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Blaine Offers Farrow Hunger Strike Tips

Rob Quinn — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:30:10 CDT

Mia Farrow took advice from a pro before going on a hunger strike for Darfur, the New York Daily News reports. Farrow says illusionist David Blaine—who once spent 44 seemingly food-free days sealed inside a Plexiglass case—told her the hunger pangs would stop six days in, and to...

Hourly Breaks? Blaine's Cheating!

Ambreen Ali — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:04:41 CDT

David 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,...

Blaine Dives Into Hanging Stunt

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:19:43 CDT

Performance 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...

Stunt Could Leave Magician Blind, Doc Says

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:32:41 CDT

When David Blaine hangs upside-down above New York's Central Park for 60 hours next week, he'll run the risk of going blind, says a vascular surgeon advising the celebrity magician on the stunt. Lengthy inversion increases blood pressure in the head, especially in the eyes, which can result in blindness,...

David Blaine Breaks Breath-Holding Record

Nick McMaster — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:11:01 CDT

David 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...

Next for Blaine: Breath-Holding Mark, on Oprah

Sam Gale Rosen — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:10:58 CDT

David Blaine, the magician and "endurance artist" is training to break the human breath-holding record April 30 on Oprah . He's already done it 16 minutes, 9 seconds in a test run, John Tierney reports in his New York Times science blog. New techniques have made it possible for the untrained...