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High Winds Ruin David Blaine’s Finale

If you have watched NBC at all this week, you have probably seen excerpts of David Blaine’s latest stunt, “Dive of Death.” The 35-year-old magician is known for doing death-defying stunts, including a stunt in which he was suspended over London in a clear cube for 44 days without food and only minimal water each day and one where he was submerged into a sphere filled with water for seven days straight. (Photo by Nelia Schrum and as a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.) This week, he hung upside down over Central … Continue reading →

How David Blaine Spent Thanksgiving

Just a few hours ago, magician David Blaine unstrapped himself from a massive gyroscope. While the rest of us were stuffing our faces with potatoes and pies like piggies, Blaine was unshackling his hands and feet from the spinning scope. Why in the world did this “master illusionist” spend Thanksgiving in a gyroscope high above Times Square? For publicity—yes, and something else. Blaine’s latest stunt was as much about charity as publicity. The magician teamed up with Target for the stunt that had him hanging 40 feet above New York’s Times Square in a spinning gyroscope. Blaine entered the contraption … Continue reading →