Global News and James Armstrong report the following from Toronto..
TORONTO – Mayor Rob Ford took a break from prepping for next week’s council session to meet with word-famous magician David Blaine Friday.
The magician entered and exited the mayor’s office through the back door and was kept out of the gaze of Toronto’s media.
But a picture of the meeting did make it on to Twitter shortly after the magician left…
As reported by the Kats Report and the Las Vegas Sun..
As Las Vegas magician Seth Grabel basks in the blush of his heavily publicized wedding at the Grammy Awards and Billy Johnson closes in on a new home for the Las Vegas Wranglers, a legal entanglement involving the two has surfaced.
Johnson, the Wranglers president, is involved in a civil case against Grabel, and at one point a 30-day temporary restraining order was issued against the Las Vegas-based magician..
Reported by Hao Nan for China Daily..
One of China’s most popular acts has grown hesitant of performing because his illusions lack proper legal protection
Internationally renowned magician Lu Chen is a staple of the annual Chinese New Year’s Gala, his illusions inspiring many to seek out the secrets behind them.
This is what has Lu worried, the magician said.
One of China’s most popular acts, Lu has performed his magic tricks in the annual gala four times. But he has grown hesitant to return to stage this year because his illusions lack proper legal protection...
Those of you watching the Grammy Awards Sunday night probably saw the ‘mass wedding’ performed by Queen Latifah. There were a wide assortment of males and females, and at least one well-known magician, among those who took their vows.
Seth Grabel, master magician who performs at the Clarion Hotel in Las Vegas, married Tammy Shaw, publisher of the Las Vegas Woman magazine.
Grabel, known for his self-described ‘acrobatic magic’, and his appearances on America’s Got Talent, has been dating Mrs. Grabel for slightly less than a year. The former Miss Shaw publishes Las Vegas Woman, a quarterly print and digital magazine.
According to New York Daily News, Queen Latifah was sworn in as a temporary commissioner by the State of California in order to legally marry the thirty-three couples..
MAGIC NEWS wishes the new Mr. and Mrs. Grabel many happy years of marital bliss.