burlesque, part Mardi Gras and part rock concert, the Exotic Erotic Ball on Oct. 27, 8pm-2 am, marks its 28th anniversary as one of the most edgy evocations of the Halloween spirit ever to bare all (lots of flesh and partial nudity) in the name of free expression. The two-day Exotic Erotic Expo is open noon to 6 pm and reopens at 7 pm until 11 pm on Friday, Oct. 26; Saturday hours are noon to 6 pm. Featuring more than 100 vendors offering the latest in exotic fashion and art as well as adult products, the Expo has its own entertainment lineup including special guest Snoop Dogg who will perform Friday night and also return on Saturday as part of the judging panel for the ball's world famous costume contests. Other headliners include Peaches, Vau De Vire Society, Donald Glaude, Bubba Sparxxx, Tera Patrick, Danny Bonaduce, The Spyderz, Mini Kiss, Charlie Brechtel, Ron Reeser, JT The Bigga Figga, Ambition, Black Betty and the Bad Habits, Doxy, The Unathorized, Violet Blue, Raquel Devine, Rubberela (rubber, latex, bondage queen), Rubber Rebecca (more rubber, bondage and flesh), Surreal Devil Girls, Ancilla Tilia (more fetish, rubber, & kink), and The Maxwell Multiple Climax. Porn stars, strippers, bondage performers and fetish artists include: Sunny Lane, Nikki Benz, Alexis Amore, Sydnee Steele, Trina Michaels, Stephanie Swift, Joanna Angel, Lisa Sparxxx, Ryder Skye, Kim Chambers, slave girl Sinnamon Love, Holly Stevens, Roxy Jezel, Lela Starr, Heather Gates, Roxy Lee, Alexis Malone, AnneMarie Rios, Kim Kane, Naked Chippendale Men, Plus the strutting Russian stripper, Leonid the Magnificent (remember him from America's Got Talent?). Ages 18 and over admitted to Expo, 21 and over for Ball. For information and ticket pricing, call 415-567-BALL (2255) or visit the Exotic Erotic Ball website.
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THE EXOTIC EROTIC EXPO 2007
http://www.exoticeroticexpo.com/index2.html
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EXOTIC FASHION, EROTIC ART, SEXY PRODUCT, PLUS ADULT TOYS, GAMES, WEBSITES, & NOVELTIES
and featuring live performances by
LEONID THE MAGNIFICENT,
REBECCA, RUBBERELLA, ANCILLA TILIA, and CHIPPENDALE'S
with
SPIKE & MIKE'S SICK & TWISTED
FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION,
BRANDON MAXWELL & THE MAXWELL MULTIPLE CLIMAX,
FIRST AMENDMENT PANEL DISCUSSIONS, TERA PATRICK, SUNNY LANE,
RAQUEL DEVINE & FRIENDS | |
| GET YOUR TICKETS NOW ! |
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SESSION 1: Friday afternoon, October 26, 2007, from 2PM to 6PM
Tickets are $20. TO GET YOUR TICKET NOW, CLICK HERE | |
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SESSION 2: Friday evening, October 26, 2007, from 7PM to 11PM
(includes Snoop Dogg live benefit performance)
Tickets are $35. TO GET YOUR TICKET NOW, CLICK HERE | |
SESSION 3: Saturday afternoon, October 27, 2007, from Noon to 6PM
Tickets are $20. TO GET YOUR TICKET NOW, CLICK HERE |
| SEE YOU AT THE EXPO! |
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Hotline # 415-567-BALL
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Leonid The Magnificent & Leo-Leopatra dancers
perform at a wedding in New York, Oct 10 2007.
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Gene Simmons -- Butt of the Joke
Posted Oct 1st 2007 2:36PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Wacky and Weird  Shannon Tweed better keep an eye on her man, because Gene Simmons has a wandering eye -- toward flamboyant, tall, built men.
TMZ was at Beacher's Madhouse this past weekend at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas, where the KISS bassist was a special guest. Looking completely uncomfortable, Simmons was pulled onstage by a practically naked Leonid the Magnificent (remember him from "America's Got Talent"?) and the awkward ass-grabbing began.
Enjoy! Gene sure didn't.
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FROM LEONID'S LATEST MYSPACE BULLETIN!!
Sep 21, 2007 1730hr EST http://bulletins.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=bulletin.read&messageID=4462193289&MyToken=d87940c1-a181-49b1-bc38-78eed77fbc9b
Hello, my friends.
first i'd like to say big thank you to all of you and all your letters and coments, love and moral support.
you never put me down and that what really helps me to be a performer. your love.
some of you asked me where they could see me...
and you got so upset because the most job i do right now it is private events and corporate shows without ticket sale for public...
this is great news for you who lives on the west side of USA.
i will be a guest artist for this couple shows in Las Vegas sep 29. and maybe nov. 9 in Hard Rock hotel and casino. comedy show "Beacher's mad house" in conset hall "Joint" in front of 2.500-3.000 people
and oct. 27 in exotic erotic ball in San Francisco. where i will be again like a speshial guest and i will do couple of my acts and songs during the night on the big stage in front of ................ 10.000-15.000 peple! WOW!!!!!
yes i am scared too.
big hug to you all.
your friend Leonid
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| Made in Manhattan - Call me prissy, but shouldn’t there be a disclaimer? |
| Nadine Rubin |
Published:Sep 30, 2007 |
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Call it nightclub fatigue, but it’s taken me a year to check out ...
Hammerstein told reporters that “surprise and spectacle” is what is missing from New York nightlife.
The days of Studio 54 are long gone in this fast-gentrifying city that’s practically overrun by investment bankers. Clubbing in New York (aside from South African Jamie Mulholland’s two venues, Cain and Goldbar) is one big yawn. So the idea of a concert hall-
cum- cabaret venue offering eccentric entertainment is alluring to say the least. Hammerstein
described it thus to BlackBook magazine: “One minute you’re sitting at the Stork Club, the next
you’re in an East Berlin train station.”
The Box also has an all-star “artistic board” — Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Josh Lucas and Julia Stiles —
so it’s no surprise that celebrities are in regular attendance. In March, pre-rehab Lindsay Lohan was
there with Law and his pals Sean Penn and Tim Robbins.
Hammerstein’s former paramour is the model-turned-singer and filmmaker Karen Elson, so she’s a
regular. And Uma Thurman attended a birthday party there where Leonid the Magnificent, a 2m-tall
Russian-born gymnast, performed in turquoise platform boots and a red- sequined G-string with a
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http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index.php?qid=20070915203211AA8Dp01Most Beautiful Men?? Sep 15, 2007
1. Jacoby Haddix or Mikey Way
2. Jeffree Star or Leonid the Magnificent
3. Ray Toro or Burt McCracken
4. Orlando Bloom or Henry Caville
5. Billie Joe Armstrong or Tre Cool
6. Gerard Way or Frank Iero
In case you're at all interested, here's my opinion on these.
1. Jacoby Haddix [sorry Mikey!]
2. Leonid the Magnificent
3. Burt McCracken
4. Orlando Bloom
5. Billie Joe
6. Gerard Way [sorry Frankie! I still love you! XD]
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Oct 31st 2007
On Halloween night, Leonid The Magnificent performed at Diablo's Cantina, Monte Carlo Casino & Hotel, Las Vegas.
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Later that same evening, Leonid was personally invited by Paris Hilton the following party which she hosted:
Paris Hilton hosts “Very Sexy Halloween Costume Party” at the LAX Nightclub inside the Luxor Hotel. LAX‘s Halloween fright fest was one not to be missed with $20,000 in cash prizes for the guests decked out in the sexiest or scariest costumes.
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http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index.php?qid=20070915203211AA8Dp01
Most Beautiful Men?? Sep 15, 2007
1. Jacoby Haddix or Mikey Way
2. Jeffree Star or Leonid the Magnificent
3. Ray Toro or Burt McCracken
4. Orlando Bloom or Henry Caville
5. Billie Joe Armstrong or Tre Cool
6. Gerard Way or Frank Iero
In case you're at all interested, here's my opinion on these.
1. Jacoby Haddix [sorry Mikey!]
2. Leonid the Magnificent
3. Burt McCracken
4. Orlando Bloom
5. Billie Joe
6. Gerard Way [sorry Frankie! I still love you! XD]
I was watching America's Got Talent and there was this Russian guy Leonid the Magnificent.  The bejewelled, pink-winged, shirtless giant He botched his attempt to balance a sword or something, and Hasselhoff and the other guy said something involving NO!!!, christmas tree and dangerous. Then, at Brandy's request, Leonid returned and started pleading for a second chance, and surprise surprise the two male judges changed their minds. He's definitely got talent though, compared to Michelle L'Amour.
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HAPPY ROSH HASHANAH!! Sep6, 2007
Leonid The Magnificent & Leo-Leopatra performs
'Hava Nagila' at jewish wedding & bar-mitzvah, Aug 2007.
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Today, I was tuning in to America's Got Talent (admittedly, a show that could have bombed badly like 'Do you Think I'm Hot?" but somehow comes across as surprisingly riveting).
As usual, there were indeed the unquestionable talents a.k.a the great singers and even greater acrobats/jugglers.
And then there where the comic-reliefs that are mandatory to keep ratings up.
But then, came a particular contestant that as much as he looked like another joke, was touchingly heartfelt, and won the judges over (eventually) and certainly the audience.
Leonid The Magnificent, the sword-balancing act, from Brooklyn ,NY, though I am certain he's Greek from his features and accent.
Dressed like a Victoria's Secret angel with testosterone overload at best (he's actually a good-looker sans the make-up of cos), and Mr Gay-Pride Day meets Bavarian fruit cake at worst (actually scoff if you like but seriously, it ain't all that bad, me thinks ), he went on his act with gusto and won Brandy over. But needless to say, the other two male judges were non-too-impressed (more likely distracted or turned-off).
Well, sincerity and real talent was still the focus of the show, so at the end of the segment, Brandy pleaded for Leonid to be called back for another round of deliberation (or potential humiliation ; Bad Bad Brandy) .
This was the punch line for possibly the entire season of this freak-talent show; what Leonid said (and what a tear jerk er .. sent the audience bawling) :
“Yes, for you I’m Christmas Tree, but for somebody else I can be a God.”
Piers decided to change his mind and give him one more chance. He was in .
I salute Leonid. :o)
Just go easy on the colors and boas next time ok? ...
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Capital Times (a New Zealand newspaper)
Columns - Tube Talk
America’s Got Talent (season 1, recently shown in NZ)1 August 2007
... “This is a talent show, not a freak show,” they reprimanded a Polish guy who could balance an oven on his jaw. (Truly , one of the great ironies of our time is that most of the contestants on America’s Got Talent are from either Eastern Europe, or Central or South America.) Four more minutes of watching that particular gentleman carrying a household appliance in his mouth would have been infinitely more bearable than the punk-lite mewlings of a band from Texas. More fun was the towering (6’4”) Leonid “the Magnificent” Filatov.
Leonid arrived on stage clad in angel wings, glitter, behemoth Boots of Bombast and not a lot else. He then proceeded to do… well, not much, really. “You may look magnificent, but that won’t cut it,” Piers told him as Leonid’s orbs filled with tears. It is worth noting that many members of the audience were also crying. “For 33 years, all my life, I have been waiting to come on this stage and show who I am and what I can do!” he cried, his whole body quivering with emotion. Normally that would be an exaggeration, but since I could see bits of Leonid’s body not even death will be able to erase from my mind’s eye, you can take that as a statement of fact. “To you, I am just Christmas tree, but to someone else, I could be a god!” Whoa, steady there Leonid. Whichever god you could be was probably dropped from the Pantheon post-haste upon the death of the Emperor Glamorous. Predictably, the audience’s championing of the underpoodle – and the patronage of the Hoff – saw Leonid through to the next round. ... http://www.captimes.co.nz/column/24/n/1382/AmericasGotTalent.boss
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Voting Station
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Leonid the Magnificent Annoying / Not / Undecided
TV Reality Show Contestant
The Resume
(1973- )
Born in Russian Federation
Birth name is Leonid Filatov
Performer at Beacher’s Madhouse in Las Vegas
Appeared on ‘America’s Got Talent’ seasons 1 and 2
Drag performer/dancer/acrobat
Why he might be annoying
He screwed up during both ‘America’s Got Talent’ auditions (dropped a sword in season one; got his headgear tangled up in his harness in season two) but was passed through anyway.
David Hasselhoff walked off in protest after he passed to the second round in season two.
His outfits are flamboyantly over the top.
There is a hoax MySpace page under his name.
Why he might not be annoying
He graduated from a Russian circus school.
Piers Morgan gave him a second chance during season one because he admired Leonid’s passion.
He told Hasselhoff to go to hell.
He received a Premio Arte Award as ‘Extravagant Artist of the Year.’ (2005)
He said of America, ‘There’s real freedom here and I like it.’
Credit: C. Fishel
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
A year ago when I watched America's Got Talent, I must say I was surprised when I first saw Leonid the Magnificent. To be honest, his act didn't seem that polished when he first started the competition. Further, Leonid and I couldn't be greater polar opposites in many ways. But, after his performance, I saw something in Leonid that I admired, qualities that I admire perhaps most of all--courage, raw emotion, pride and dignity. It was a strange mix, but when I saw Leonid the Magnificent face the judges and literally demand that they recognize him for who he is, I admired him and respected him.
I also felt that America had come a long way in respecting individual differences and even though he did not win the competition, the fact that he progressed for a while in an America that seemed to embrace him, restored some of my faith in mankind.
Tonight, there was a failure, not Leonid's but that of the judges. I felt that many of the contestants that advanced had far-less star quality and I also had hoped that Leonid would be given a chance to show America that he was the winner of the competition. I felt that the judges should have forgotten about creating a balanced finale and given Leonid a chance to compete to the end, giving America the opportunity to vote to decide if he was perhaps the greatest talent present.
--The Clever Cynic
July 4th 2007, Featured on What The Buck show!!
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" .. This week Leonid The Magnificent came back. You may recall him from last season, the glittered and the SUPERGAY Russian who did a split while jamming a big sword in his mouth... I know, nice family show, NBC!!
Well last season he got sent home before the finals after doing a dance with a big box.. I know, unfair.. So this year he came back with a SUPER-BUTCH act dressed in silver glitter and wearing Michael-Jackson-'Thriller' eyes, whipping two females, juggling and doing cartwheels.
Sharon and Piers said 'Yes!'. The Hoff said if Leonid went through, he would leave the show. Oh puhleeze, David, don't go and disappoint your FAN.... like that's gonna happen.. "
June 30, 2007
http://nz.entertainment.yahoo.com//070627/6/qdi.htmlWednesday June 27, 08:20 PM
What hassles The Hoff...
By Splash
A seven-foot tall drag queen made David Hasselhoff quit as a judge on America's Got Talent.
Glitter-coated performer 'Leonid The Magnificent' put the willies up the 'Baywatch' actor so much so that he threatened fellow judges Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne: "It's either him or me."
The Hoff fumed that Leonid's camp performance should earn him a place in a mental institution and not the next round of the show.
Hasselhoff said: "No, no, no, no. If he is put through I quit."
Leonid, 34, replied: "I get so sick to beg people to accept me. I will never give up my dreams. Go to hell - I know who I am."
The response impressed the shows other judges.
"I've got to be honest and say you are putting on a show for us that was oddly enjoyable while slightly terrifying. I say yes," said Piers Morgan.
Sharon Osbourne then gave the performer his ticket to the show's next round in Las Vegas.
Osbourne said: "I'd just like to say you are truly magnificent. I could see you heading up the next gay parade in New York. You would be fantastic. Yes."
As Osbourne gave her deciding vote Hasselhoff made good on his threat, got up and left the stage.
"I'm going to leave the show," he said.
"He belongs in a mental institution. You can be out of your mind and get into the next round - I mean what is the point?"
The 'Knight Rider' star returned later in the auditions after he was coaxed back from his dressing room by audience chants begging him to return to the stage.
NEW YORK magazine, February 4, 2007
What's in the Box? Young Simon Hammerstein is bringing' back vaudeville (of a sort) for ourgilded age. By William Van Meter
"... The socialite Fabiola Beracasa is throwing a birthday party for her boyfriend, Jason Beckman, and 1 a. m. the lights dim and everyone races to the railing to watch Leonid the Magnificent, a Russian-born gymnast. Euro-disco thumps from the speakers, and Leonid emerges with two blonde dancers in corsets. He is six-seven and is wearing turquise platform boots, a red-sequened G-string with a swinging racoon tail, and nothing else except makeup. After a series of gimnastic gyrations, Leonid whips out three silver hula hoops and whirls in them simultaneously. "Simon, it was amazing. So beautiful," says Uma Thurman, who came with her boyfriend, the hotelier Andre Balazs, to check out the space. |
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Uma Thurman and Leonid The Magnificent
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