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Mac King Booked by Barnes and Noble

Headlining Las Vegas comedian and
magician Mac King, whose show is a favorite for parents and kids alike,
partners with Barnes & Noble in creating the official Mac King’s
Magic in a Minute Suitcase O’ Magic, due in Barnes & Noble stores
nationwide and on Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com) in November.
 
Mac King’s Magic in a Minute Suitcase O’ Magic features the look of Mac
King’s real on-stage magic suitcase along with characters from his
nationally syndicated comic strip, Mac King’s Magic in a Minute. Mac
King’s Magic in a Minute Suitcase O’ Magic is loaded with gags and
magic tricks that are simple and fun for kids and adults.
 
Mac King’s Magic in a Minute Suitcase O’ Magic offers more than 50
amazing magic tricks, a 64-page book and a one-hour instructional DVD
that features Mac King demonstrating and explaining many of the tricks.
Intended for kids eight and older, Mac King’s Magic in a Minute
Suitcase O’ Magic offers a rare opportunity to learn magic and
techniques from a professional magician. The magic kit will sell for
$14.95 at all Barnes & Noble bookstores and on Barnes &
Noble.com (www.bn.com).
 
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller
and a Fortune 500 company, operates 819 bookstores in 50 states. 
For the fourth year in a row, the company is the nation’s top retail
brand for quality, according to the EquiTrend Brand Study by Harris
Interactive.  Barnes & Noble conducts its online business
through Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com), one of the Web’s largest
e-commerce sites and the number one online bookseller for quality among
e-commerce companies, according to the latest EquiTrend survey.
 
Mac
King was recently named Magician of the Year by The Magic Castle,
Entertainer of the Year by the Las Vegas Weekly 2004 Readers Choice
Awards, and is a Guinness Book of World Records holder in 2004 for The
World Longest Game of Telephone.  King, one of today’s brightest
and most talented magicians, performs The Mac King Comedy Magic Show
twice daily, Tuesday through Saturday, in Las Vegas.  
 
King has made numerous TV appearances on such shows as Houdini:
Unlocking His Secrets, The World’s Wildest Magic, An Evening at the
Improv, Comic Strip Live, Penn & Teller’s Sin City Spectacular, the
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus show starring Cybil Sheppard
and The Donny and Marie Show. King has the distinction of being the
only performer to have appeared on all five of NBC’s World’s Greatest
Magic shows.





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October 4th, 2005 | Category: Magic News | Leave a comment

Stars Picked for Magic Movie – The Prestige

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman are in negotiations to topline Touchstone Pictures’ The Prestige, which will serve as Christopher Nolan’s next directorial outing.

Mr. Bale and Mr. Jackman will play rival magicians in turn-of-the-century London who battle each other for trade secrets. The rivalry is so intense that it turns them into murderers. The title refers to the residue left after a magician’s successful trick.

We have no idea what trick this might be? In fact, our search of our vast catalog collection shows no effect in which “residue” is left as evidence of a successful performance except: 1) Dove Pan; 2) Chick Pan; 3) Double Duck Pan; 4) Human Cremation; 5) Duck Cremation; 6) Chick Cremation; 7) Double Duck Cremation; 8) Smoke from Fingertips (ADAMS); 9) Pull-My-Finger; 10) The Arsonist’s Dollhouse Illusion; and of course, 11) The Bullet Catching Trick (different kind of residue depending on whether there is success or failure in effect — either way, pants must be cleaned before next performance).

The script is based on Christopher Priest’s 1996 novel of the same name and was adapted by Nolan’s brother, Jonathan. He wrote the short story on which Christopher’s Nolan’s breakout movie, Memento, was based on.



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October 4th, 2005 | Category: Magic News | Leave a comment