Misc Magician News

I was in Las Vegas for a week or so, and saw a ton of shows. Now that I'm home I decided to pop the keyword 'magician' into Google News and see what odd stories pop up. Here are some highlights:

Entertainers for Bush is a grassroots organization whose purpose is to rally support for President Bush in the entertainment community. Jeff Hobson, who I saw this week in Vegas, is one of the members.

A Gang of Balloon Twisters roam the streets in San Mateo, CA.

David Copperfield plays party-planner to three NYC party planners. It's an odd story, but basically he threw a party for them in his Manhattan penthouse to promote their new book called Fete Accompli!: The Ultimate Guide To Creative Entertaining Get it from Amazon here.

David Blaine made the list of top-ten most unpopular people in London. It's a bit odd, since I thought he lived here in NYC. He came in #4, behind a shady union boss and the mayor, but ahead of the boss of Starbucks. Oh well, it's a short story, so you might as well take a look here or even here.

This bizarre story alleges that an Israeli magician bilked teens out of money after pretending to get them modeling gigs. He should go to South Beach and pick up women -- they all want to be models :-)

A Magician/DJ named Brian West in Wisconsin is ordered to stop performing for kids because he is a convicted sex offender. Luckily the story is short because I don't want to read much about it.

There's a story about a street magician in Pittsburgh having a tough time. It's just not a busking town. Oh well.

This next one is from Pakistan. I'm quoting the whole story:
Black magician poisons girl
LAHORE: A black magician on Friday morning poisoned to death a teen-aged girl. Her body was found in Shafiqabad police precincts. Police said Humera was brought by her mother and uncle for ‘treatment’. They stayed in a hotel and contacted the ‘black magician’, who poisoned her to set her free from the magic spell. Humera died later in the hotel room. Later, her body was packed in a bed sheet and thrown at Ravi National Park. The police found the hotel’s tag on the bedsheet and arrested Humera’s mother and uncle.

Finally, I found a Mentalist's show that claims to have god-like powers. It's the Kaballah Show, and will be in NYC next month. Should be fun ;-)