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Amazing Race Sneak Peek: David Copperfield Brings the Magic in Death-Defying Finale Task..

Amazing Race Sneak Peek: David Copperfield Brings the Magic in Death-Defying Finale Task..

The Amazing Race? More like The Great Escape!

Sunday’s All-Stars finale (8/7c, CBS) will take a magical turn when the final three teams — Dave and Connor, Caroline and Jen, and Brendon and Rachel — are faced with a death-defying task designed by none other than David Copperfield.

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“I love the show. I wish I could watch it more. I have a long-term relationship with CBS … and they came to me about doing something since [the finale’s] in Vegas and I was completely on board,” Copperfield tells TVGuide.com. “The challenge was we had to come up with something unique and difficult that could be done three times for each team and not be boring.”

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A Magician Reappears in Queens, 50 Years After World’s Fair..

A Magician Reappears in Queens, 50 Years After World’s Fair..

By Keith Williams for The Wall Street Journal/ Metropolis..

Emmanuel Kamarados could talk for hours on the finer points of illusion: the planning, the technique, the showmanship. But in describing his reasons for going to the 1964 World’s Fair in Queens, he used one word.

“Destiny,” said the 73-year-old, who may be better known as Kamarr, the quick-tongued magician who has appeared dozens of times on David Letterman‘s late night shows, often upstaging his host. “When I heard there was going to be a Greek pavilion, I thought, ‘Boom. That’s my cue.’”

Already popular in his native country – he grew up on the island of Kalymnos – Mr. Kamarados, like several other illusionists, got his first real international exposure at Flushing Meadows.

Kamarr will return to the area around the Unisphere Saturday evening, when he’ll be honored at a magic event at the Queens Theatre in the Park…

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Penn Jillette – 24 Tricks of the Trade..

Penn Jillette – 24 Tricks of the Trade..

  By Mike Andrelczyk for Fly Magazine..

Penn & Teller have been performing magic together for nearly 40 years. You know their act – Penn does all the talking, and his partner, Teller, remains silent during the duo’s performances.

Their show is a postmodern take on magic; it’s both about how magic tricks work and a “screw-you” (Penn would use the F-word) to hack magicians who try to fool the audiences into believing in the supernatural. Penn & Teller perform their comedy and magic at the Strand-Capitol this month, so we called Penn at his Las Vegas home, nicknamed “The Slammer.”

In this interview, we made the questions disappear and let Penn do what he does best – all the talking. Here, he pulls back the curtain to reveal some of the secrets of magic and life…

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