Magicians Penn and Teller Celebrate 40 Years in Magic..
You might think that having a silent co-host is every performers dream, and it’s certainly worked out for magicians Penn and Teller.
Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller: ‘People claim to do magic shows on TV, and they’re lying.’..
By Sean Adams for PennLive.com
Penn Jillette is not a guy who’s often at a loss for words.
The more verbose half of the Penn & Teller comedy/magic duo is an outspoken proponent of several issues, including libertarian politics, atheism, having a healthy dose of skepticism, and of course, magic tricks.
So when he called me a scant three minutes late for our phone interview for the upcoming Penn & Teller performance at the Strand Theatre, he had plenty to say about it
“This ********** I was talking to before you wouldn’t let me off the phone!” said Jillette, after giving a deeply sincere apology for the delay. (I can’t remember ever having an interview with a celebrity that did happen exactly at the scheduled time – these things are often pretty hard to coordinate.)
‘The Carbonaro Effect’: Michael Carbonaro on Going From Jay Leno’s Magic Clerk to Hosting His Own Magic Show..
Very good interview by Robert Chan for Yahoo TV.
Michael Carbonaro just wants to make your life a little more magical. In his new show, “The Carbonaro Effect,” the magician crafts elegant stunts so that people don’t even realize magic is happening. Imagine if David Copperfield were your grocery clerk. Heck, why imagine it?
The show is a modern, smarter take on “Candid Camera.” We talked with the actor/comedian/magician, who spent a season on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” before spinning off his Magic Clerk segment into this new show (in which he also plays bartenders, waiters, and office co-workers), about his influences, how to convince people a duck is not a duck, and why it’s so important for him to take the ego out of magic.’
All for the passion of cards..
By Elina Priyadarshini Nayak for The Times of India..
Rahul Krishnan, a 22-year-old magician, has tried to break the Guinness book of world record for ‘Highest throw of a playing card’
Meet 22-year-old MBA student Rahul Krishnan, who’s a magician by profession and whose passion for cards prompted him to attempt a Guinness Book of World Record for ‘Highest throw of a playing card’. Although it sounds weird, Rahul has gone though it and is currently awaiting the results. “It’s been eight years and I have been performing magic shows in the city as well as in places like Goa, Mumbai, Vijayawada, etc. I was always obsessed with magic and used to watch American magician/ illusionist, David Blaine’s shows. I got attracted towards it and started developing my own tricks and mastered magic with cards and coins,”..