Vulture teamed with Derren Brown to get his reaction to fictional magicians… this is better than 99% of the “magic reaction” videos on YouTube!
So here is the deal: it is about to be a holiday weekend here in the States. We are taking off early because, well, that seems like the fitting way to celebrate Labor Day. If you need a little more magic, though, you can check out this half hour interview with Jen Kramer on The Ed Bernstein Show.
Just outside of Louisville, Kentucky, the J&B Magic Shop and Theater is now open and the News And Tribune has coverage of the first shows.
Anthony Grupido is not only a magician but a mental health awareness advocate; he appeared on Michigan’s Fox 2 News yesterday to help spread his Magic Of Hope show.
Congratulations to Smoothini and the entire crew over at Fuse’s Hip Hop Houdini on their win in the Best Variety Or Reality Show category at the 2019 Imagen Awards. They managed to beat out the Jennifer Lopez show World Of Dance (NBC), Last Week Tonight (HBO) and three other nominees.
iTricks can not wait for season two!
Andrew Mayne’s new Discovery Channel special debuts tonight, probably in just a couple of hours (maybe sooner) depending where you are. Here is a video CNET put up featuring Andrew and his shark stealth suit… you can read more over on Distractify, too.
Magician’s Masterclass posted this short featuring several performers, including Graemazing, Scott Boyd and Joan Caesar, explaining their journey to become magicians.
We were playing around on the YouTube the other day and ran across this piece from the WOMU arts program Broad and High featuring Penguin Magic’s P 3 Theater and Dan Harlan. It was originally produced in 2018, so Dan was still in the middle of his Tarbell: Every Trick In the Book project.