Cirque du Soleil founder ready for tricks in space
Orlando Sentinel
A former stiltwalker and fire-eater stole NASA’s show Thursday, saying he’ll be “like a kid in a candy store” experimenting with zero-gravity tricks on his upcoming tourist trip to the international space station.
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Guy Laliberté gives a video update on his training for his space tourism visit to ISS.
Guy Laliberte’s $35 million space tourism joyride could save him $10 million in online gambling losses because he’s too busy training to lose money.
Halperin, Cirque step up legal duel over Laliberté bio
CBC News
The author of an unauthorized biography of Cirque du Soleil’s founder says he plans to file a $500,000 lawsuit against the Montreal circus troupe and Guy Laliberté, according to a report in Le Journal de Montréal.
A few choice exceprts from Ian Halperin’s new book, Guy Laliberté: The Fabulous Story of the Creator of Cirque du Soleil. The unauthorized biography recounts the drug, sex and hooker filled parties thrown by the Canadian billionaire, who is set to fly to the International Space Station in September. The excepts were published in the Canadian weekly Maclean’s.
One of his close friends, “Jake,†recalls when Robert De Niro attended in 2001 while in town shooting the film The Score, which turned out to be legendary star Marlon Brando’s last flick before he died. De Niro was known for dating beautiful black women. “I rounded up the hottest black strippers, prostitutes and models in Montreal and invited them to Guy’s party,†Jake reveals. “Guy likes to do anything and everything to please his guests. He wants them to have the time of their lives at his parties. If he knows a special guest likes Italian wine, he’ll have the most expensive bottles flown in. These are bottles you’d never be able to get at a liquor store in Montreal. Guy pays attention to detail in everything he does. And he spares no expense.â€
From stilt-walker to private space explorer
Toronto Globe and Mail
The billionaire who launched a high-flying circus act into a global entertainment powerhouse is said to be setting his personal sights even higher: Outer space.
