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Penn & Teller named grand marshals for Hollywood Christmas Parade..

Penn & Teller named grand marshals for Hollywood Christmas Parade..

The grand marshals of the 84th annual Hollywood Christmas Parade have been named: comedy magic duo Penn & Teller.

The pair, known for their Las Vegas act and CW Network show “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,” will ride down the Hollywood Boulevard parade route on Nov. 29, starting at 5 p.m.

Co-hosting duties for the parade will be shared by actors and television personalities Erik Estrada, Laura McKenzie, Dean Cain and Montel Williams.

The annual Christmas event also will be nationally televised on CW Network channels as a two-hour special airing on Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. Pacific and Eastern times. Subsequent airings will begin Dec. 19 on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel.

“We are thrilled to once again be a part of The Hollywood Christmas Parade, one of the greatest holiday traditions of all time, which is enjoyed by millions of families each year,” said Jim Romanovich, president of Associated Television International, which organizes the parade.

http://westsidetoday.com/2015/10/16/penn-teller-named-grand-marshals-for-hollywood-christmas-parade/

A New Magic Roadshow – Journal of Magic.. Free to Read

A New Magic Roadshow – Journal of Magic.. Free to Read

Magic Roadshow 171

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Paul Lelekis brings his ‘A’ game with ‘The Three Ace Trick’. You’ll love it..
  • ‘Double Vision –  An Impromptu Effect’ has re-emerged from the depths of our Archives..
  • Werner Miller’s Trick#9 in ‘Tricks Without Names’ is maybe my most favorite..
  • I’ve reviewed Solari’s Miser Miracle, my favorite version of Misers Dream
  • I’ve compiled every episode, on video, of Penn & Teller’s ‘Fool Us’.. season Two.  
  • Enjoy Prof. L.A. Harraden’s Complete Mail Course of Twenty Illustrated Lessons in Hypnotism.
  • Watch David London’s ‘Magic Outside The Box’ – Full Show – August 16, 2013  
  • David Britland’s ‘Simply Stebbins –  A Good Guess.. An Effect’ is classic..
  • Christopher T. Magician Presents three video tutorials for children performers.
  • A Cardini Special –  Card in the Hat..  a magic standard from Werner Dornfield
  • Make Matches Disappear – Video tutorial courtesy of Jay Sankey
  • Jay Sankey’s ‘Strike Three’ – Video Tutorial for the Coin guys among us.
  • How to Train Playing Cards to Attack –  one more Video Tutorial from Jay..
  • Simple Sandwich Card Trick Tutorial – a Video from 52Kards
  • 17 Easy Magic Tricks That Will Blow Your Kids Mind.. –  Video Tutorials
  • ‘Touch of Modern’ for the discriminating magician..
  • https://magicroadshow.com/171.php 
Blind NYC magician might be a wizard..

Blind NYC magician might be a wizard..

Justin Sight is a unique magician currently residing in New York City. Since the later half of 2013 he has done events for companies and organizations like Tumblr, Gawker, The Blue School and The United Nations to name a few.

Justin was diagnosed legally blind without corrective treatment at age 10. Around the same time he developed a fascination with the art of magic and performing. His unique brand of presentation often focuses on the notion of a “malleable reality” in which anything can happen. As part of notion Justin demonstrates the unique “advantages” of his visual impairment; implementing innovative ways to see what others cant. He draws from a continuing involvement with the worlds mystical traditions as well as modern scientific discoveries that point to the mystery of What Is.  read more and watch videos.

http://nyc.suntimes.com/nyc-entertainment/7/86/316400/blind-nyc-magician-might-wizard

A CON MAN REINVENTS HIMSELF…AS A REALITY TV MAGICIAN..

A CON MAN REINVENTS HIMSELF…AS A REALITY TV MAGICIAN..

On a July episode of the primetime competition show America’s Got Talent, a compact, graying man in ripped jeans and a vest and tie took the stage.

Holding up a pack of cards, he announced: “I’m not real proud of this, but about ten years ago I found this pack of cards in a federal prison.”

He was a con man, he explained to the hosts, “all about fast cars and fancy clothes”—but the love of a good woman transformed him. “I met an amazing girl and I had some amazing friends and I walked into the U.S. Marshals’ office and said ‘I retire.’ I turned myself in,” he said. “You can’t look a woman in the eye, say ‘I love you,’ and lie about who you are.” His five-year incarceration, he told the audience, allowed him to reinvent himself as a legal kind of con man: a stage magician. “The day I got there,” he said, “I picked up a deck of cards, and I picked up a book about how to do card tricks, and I taught myself how to perform, and I’ve been doing magic ever since.”

That’s Aiden Sinclair’s shtick, the con man magician. “Aiden Sinclair is America’s preeminent grifter turned professional magician,” boasts his website. “Rather than face a future as a recidivism statistic, Aiden chose to spend his time adapting the skills that served him so well as a confidence artist to a new calling.” TheAmerica’s Got Talent crowd ate it right up. “You turned your life around, and now you’re here to entertain and put smiles on people’s faces rather than taking things away from people,” competition judge Howie Mandel enthused to Sinclair on the show. Read more….

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-con-man-reinvents-himself-as-a-reality-tv-magician