Do not adjust your monitors, you are not seeing things. Yes, that really is Criss Angel. Not that he was handsome and debonair before, but he’s sporting the full-on beard look. He was in Las Vegas on the 14th to receive the 2008 Merlin Award for ‘Magician Of The Year’ by the International Magicians Society.

What do you think? Scary or artsy?

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How does this guy do it?  Just two short months after marrying Rick Salomon between her twice nightly Las Vegas magic shows, Pamela Anderson gave onlookers at LAX nightclub reason to believe that the magic between herself & her latest hubby has already faded.

The Baywatch star was spotted getting a bit cozier with Criss than most married men would wish for. The two canoodled as Angel, who has been tied to the likes of Britney Spears & Lindsay Lohan in the recent past, whispered into Pam’s ear as he showed her a few tricks.

Also making appearances at the Vegas hotspot were Pam’s boss, Hans Klok, along with Jenna Jameson, who spent her time cuddling with UFC fighter, Tito Ortiz.

Illusionist Criss Angel pulled out of the Britney’s VMA performance after she wouldn’t put in enough effort.

Escapologist Criss Angel did what he does best when it came to assessing Britney Spears’s notorious Sept. 9 performance on the MTV Video Music Awards: He skirted the question.

“Were you embarrassed for her?” Larry King, on his Tuesday night CNN show, asked Angel, who had helped Spears with her VMA number, “Gimme More” – for which she ended up roundly criticized.

“I understand what she goes through in her life – she lives under a microscope, and it’s unbelievable to see – it’s difficult to watch,” answered Angel, 39.

“I really feel for her, I want the best for her, I want her to feel complete, and if she’s happy with her performance I guess that’s what matters,” the Mindfreak mentalist said.

As for how his involvement with the troubled pop star came about, Angel explained, “I was asked by my manager, who was also managing her career for a short time, to help put something together.”

As far as rehearsals went, “Everybody loved what we came up with, but it required a tremendous amount of work and dedication that Britney decided to not want to put forth and do something that she felt would be better suited for her,” Angel said.

He also denied rumors that he and Spears had been romantically involved, and said that he’s just “friends” with both Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.

He did, however, cop to having dated Cameron Diaz whom he calls “an amazing human being” with a “heart of gold.”