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Max Darwin has been a fan of magic for most of his life. So much so that as a young lad, the Washington, D.C.-native performed his first illusion at his brother’s Bar Mitzvah. “The first magic book I ...

Magician Trick Artist - Overly magnificent, to such a degree that logic is no longer applicable, useful, or relevant! Ash Marlow is an amazing magician who is the best at card tricks and helping ...

Oxford University Press has done an immense disservice to John Zubrzycki’s fascinating “Empire of Enchantment: The Story of Indian Magic.” Apart from some print-on-demand atrocities, I’ve seldom ...

How? What? Huh? That about sums up the range of reactions Ellen DeGeneres had when magician Simon Pierro performed some of his tricks on her show Wednesday. Pierro, who's made a name for himself as ...

I totally get why it’s dorky to be into magic. Most magic acts are very cheesy and require a high tolerance for earnestness. There’s a lot of satin and glitter and bow ties. But at the heart of magic ...

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John Edward Szeles, the magician and stand up comedian better known by his stage name, The Amazing Johnathan, has died. His death, confirmed by his wife, fellow performer Anastasia Synn, was the ...

James Randi hated tricking people. Sure, as The Amazing Randi, he pulled off amazing escape acts and sleight of hand maneuvers faster than you could see — but it was all in service of proving that he ...

In The Amazing Johnathan Documentary, a magician’s tricks start to confuse the line between fiction and reality There’s a moment, about six minutes into The Amazing Johnathan Documentary, where its ...