Magician sues PayPal for holding Haiti donations |
| March 10, 2010 |
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A magician and mentalist who traveled to Haiti on his own earthquake recovery mission has filed a lawsuit against the organization that collected donations for his mission.
James Clark has sued Paypal for mismanagement of his account. He said the company is holding both business funds and donations to him, collected via PayPal. According to a small claim affidavit posted on his Facebook page, he alleges the company refuses to release funds in the account. He is suing for $1,500 in order to recover money for business and in support of his trip to Haiti.
Clark, who is trained as a medic and spent 19 years with the U.S. Army, in January asked for donations to fund his mission. He returned about a month ago with pictures and video of the things he and his crew encountered, and is currently planning a second trip.
An interview request has been sent to PayPal, Inc. for comment. The company is based in San Jose, Calif.
Second David Stone teaser released |
| March 9, 2010 |
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Warning: This teaser features some outrageous French accents.
The Real Secrets of David Stone hits our virtual shelves on March 22. Be ready…
Finalists named in Arcane video contest |
| March 8, 2010 |
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The Gold Arcane is closer to someone’s hands, and you get a say who should win it.
Last night we posted the 10 finalists in our Arcane video contest, and it’s an incredibly talented pool of competitors. Some show a single trick with brilliant presentation. Others unleash a flurry of jaw-dropping moves.
Check out all the videos for yourself, then give your opinion about who performed the best. Our judges aren’t counting votes, per se, but they’ll be swayed by what you have to say.
Ellusionist’s Invisible Deck app impresses reviewers |
| March 5, 2010 |
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Reviews are coming in for Ellusionist’s Invisible Deck app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and they look pretty good:
- “Ellusionist is always thinking outside the box. This is a clever app bringing magic and technology together. Great work!” ~Doug Freeman
- “I just downloaded this app 10 minutes ago and have already performed this for my wife. I can already see how handy this will be when I don’t have a physical invisible deck with me. The routine possibilities are just flowing through my head right now. Great App! Great Price!” ~Adrian Argueta
- “Wow! Ellusionist have done it again this time on the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad… What an awesome trick this is. It’s easy to learn´and it amazes people! I’ve used this trick alot of times… it works both for street magic and stage magic.” ~Peter Gram
- “Finally something good with cards for the iPhone.” ~Shawn Mullins
There are a slew of magic apps out there. What separates Ellusionist’s Invisible Deck from the crowd is how the method and design eliminates all those pesky “technological explanations.” Your spectators will watch the magic happen in their hands. Brad Christian and Jason Brumbalow spent months designing and testing, in order to ensure that this app felt exactly like an invisible deck performance.
You know that the ol’ ID is Plan B for us magicians. It’s one of the few magic tricks that is strong, hard-hitting and near foolproof. Download the Invisible Deck today, try it out on your spectators tonight, then post your own review. Let us know how it works for you.
Magician at Trump party irks society writer |
| March 2, 2010 |
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Some people just don’t like magicians. In our opinion, writer Chiara Atik may be a member of that group, so don’t try to impress her with your new application for Lego figures in card magic. (Lookin’ at you, Pancakes.)
Atik was mystified why a pink-tied magician would be performing at Ivanka Trump’s launch party Monday night for her fine jewelry collection. She seemed bothered by his knack for showing up in a lot of the party pictures (taken by Sonny Norton of Guest of a Guest) with a fan of cards in hand. The only good part about him, Atik said: At least he’s not an electric violinist. Apparently, those — like the phrase “for the win,” LOLcats and flourishing videos with the performer’s crotch in the background — are played out.
We looked at the party pics, and it looks like he’s killing it. Because we have a background in photojournalism, we can easily see why the photog would take pictures of him, instead of stuffy socialites drinking drinks more expensive than our card collections.
So who is this magician? Know him? We want to give him some props for workin’ it.
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