http://itricks.com/news Magic news, videos, information and culture Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:47:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Guest: • Brian Brushwood Brian Brushwood talks all about Pi Day Magic, how to build a magic act for the rabid crowds of Diggnation and how he hoaxed the internet via Twitter. - Trick Shop Magic Find out what is new including great stuff like the Psychological Subtleties trilogy. Subscribe on iTunes Download here http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/itricks-com-magic-week-in-review-03-14-10/ A new round of "guess the upcoming season of Bullsh!t's topics" has popped up and we can probably add Speech In School to the list. According to the blog of Kentucky State Representative Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville) Showtime is coming to interview him about a bill that prohibits the teaching of ... http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/penn-teller-will-discuss-dont-say-gay-bill-on-new-season-of-bs/ The dancing talk show host and American Idol panelist Ellen Degeneres has become contested territory for magicians. For example, according to her Twitter today after featuring Australian magician James Galea, protestors made sure the daytime titan saw their message in favor of Goldfinger and Dove. We are sure this is spontaneous ... http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/ellens-show-has-become-battleground-for-magicians/ SPONSORED POST What's new at TrickShopMagic.com? Read on for a quick look at what's hot, what's new, (and sometimes even what's old) at The Trick Shop. • Probe (Rhinesense Mk4) by Sean Taylor - The spectator is handed a packet of ESP cards. They take any one and place it between their hands ... http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/at-the-trick-shop-sean-fields-mark-elsdon-david-copperfield/ Those scamps at theory11 had themselves a Saturday Night Contest last weekend where all entrants were charged with conceiving, filming and posting fake exposure videos to YouTube. There is some very funny stuff in here, we encourage you guys check it out. http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/tomfoolery-trumps-youtube-exposure/ UPDATED: Embedded video was disabled, now works. Stuff like this is why the internet was invented. Only on such a specialized platform could an inside joke of this magnitude be executed and distributed to those who would find it the funniest. You. Are. Those. People. Big props to Reel Magic Magazine, Mac ... http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/mac-vs-pc/ Don't worry, this is not a real picture of DvB but rather a product of the iPhone app AgingBooth which thankfully does exactly what it says. The photo was originally posted on Derren's blog, which you should be reading anyway. http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/wow-derren-brown-looks-rough/ David Copperfield and Criss Angel are 8th and 10th respectively in the Ticket News.com Vegas event rankings. Recently, it has been Angel ahead of Copperfield, although this could be the start of a new trend. http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/copperfield-tops-angel-in-vegas-rankings/ It looks like Criss Angel did have a big plan for his WWE RAW appearance. However, the wrestling brass nixed the stunt. This all according to his Twitter. Inside scoop - I was supposed 2 do something in the ring at Raw but a few days be4 it got cancelled 4 ... http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/criss-angel-has-stunt-planned-canceled-for-wwe-ring/ Dodd Vickers over at the Magic Newswire snagged nominees for the upcoming Magic Castle awards. Check them out AFTER THE JUMP.Close-Up Magician of the Year Jon Armstrong Doc Eason Andrew Goldenhersh Paul Green David Regal Parlour Magician of the Year Chris Capehart Andrew Goldenhersh Paul Green Handsome Jack (John Lovick) Rob Zabrecky Stage Magician of the Year Mike Caveney Dana Daniels / Richard Allen Pop ... http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/magic-castle-award-nominees-announced/ Heads up to all of our UK readership, Penn & Teller are going to hit London. The Boys are making a rare appearance across the pond with one of their Q&A shows. So on the downside, if you are looking for magic, there might not be a ton there. Then again, ... http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/penn-teller-head-to-uk/ From Austin, we got the chance to see where the professional magic career of Brian Brushwood began. He shares his story as well as some tips one how to stay on the right(esqe) side of the law. http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/brian-brushwood-talks-about-his-first-street-performances-from-the-scene-of-the-crime/ We've already seen David Blaine's talk at TEDMED, but eagle-eyed readers will remember that Eric Mead also spoke at the conference. Now we can hear what he said. Thanks to @magicjoe1 on Twitter. http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/eric-mead-talks-placebos-at-tedmed/ Brian Brushwood is joining forces with mathematician James Grime to perform the biggest scale Twitter-based mind reading stunt ever conceived. Check out the video for details, but since we are going to be with Brian while this is happening, we will try and get some behind the scenes video. http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/brian-brushwood-teams-with-mathematician-for-pi-day-twitter-mind-reading/ We have a resolution in the Pendragon case. Steve Cohen blows the mind of a New York Times reporter. David Blaine helps out the Marriage Ref. And as always, your David Copperfield tour dates. Newsmaker Interview: Mike Weatherford the author of the Las Vegas Review-Journals front page story about the backstage happening ... http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/itricks-magic-stars-podcast-03-11-10/ SPONSORED POST CAANDY is an amazing Any Card at Any Number that is DEVILISHLY CLEVER, easy to learn, uses a normal deck, there's no memorized deck work and no difficult sleights so hopefully you can see why we are particularly excited about this great card effect! We first saw Chris perform ... http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/caandy-amazing-card-at-any-number-by-chris-mayhew/ Here is the box art for the latest season of Penn & Teller's Showtime docuseries BS. It comes from TVShowsonDVD.com where you can also see the version of the cover with dirty words. http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/box-art-released-for-new-season-of-penn-tellers-bs/ Most weekdays we have one of our iTricks.TV Staff members select one of the recently uploaded videos, post it here on the front page and explain why it's awesome. Click the thumbnail to see today's video amongst the luxurious number of other magic clips. Today, the staff member is Nick and ... http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/chris-brown-cant-drive-65/ We are just getting in under the wire on this PST, so we will keep it short. Happy 50th Birthday to Lance Burton from everyone at iTricks! http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/happy-birthday-lance-burton/ When Scarlett closed her topless review show at the Riviera, rumors swirled about her relationship with manager and boyfriend, John Lewis. Whisper of alcohol abuse, domestic violence and rampant money problems poured forth anytime the situation was mentioned amongst those in the Vegas magic scene. Which is why it is so ... http://itricks.com/news/2010/03/fist-fights-lost-millions-strained-marriages-magic-the-full-story-behind-scarlett/