Plenty of Magic to Go Around - The Rafu Shimpo
If you live in Hollywood, you are either an actor or wannabe actor. In Las Vegas many want to be a magician. There are more magicians per capita here than anywhere else. Almost every revue will include a magician in the program and if a magician becomes well known, they get to star in their own show....
Publ.Date : Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:52:23 GMT+00:00

Monkey See, Monkey Pee! on Kim Kardashian! - Ok Magazine
“I stopped by Katalyst while Ashton Kutcher was filming! They had this little monkey that the magician, Dynamo, made appear! I thought he was really cute at first, but then he peed on me!! Ashton said the monkey had pooped on him, so I didn’t feel too bad, haha. Gross little monkey! This magician was amazing, though. He did the craziest card tricks!”...
Publ.Date : Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:23:00 GMT

Chit-Chat: Terry Evanswood conjures pure magic - Suburban Life Publications
Before he heads back to enchant his hometown, we caught up with magician Terry Evanswood at his theater in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., where he is the longest-running headliner in town. He put a special visitor on the phone, none other than the assistant for whom legendary magician Harry Blackstone Sr. created the illusion that forever dubbed her the “Elusive Moth.”..
Publ.Date : Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:07:18 GMT+00:00

Young magicians conjure extravaganza at Snow Goose - KTUU
The Alaska Magic Kids held their annual Holiday Magic Extravaganza Sunday. This is the 11th year for the show, which began at Cyrano's Playhouse before moving to the Snow Goose Restaurant....
Publ.Date : Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:06:30 GMT+00:00

Ice cold: Magician attempts to break ice cube record - NECN
An Israeli magician entered a sub-zero ice cube in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, and was intent on staying there until midnight New Year's Eve. Twenty-nine year-old Hezi Din is attempting to break a record set by American magician ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:34:00 GMT

Magician's talent no illusion - Suburban Life Publications
When Paul Lee got his first magic kit for Christmas at age 10, he immediately set to work trying to learn the tricks. “It was a little difficult in the beginning, but with practice and persistence I was able to master the kit,” he said...
Publ.Date : Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:06:39 GMT+00:00

Carl Kasell: After 30 Years, A Chance To Sleep In - NPR News
Carl Kasell's tenure at NPR has also included several off-air gigs as a magician. In two of his most memorable appearances, he entertained audiences at a public radio conference and a staff party. But he refuses to admit to being good at it. "Well, competent, let's say, in some illusions," is how he describes his abilities....
Publ.Date : Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:42:00 GMT

Hypno Magik (New York Times)
Sweet Caroline's presents Justin Tranz. One of the top comic hypnotists in the business, Tranz headlined the Las Vegas strip for a decade, and has been seen on The Tonight Show, MTV, VH1, BET and more.
Publ.Date : Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:36:57 GM

7th grade magician Luke Mouton wows Carthage Kiwanis club members - Carthage Press
He danced around a room with a floating table, actually made a saxophone using playing cards connected only by his fingers, and with hand gestures flamed for several seconds a black leather wallet....
Publ.Date : Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:58:00 GMT

Magic Man's Craft Perfected at Austin, Great Wall - MyFox Houston
Ramon Galindo's 80-year magical tour began at the age of 8, when under the dim light of a kerosene lamp his father, Tomas, produced a rubber rat, set it on the kitchen table and watched it scurry about the hard surface and in and out ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Criss Angel Starts Gay Bashing At Believe - Fashion
We've just gotten word that earlier this month, there was an incident at Criss Angel's Vegas gig that pissed off a lot of people. During one of his Cirque De Soleil performances, Angel performed a trick in which he asked an audience member to think of a word as he would read the person's mind. Whether the trick is conjured by the use of a paid actor or actual magical skill doesn't really matter. Either way, the word "read" from the participant's thoughts that evening sent some of the company into an angry rage. The phrase, which was theatrically written out in huge lettering on banner for the entire audience to see, was "faggot."...
Publ.Date : Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Chill-Blaine no match for icy Israeli - Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Hezi Dean, 29, had himself sealed into a specially constructed transparent ice cube in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, where he apparently stayed for nearly three days wearing just jeans and a thin T-shirt. At the stroke of the New Year, assistants cut open the ice block and removed a weak-looking Dean, taking him straight to a waiting ambulance, according to an AFP photographer. His condition was not immediately clear....
Publ.Date : Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:40:00 GMT

Israeli magician greets 2010 with new iceman world record - Haaretz.com
An Israeli magician set a new world record late Thursday night by spending 64 hours inside a block of ice, surpassing the previous mark set by American illusionist David Blaine. Hezi Dayan emerged to a new year after speeding 64 hours inside an eight ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:54:00 GMT

Israeli magician Hezi Dayan breaks David Blaine's record time in ice ... - New York Daily News
Compared to Israeli magician Hezi Dayan, David Blaine leaves us cold. The Middle Eastern illusionist spent 66 hours in an eight-ton block of ice, three hours longer than Blaine managed in a similar condition nine years ago....
Publ.Date : Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:20:00 GMT

Be a Phenomenon: New DVD Teaches How to Become a Mentalist - YAHOO!
Ask a kid what he wanted to be: A mentalist, a magician or a mindreader will be his answer. 2009 TV shows were full of the ancient acts that were so popular in the biblical era. All these supernatural shows have been making it big in the industry as ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:31:00 GMT

New Windsor students go around the world via magician's tales of ... - Times Herald-Record
The magic and wonder of magician Joe Keppel graced the auditorium at New Windsor Elementary School recently, much to the delight of students and teachers....
Publ.Date : Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:57:00 GMT

Magician dentist uses skills to give back (ABC 7 Chicago)
For 20 years, a Chicago-area dentist has been using his amazing magic skills to give back to his community. He also has a special magic program for children who are deaf and hard of hearing. There are no communication barriers when it comes to magic. Dr. Mark Kaschube's magic workshop has given deaf and hard of hearing pre-teens a chance to showcase their real talents.
Publ.Date : Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:44:46 GMT

His success is no illusion: Jonesville High graduate Kevin James making mark ... - The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com
If you want to meet the president of the United States, you could try winning a major award, becoming a war hero or simply crashing a state dinner. Or you could always cut a man in half on national television. That was the trick for magician Kevin James, a 1980 Jonesville High School graduate....
Publ.Date : Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:41:31 GMT+00:00