After the failure of the musical '' Hairspray '' at Luxor , MGM Mirage signed with Cirque to install a new show for the theater by 2008 , the sixth Cirque show on The Strip . That show became the partnership with Angel , which was formally announced on March 22 , 2008 , in a press conference with MGM Mirage and Cirque executives , and Angel that included an awkward speech by the latter . The title was announced in a press release on April 17 . During this period , Angel received bad press from incidents during the Miss USA 2008 contest . After his then-girlfriend , Miss Nevada , was eliminated , Angel was filmed on NBC giving the finger ; afterward he threatened '' Las Vegas Review-Journal '' gossip columnist Norm Clarke over negative press regarding his actions earlier in the competition : Angel told Clarke , who had an eye removed and wears an eyepatch , " Do n't ever write another word about me , or you 'll need an eyepatch over your other eye . " Angel refused to apologize and later denied the incident ever occurred , despite an assertions from several including the '' Review-Journal '' 's publisher
Miss USA 2008
Miss USA 2008
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