From The Hardball Talk blog over at NBC Sports. Writer Craig Calcaterra answers readers tweeted questions. Most were non-magic-centric save this one.
Q: If you had to live in a 10×10 cell with one celebrity, who would it be? If you could punch anyone in the head, who?
The cell is an interesting question. I’m going to assume that this will be a traditional jail setting and not some sort of fantasy love nest, so I’ll avoid saying the obviously piggy male kind of thing [cough] Carla Gugino [cough]. I’ll go with one of those obnoxious street magic guys like David Blaine or Criss Angel or whoever, because they probably have sufficient skills to aid in an escape attempt. Coincidentally, they are also the people I would most like to punch in the head, so it’s pretty darn convenient.
David Blaine will be in Naples on March 1, 2012 as part of town’s speaker series held at the beautiful and, by definition, ritzy Ritz-Carlton.
His talk is scheduled to follow the February 1st talk to be given by Dr. Andrew Weill. Dr. Weill is known to those who would know of such people as “a world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, a healing oriented approach to health care which encompasses body, mind, and spirit.”
Without regard to politics, it does make for an interesting cast, n’est-ce pas?
Interested in checking out the series? You’ll need $700.00 for a ticket. That gets you in to all four talks. Hungry and lonely? Well, for a mere $1,500, you can get a ducat to the dinner series, which includes a private cocktail reception, dinner and 45 minute question and answer session with the speakers. Wanting a little more, how should we phrase it, intimacy with Glenn, Doc, David and Condi? You can become a Town Hall Benefactor. Upon receipt of your cash or check for $5,250.00, you will receive “exclusive access for two with priority seating, a private cocktail reception, dinner and 45-minute question and answer period, plus entry to special events and an invitation to dine with one guest speaker.”
It has been four years in the making but Magician David Blaine promises his next “big event” will be well worth the wait.
News outlets are all abuzz this morning with variations on David Blaine’s announcement last Friday. Why the delay? We’re not sure but it may have to do with the outlet chosen to deliver the news.
David Blaine shared his plans with fans on TinyChat.com during an on-line session. What is TinyChat.com? From their website:
Tinychat provides dead simple, free to use, video chat rooms that just work! Enjoy chatting with your friends or making new ones, just create a chat room or join one.
It is easy to use and free. It is not easy to search, however. It took us a while to locate the David Blaine chat session. His page is located at tinychat.com/DAVIDBLAINE. We should have tried that combination of words and backslashes as we tried to guess the url.
Magicians have criticized David Blaine for his “magic-less magic shows” in the past. He told TinyChat viewers the May 2012 event (or events?) will feature magic tricks rather than endurance stunts. “This is as good as it gets… All magic, nothing else,” he said. “It’s better than anything that’s ever been done, by me at least… It’s the most original concept I’ve ever come up with. It’s taken me four years to sort out.”
Wizbang Pop! reports this morning on a timeless story.
By timeless, we do not mean it will stand the test of time.
We mean, there is no date given for the unattributed claims about David Blaine and his romantic relationships with “many women.”
Do not get us wrong. We like scandal and titillating innuendo as much as the next high-quality daily magic news source. But there has to be steak to go with that sizzle. We want fries with that shake. We would at least like to know the adventure in love and its manifestations happened in this century.
Writes Wizbang Pop!, “The two had a kinky and wild sex life according to Blaine.”
There is a description of a favorite method of expressing one’s fondness allegedly preferred by Fiona Apple. We do not know Ms. Apple and so do not feel comfortable exposing the method d’ amour David Blaine was said to have practiced.
Unless we know the person intimately — say a family member or work colleague — we refuse to contribute to the stream of gossip and sensationalism. Now, if the story involved one of the Hardy clan, we would tell what we knew, what we thought we knew, what we wished we knew, and show pictures (even photoshopped versions for clarity) and streaming video featuring puppets and gaudy soundtrack.
Congratulations to David Blaine and French model fiancée Alizee Guinochet.
We read TV3.ie religiously – it is a strange religion; to have a ritual where the devout read a particular Irish television-centric web site. But it is our religion and we read the U.S. Constitution to protect that right – no matter how others may judge. Plus Channel 3 in Ireland has a four-hour special about how people shouldn't judge religions that may sound strange or different. Oh, by the way, do you want to buy a copy of our seminal religious text, TV Guide This Weeks and Puzzles?
David Blaine and the lovely and now slightly larger than a size 0 model Alizee Guinochet made the announcement at a cancer charitable event on a roof top someplace.
We say the event was "someplace" because there were 300 hits for the news item but not one had a location for the event other than "a rooftop."
We were able to do some detective work and determined it was not in Pueblo, Colorado.
The houses there are built into the side of cliffs (at least the cool ones) and they technically don't have rooftops and even if they did, it would be too scary to stand on an adobe clay roof at night when one is drinking (except for Ms. Guinochet and the future heir to the Blaine magic estate.).
We also ruled out Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The city planners do not permit buildings higher than the tallest historic structure — about eight feet. Santa Fe — named after Saint Fay, a red-headed dwarf martyr who was burned near a stake by heathens who mistook her for a safety match – is home to statistically the shortest individuals who by contrast make the buildings look “normal” height.
We were quite sure it was not Asunción or Ciudad del Este in Paraguay.
The U.S. State Department advises American travelers to avoid outdoor nighttime events. The State Department warns there is a high risk of injury or death due to intentional or accidental gunfire from by bad guys with guns and little ability to aim.
(Actual listing from Ireland's TV3 Week's Guide for the day on which David Blaine announced his happy news. Coincidence, we think not.).
We were about to give up. We felt dejected and defeated. We decided to use the restroom to do some thinking.
From The Hardball Talk blog over at NBC Sports. Writer Craig Calcaterra answers readers tweeted questions. Most were non-magic-centric save this one.
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