We are not sure whether she will go by the last name Copperfield or Gosselin or some combination of the two surnames. We have a team working on that issue and should be able to post the answer shortly. Mother and father live in Mr. Copperfield’s private island.
Our editors believe there is sufficient indicia of credibility to permit publication of this great news here on the hallowed pages of the oldest magic news site with a domain name consisting of a preposition and the word “magic.”
Inside Magic congratulates Mr. Copperfield and Ms. Gosselin on their blessed event.
On the other hand, The Post drives us nutty.
Because they lack creativity or they are lazy, the New York Post’s coverage led with the blasé.
Abraca-baby . . . Illusionist David Copperfield has become a dad after his French girlfriend, Chloe Gosselin, gave birth to a beautiful girl, Sky, Page Six can exclusively reveal.
Teller of Penn & Teller fame, is more than an incredible magician, writer, historian and inventor. He has a life outside the Penn & Teller Theater (that’s “Theatre” in metric).
He graduated from prestigious Amherst College in 1969 under the nom d’études (metric for “student name”) of Raymond Joseph Teller.
To ensure that our posting on the topic will be the most derivative of all on the topic, we cite Tom Shay from MassLive.com who in turn credits New York Magazine for the bird’s eye lowdown on Teller’s favorite movies about Magicians.
“The Great Buck Howard: The most accurate depiction of what it’s like to be in magic anywhere, because it’s so sad!
“A-Haunting We Will Go: One of the movies that made me fall in love with stage magic. Laurel and Harding encounter the actual magician Dante, and there’s a whole bunch of slapstick mix-ups.
“The Man from Beyond: It’s melodramatic crap, but it’s got Houdini, for crying out loud! You’re actually seeing Houdini on the screen!
“Nightmare Alley: Tyrone Power starts off as a sideshow magician, then does a mind-reading act, and he’s gradually tempted into being an evil crook. A hideously black downward spiral; and
“The Lady Vanishes: One of the most perfect movies ever made. And the fact that the evilest bad guy takes cover as a magician – that makes me laugh.”
You can read Tom Shay’s version of this list at MassLive.com here. We checked and checked but could not find a New York Magazine article on Teller or his favorite movies. We don’t doubt Tom Shay’s word, we just wanted to give credit where it was due.
Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Mike Weatherford suggests only the the discriminating magic show consumer can decide whether the town really needs a half-dozen big-box illusion shows. He asks, “So many magicians, but who has the real magic?”
Magician Jan Rouven is the sixth “big-box” illusionist on the town this summer. Steve Wyrick boosted the big-boxers total to an even seven with his new Ultra Magicianshow at the Las Vegas Hilton.
Mr. Weatherford points out that there may be six or seven shows but there is some overlap. ”Each show pretends to ignore the others, which is one reason you see a lot of the material duplicated. Another is that none of the contenders has been humble enough to propose some type of Justice League of magic team-up; they all hope the others will go away.”
The review is good for the new name on the scene.
“He’s a young, likable German with charisma and only minimally goofy stage attire (sparkly yes, but no epaulets or animal prints),” says Mr. Weatherford.
Rouven presents one of the oldest of the “big-box” effects, Metamorphosis with a dangerous update. The magician and beautiful, but stealthy assistant Johanna Grajales perform the classic in “lighting fast” fashion. The speedy exchange is even more incredible considering Rouven begins the transposition securely locked in tank of water.
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The news on the pages of The New York Times has been less than uplifting and encouraging lately. Because we believe the best reality is the one you make for yourself and that delusion begins at home, we cast our journalistic net back a few month to find a counterbalance to the death, dissention and dismay.
It is not hyperbole to say Tannen’s Magic is to magic what P.B. Terrazzo and Sons is to Terrazzo floor installations (cement or epoxy). Every young magicians dreams of visiting Tannen’s to simply hang-out, listen, learn and shop. Similarly, who among the teeming youth that makes up the Terrazzo apprentice corps can say they have not wistfully visualize their first visit to the Fredericksburg, Texas abode of all things Terrazzo, The National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association.
New York Times writer Dean Robinson investigated one of the most intriguing products sold at Tannen’s over the years: The Mystery Box.
Filmmaker J.J. Abrams told a conference audience that movies and stories are essentially “mystery boxes.” The mystery box was not a concept or rhetorical device but an actual box sold by Tannen’s Magic. The filmmaker never opened his – “it represents infinite possibility. It represents hope. It represents potential.” Continue reading NY Times Writer Opens Tannen’s Mystery Box
As noted by early Irish Magicians, “There are no winners in a career death match between a clown and a magician.” (“Níl aon buaiteoirí i gcluiche bás gairme idir fear grinn agus draoi”).
By attributing this aphorism to people no longer walking this earthly turf, we realize some unenlightened readers of this daily alternative to staring blankly into space may poo-poo the notion as outdated and irrelevant.
However, they poo-poo at their peril. The truth of this truism is irrefutable; so don’t even try. Recent studies demonstrate one cannot swing a virtual dead cat in the online academic journals without pinging solidly against scholarly work on just this point.
Our recently published survey on the topic found that while the vast majority of all academic writing said nothing about clowns or magicians, some did. Most of the literature including the words “clown” and “magician” did not address competition between the two performing arts, but some did. Of those studies where the words “clown” and “magician” were written and their inherent struggle for predominance was examined, most of the researchers agreed with the old Irish saying – or at least did not disparage the theory.
(See, “Magician v. Clown: A Survey of Scientific Literature from Gutenberg to 2010,” Tim Quinlan, Performance Science Quarterly, 2007, No. 8; ”The Psychology of Conjuring Deceptions,” Norman Triplett, The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Jul., 1900), pp. 439-510, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1412365; “Madmen as Vaudeville Performers on the Elizabethan Stage,” Louis B. Wright, The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan., 1931), pp. 48-54, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27703444; Mitochondrial Dating and Mixed Support for the “2% Rule” in Birds Irby J. Lovette The Auk Vol. 121, No. 1 (Jan., 2004), pp. 1-6, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4090049 (An example of article with mention of “clown” or “magician” but not both).
Magician David Copperfield and French supermodel Chloe Gosselin are the proud parents of a 16-month-old baby girl, Sky.
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