Read more magician stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10333/magician.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:31:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67364/woman-who-claimed-sex-assault-sues-copperfield.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Seattle woman who accused David Copperfield of sexual assault two years ago filed a federal lawsuit against the magician last month before the two-year statute of limitations expired, the Seattle Times reports. The 22-year-old model and former Miss Washington USA contestant says Copperfield used her in his act in...http://www.newser.com/story/67364/woman-who-claimed-sex-assault-sues-copperfield.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 9:41:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38296/hourly-breaks-blaines-cheating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDavid Blaine takes a 10-minute break every hour? "It's cheating," says an unimpressed onlooker among a crowd of 8,000 watching Blaine hang upside down in Central Park until a grand finale tonight, the New York Daily News reports. Though the illusionist planned to do his business using a catheter,...http://www.newser.com/story/38296/hourly-breaks-blaines-cheating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Sep 2008 15:04:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38147/blaine-dives-into-hanging-stunt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPerformance art magician David Blaine dove head first into his latest public show in New York yesterday, hanging upside-down over Central Park. The Brooklyn-born show off plans to hang for 60 hours, despite a doctor's warning that the increased blood pressure in his head could cause blindness, and even death...http://www.newser.com/story/38147/blaine-dives-into-hanging-stunt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Sep 2008 5:19:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36191/gospel-illusionists-tricked-out-for-jesus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThough the Bible places strictures on the “magic arts,” a group of faithful tricksters are using sleight of hand to convert the wayward, Mother Jones reports. Weslyan University recently hosted the annual convention of the Fellowship of Christian Magicians, where performers were more likely to quote scripture and deliver Bible...http://www.newser.com/story/36191/gospel-illusionists-tricked-out-for-jesus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 31 Aug 2008 5:52:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26144/david-blaine-breaks-breath-holding-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDavid Blaine broke the world record for holding one’s breath today when he was submerged for 17 minutes and 4 seconds during a taping of Oprah. The endurance artist looked relaxed emerging from a water-filled sphere, the AP reports. Blaine had undergone simulated altitude training and pure oxygen treatment to...http://www.newser.com/story/26144/david-blaine-breaks-breath-holding-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Apr 2008 12:11:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/18853/siegfried-roy-plan-comeback.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA tiger mauling has kept them offstage for over 4 years, but Siegfried & Roy aren’t letting it end their careers. Next February they’ll perform a one-night-only special for charity, reports Der Spiegel, and their publicist says he’d be “very surprised if animals were not part of the performance.”http://www.newser.com/story/18853/siegfried-roy-plan-comeback.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 Feb 2008 11:05:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/6208/sleight-of-hand-gets-the-academic-treatment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMagicians got in on the act at this summer’s Magic of Consciousness conference, hobnobbing with—and even tricking—cognitive scientists as they helped dissect their own profession. The New York Times visits Las Vegas, where master illusionists were welcomed for what one scientist calls "their specific interest in the cognitive...http://www.newser.com/story/6208/sleight-of-hand-gets-the-academic-treatment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Aug 2007 16:16:33 CDT