Britain’s Got Talent magician Richard Jones has told how his lifelong ambition is to read the Queen’s mind
In Saturday night’s show viewers will watch as soldier Richard, 25, reads the thoughts of judges Amanda Holden and David Walliams in a bid to win a place in the semi-finals.
But Richard, a member of the Household Cavalry who plays for the Queen almost daily, says he’s desperate for the chance to reveal what the nation’s monarch is really thinking. Read more…
LAS VEGAS, NV (Mar. 20, 2016) – Vegas stars Jarrett & Raja, known as The Magic and Piano Guys, will be appearing on ABC’s hit TV show “Shark Tank” where they will stand before Mark Cuban, Kevin O’Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, and Robert Herjavec. Air date: Friday, April 22, 2016 at 9pm
Jarrett & Raja were one of only 140 entrepreneurs selected from over 43,000 applicants to the ABC show, produced by Sony Entertainment.
The charismatic magic duo has also been seen on NBC’s #1 hit show, “America’s Got Talent” as semi-finalists and Howie Mandel’s favorite Wild Card pick (season 7) where they produced a full orchestra on stage. They also appeared in SyFy’s “Wizard Wars” with Penn & Teller (2014), BBC’s “The Slammer” (2013), and The CW’s “Masters of Illusion” hosted by Dean Cain (2014 – 2016). They can also be seen this summer on their third season of The CW’s “Masters of Illusion”.
The two talents came together in an impromptu performance at The Friar’s Club in NYC, and thus the act was born. They performed as a cabaret act in Greenwich Village, Lincoln Center, and at Hollywood’s prestigious Magic Castle. After moving to Las Vegas, they immediately landed a residency at The Regent Hotel in Summerlin. They could also be seen at the “Golden Rainbow” shows here in Las Vegas.
Since then, Jarrett & Raja have performed their live show to over 2 million people worldwide. The guys co-starred in “America’s Got Talent LIVE” at The Palazzo Hotel in 2013, where 5 of the TV show’s most popular acts comprised the lineup produced by Fremantle Media. They headlined in a $35M Mark Fisher production at Resorts World (Singapore) called “Voyage de la Vie” (2010-2012) that was directed by Phil McKinley (“ShowStoppers”, “Spiderman Turn Off The Dark”). The guys then worked with Cirque du Soleil director, Guy Caron (KA, Dralion) during their second year in Singapore. In 2009, they wowed audiences at the legendary Vegas show, “JUBILEE!” at Bally’s Hotel, and performed with the band One Republic at the Holiday Celebration at Americana in Los Angeles. They were invited, in 2008, to Budapest to magic consult on a feature film.
In 2005, Director Kenny Ortega (“High School Musical” and Michael Jackson’s “This is It!”) brought their show to London for special appearances with David LaChapelle, Pamela Anderson and The Pussycat Dolls. Jarrett & Raja starred in China’s “Elements” (2007), the prestigious Edinburgh Festival (2004), a sold out British tour (2005), and China’s Shenzhen Magic Festival (2003).
Magician Jarrett Parker studied under the legendary Harry Blackstone, Jr. and was mentored by the creative mind behind Doug Henning and numerous Broadway hits, Charles Reynolds. Currently he and Raja work with the brilliant mind of Johnny Thompson as a consultant for shows and television. Pianist Raja Rahman is a graduate of The Juilliard School, having studied with Seymour Lipkin, Jerome Lowenthal, Byron Janis, and Lev Vlassenko. Raja has toured Europe with legendary conductors Mstislav Rostropovich, Sir Georg Solti, and Iona Brown. In addition, he has taught at The Juilliard School and currently teaches privately in Las Vegas. When not performing with Jarrett & Raja, Raja is a concert pianist with frequent appearances at the Met in NYC. He performed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in October of 2015. http://www.jarrettandraja.com Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/jarrettandraja
The screening for Now You See Me 2 was cut short due to a security concern on Thursday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. The theater was evacuated 10 minutes into the screening and attendees were asked to exit the theater at Caesars Las Vegas, according to Deadline..
The film is the sequel to the successful 2013 movie, Now You See Me, about four talented illusionists who pull off a massive bank heist. The new movie welcomes back Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Dave Franco, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine. Also joining that cast are Lizzy Caplan and Daniel Radcliffe. Read more at…
A lot of teenagers have played with fire at one point or another. Mohammed Jalaluddin, a 19-year-old male from Hyderabad, was no exception. On Monday, Jalaluddin was preparing a submission video for the prominent TV series India’s Got Talent, when the performance went totally wrong. He caught on fire and eventually succumbed to his injuries. Here’s what we know.
Mohammed Jalaluddin was practicing fire stunts in front of some of his friends on Monday. This included reportedly pouring kerosene into his mouth and then breathing out fire, as well as a secondary stunt that involved a t-shirt. It was while he was filming this t-shirt stunt that he caught on fire. He was unable to remove the piece of clothing that was on fire. He suffered third degree burns over 60% of his body, according to The Times of India.
His friends were on hand during the filming, as Mohammed Jalaluddin was attempting to get the best shots of his stunt work so he could send them in to India’s Got Talent, a popular show based on NBC’s America’s Got Talent which has spawned other iterations in numerous countries around the globe (including Britain’s Got Talent and Das Supertalent. The Wrap reports that although Jalaluddin’s friends were on hand when he was burning, he told authorities they had done nothing wrong before he died on Monday. He had attempted the fire stunts in the hopes that he would be called up by the popular reality competition series and said the filming was his own idea. Read more…
