Boris Wild receiving his guest of honor plaque from Obie O'Brien at the 38th annual FFFF Convention (Fechter's Finger Flicking Frolic) on Friday April 25, 2008 in Batavia, New York. The FFFF Convention is the first magic convention dedicated to close-up magic. (4/28/08: Photo by Meir Yedid).

Minister to turn magician - Newindpress
T'PURAM: Electricity Minister AKBalan will be found in the role of a magician on Monday at Kanakakkunnu, the starting point of a blindfold motorbike journey ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:49:08 GMT

VH1 Begins Search for the Ultimate Celebrity Sorcerer on ... - BuddyTV
With the help of their professional magician partners, the celebrity contestants try to master street magic, children's magic, comedy magic, cabaret magic, ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:15:04 GMT

St Kilda school puts on a spellbinding show - Caulfield Glen Eira Leader
For the past three weeks student cast members have been working with a professional magician Glenn the MagicMan Hamilton learning the tricks of the trade, ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:20:42 GMT

World Famous Illusionist Comes To Blackfoot - LocalNews8.com
Their show is one of the biggest traveling illusions shows around, second only to David Copperfield . Six-year-old Morgan Breshears just had to have a magic ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:43:58 GMT

Is Breath-Holding Hazardous to Your Brain? - New York Times Blogs
"The Oprah Winfrey Show" is promoting David Blaine's appearance this Wednesday as a death-defying feat, which is not quite the way scientists (or Mr. ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:51:13 GMT

David Blaine - People Magazine
Magician David Blaine is taking to The Oprah Winfrey Show on Wednesday in hopes of breaking a major world record. Known for his risky illusions, this time, ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:05:13 GMT

Magician Blaine Aims To Break World Record On Oprah - WBBM
CHICAGO (AP) -- Magician David Blaine is going to try to break a world record during a live broadcast of tomorrow's "Oprah Winfrey Show'' in Chicago. Blaine plans to hold his breath under water for more than 16 minutes and 32 seconds, which is the ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:19:00 GMT

David Blaine Unleashes Underwater Training Footage - Entertainmentwise
David Blaine will hold his breath under water for more than 16 minutes and 14 seconds in an attempt to break the world record, and in anticipation for this ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:39:14 GMT

Chicks dig magic tricks (The Lantern)
Magician and comic Michael Kent uses a deck of cards, rubber chicken and Merissa Edin, a sophomore in biology, for one of his signature magic tricks during a show put on by OUAB in Hagerty Hall Monday.
Publ.Date : Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:30:16 GMT

Mind games - Barnstable - Register
Such shops were where young magicians learned new tricks, and met magicians . Once in 1944, when he was 17, he went there to buy a set of steel rings. ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:59:53 GMT

David Blaine's next stunt to be conducted on Winfrey's show - NPR News
Magician David Blaine poses for a photo Tuesday, April 29, 2008, in Chicago. Blaine will attempt to break a record for holding one's breath under water Wednesday, April 30 during a live broadcast of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." The current record is 16 ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:51:00 GMT

David Blaine aims to break record on "Oprah" - MSNBC
CHICAGO - He spent 44 days suspended from a glass box by the River Thames in London. He was buried alive for a week in a see-through coffin in New York. Magician David Blaine's latest feat of endurance likely will last less than 17 minutes, but he ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:41:00 GMT

Magician David Blaine To Attempt World Record On "The Oprah ... - AHN
Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - Magician David Blaine is bringing his magic to the set of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Blaine will attempt his latest feat of endurance ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:34:42 GMT

Tricks are for kids - Columbus Dispatch
For some real magic, you need the likes of Doug Henning or David Copperfield . A good sleight-of-hand trick -- even if you know it's a trick -- can suspend ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:55:15 GMT

Young Magicians appear on Saxe stage - New Canaan Advertiser
The Society of Young Magicians , Bill Andrews Assembly #42, will hold its 20th annual magic show, "Future Stars of Magic," Saturday, May 3, at Saxe Middle ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:03:42 GMT

Magician to attempt breaking world record (Independent Online)
Magician David Blaine's latest feat of endurance will likely last less than 17 minutes, but he's planning to do it in front of talk show queen Oprah Winfrey - and her audience of millions.
Publ.Date : Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:33:45 GMT

Magician Blaine breaks world record for holding one's breath - Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO - Magician David Blaine set a new world record Wednesday for breath-holding -- 17 minutes and 4 seconds -- fulfilling what he said was "a lifelong dream." The feat was broadcast live during "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and the studio audience ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:12:00 GMT

Q&A: TIME Talks to David Blaine - Time
He performs less than once a year on average, but David Blaine's is the most harrowing of jobs. The master magician-cum-"endurance specialist" has earned worldwide renown by pushing the limits of the human body. He's buried himself alive for a week ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 01 May 2008 23:20:00 GMT

How David Blaine Held His Breath - TIME
David Blaine sits a top a sphere where he set a new world record for breath-holding, Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at 17 minutes and 4.4 seconds, during a live ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 01 May 2008 22:56:20 GMT

Godmen can't do any better than magicians - Livemint
They were all frauds, he said, failed magicians , seeking to con an unsuspecting public. Each time I point to the parallels with Sai Baba, I am vilified by ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 01 May 2008 18:51:33 GMT

Roberts Group Presents David Copperfield - HULIQ (press release)
World-renowned illusionist and magician, David Copperfield , will perform in the critically acclaimed spectacle of magic and entertainment, ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 02 May 2008 08:44:32 GMT

Society of Magicians to put on spellbinding show - Knaresborough Today
Harrogate Society of Magicians will be putting on a two hour, fun-filled extravaganza featuring, among others, well-known local entertainers Bob's Your ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 02 May 2008 14:01:34 GMT

Battle of Magicians finale is today at Palace - Canton Repository (subscription)
The International Battle of Magicians , now in its 17th year, bills itself as "the fun convention." This soon became apparent as I eavesdropped on ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 04 May 2008 04:19:53 GMT

A magical little film from Singapore (The Star)
A simple and honest tale about a magician and his son is the subject of a modest Singaporean movie that is up for the biggest prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Publ.Date : Sun, 04 May 2008 00:32:43 GMT

David Blaine insists "I'm the reincarnation of Gandalf" - The Spoof (satire)
Magic man David Blaine has made an outrageous claim saying he is "the reincarnation of Gandalf The Great". Whilst appearing on Oprah Winfrey last night, ... As David Blaine breaks the record for holding his breath we find ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 04 May 2008 17:13:29 GMT