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Jamie Raven talks BGT mishaps and real magic..

July 12, 2016 Rick Carruth

Who’s Jamie Raven, anyway?

He’s the charmer who made Simon Cowell believe in magic, for a start.

“Somebody once said to me, who I really respect, that there are a lot of people who do tricks and there are a few people who actually can do magic, and I think we just saw that,” were Cowell’s exact words, leaving Raven close to tears.

This was at his Britain’s Got Talent audition last year, which got him a unanimous ‘yes’ from the judges, 20 million views on YouTube and a spot in Cowell’s good graces.

Alas, the Hammersmith lad didn’t go home with gold, but he came in second only to a dancing dog act. Let’s face it — canines boogying? Nobody stood a chance. Read more…

http://gulfnews.com/leisure/events/jamie-raven-talks-bgt-mishaps-and-real-magic-1.1858700

Amazing magician Juan Tamariz’ really rare card trick with illusionists Ali Cook & Pete Firman..

July 12, 2016 Rick Carruth

Legendary Spanish magician Juan Tamariz stuns fellow illusionists Ali Cook and Pete Firman with a jaw- dropping card trick.Special Thanks to Ali Cook for the special link..

AGT Magician Steven Brundage Uses Rubik’s Cube To Avoid Speeding Ticket..

July 11, 2016 Rick Carruth

Magician Steven Brundage is competing on Season 11 of America’s Got Talent. The 25-year-old from Glenville, New York is known in his upstate New York hometown for performing a magic trick with a Rubik’s Cube in order to get out of a speeding ticket. Brundage was doing 42 in a 30 mph zone around 3am. When the officer asked Brundage why he had so many playing cards in the car, Brundage told him he was a magician. “He then asked me to show him a magic trick,” says Brundage. (See video below.)