Franz Harary signing autographs after a recent performance of his Mega Magic show that is currently playing at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City. Harary continues to present large-scale illusion shows with the most creative magic you will see. The show is scheduled to run through September 6, 2007. (8/4/07: Photo by Meir Yedid).

Card shark
Sports Illustrated - Nurturing a talent in college sports into a full-time, profitable career is hard enough, but a profession out of locker-room antics -- can it be done? Rick Smith, Jr. is not only a professional magician, he holds the world record for furthest card ...
Publ.Date: 30 Jul 07 21:38:00 UTC

The Yorkshire man who taught Houdini to make an elephant disappear
Daily Mail - Harry Houdini strode across the stage of the New York Hippodrome. It was 1918 and a crowd of over 5,000 had gathered in the vast auditorium to watch the great Hungarian-born escapologist and magician perform a feat billed as the world's most ...
Publ.Date: 30 Jul 07 23:04:00 UTC

Scharff Weisberg Works Magic For Criss Angel's Latest Hair-Raising Escape Attempt (Broadcast Newsroom)
DMN Newswire--2007-7-30--Scharff Weisberg supported GMR Marketing LLC with an array of display, audio, lighting and control equipment for the live webcast and future telecast of Criss Angel’s cement block demonstration in Times Square.
Publ.Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:27:50 GMT

Ladue Magician on Two National TV Shows - KSDK
I was at Children's Hospital, downtown, and at one point this magician cam and did a show in the children's activity area. You know I hadn't really seen a ...
Publ.Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:00:11 GMT

Cigarette ban makes magician's act tricky
Scotsman - HE has fired up audiences in clubs and theatres across England by smoking an entire packet of cigarettes - all at once. Television illusionist Pete Firman had no hesitation in carrying on his act when the smoking ban came in south of the Border. An ...
Publ.Date: 01 Aug 07 12:39:00 UTC

Native American Tamaka is a modern-day Merlin
Pacifica Tribune - Tamaka, Pacifica's main magician and one of the few Native American magicians in the world, likes to shop at Misdirections Magic Shop in the Sunset district in San Francisco. Today, he is buying a special white powder that helps him turn liquids into ...
Publ.Date: 01 Aug 07 19:06:00 UTC

Magic kept Blaine from getting bounced
AZCentral.com - David Blaine used magic tricks to stop himself from being thrown out of a nightclub. The magician was reportedly asked to leave a Hamptons nightclub after drunkenly downing drinks belonging to two ladies he didn't know, and then smashing the glasses ...
Publ.Date: 02 Aug 07 16:34:00 UTC

e C e n t r a l (The Star Online)
There are certain things about magicians that draw us to them. AMERICAN illusionist Criss Angel recently encased himself in a concrete box and escaped after it crashed to the ground.
Publ.Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:49:59 GMT

Magic in the air in Colon (The Kalamazoo Gazette)
COLON -- When the recorded music for the opening act of the magic festival here on Wednesday night quit after the first few seconds -- leaving magician Romaine in limbo -- show organist Wilma Rench's instincts took over.
Publ.Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:59:11 GMT

Afternoon show's safe but fun for families (Las Vegas Sun)
Tim Gabrielson is a self-admitted dork from Minnesota. "When I first started in this business I was very arrogant," the 34-year-old magician of "Keep It Funny" says. "I didn't know who I was. I was insecure and so was arrogant to cover up the insecurity. I'm a dork now.
Publ.Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:20:33 GMT

Magician amazes audience - Marion Chronicle Tribune
After uttering magic words and a few witty comments, magician CR Ryan had his amused and amazed audience spellbound. ...
Publ.Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:12:43 GMT

The Sleight Favourite - Scotsman
THE magician edged up to Anthea Turner's table and asked her to lend him a ring. The ex-GMTV star looked at him suspiciously but then, ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:40:47 GMT

Young magician to perform in Commerce City - YourHub.com
Trent is a 22-year-old magician and Boulder native that has been making headlines nationwide the past couple of years. It all started at the age of nine ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:57:37 GMT