An excellent article profiling illusion maker John Gaughan appears in the New York Times Style Section under the title “Magicians Ask: What’s Up His Sleeve?”. “That Mr. Gaughan, 68, is not easily found befits an artisan who has spent most of his life creating large-scale illusions for many of the world’s most famous magicians and illusionists: Siegfried & Roy, David Blaine, Criss Angel,David Copperfield, Doug Henning, Mark Wilson, Ricky Jay. Yet while Mr. Gaughan’s artistry has, for instance, helped Mr.(Criss) Angel seemingly jump through the body of another man, Mr. Gaughan doesn’t get the glory. In the world of legerdemain, his are vital but unseen hands.”
It’s official! As Robin Leach let slip in an article that we previously blogged about, the new Circque de Soleil show at the Luxor will be called, ”Criss Angel, Believe.” We’ll let you get the complete story from Criss himself:
Plans for Criss Angel to stage a disappearance from an imploding building as part of the next season of his A&E show Mindfreak has vanished from the schedule. An article from the Binghamton Press Bulletin provides details in an article entitled, Magician’s disappearing act to bypass Binghamton. The plan involved the demolition of the 119-year-old Ross Building which is scheduled for demolition in early May. “The city is trying to bring down the aging structure in the [Read more]
As much as we have tried to steer clear of reporting on topics with an overtly “gossipy” overtone, it seems a bit silly for us to ignore articles from such sources as the Los Angeles Times, Robin Leach’s Luxe Life, and Norm Clarke of the Las Vegas Review Journal with regard to one of magic’s most popular performers, Criss Angel. All report varying versions of an unhappy Criss Angel expressing his dissatisfaction with the fact that his girlfriend, the current Miss Nevada USA Veronica Grabowski, [Read more]
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As much as we have tried to steer clear of reporting on topics with an overtly “gossipy” overtone, it seems a bit silly for us to ignore articles from such sources as the 
