Hypnotist Bill Gladwell sends in the latest of his Secret Order interviews for the Magic Newswire's "Magic Newscast."  In this episode he talks with magician Michael Kent upon his return from Korea where he was performing for American Servicemen deployed there. Michael's show has been acclaimed by America's top universities as everything from "Wildly Original," to "Clever, Sarcastic and Absolute Fun!"  Join Bill & Michael as they discuss his experiences in Asia and watch for further updates here on the Magic Newswire.

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From our friend Ed Alonzo we learn of his continued work to develop magic within the music industry.

"I spent almost 12 hours working for Usher on the set of his new music video "OMG" Oh My Gosh, in Culver City Ca. A mysterious red pocket handkerchief is snatched out of Usher's jacket breast pocket by one of the hot girl dancers. As she walks away the hank floats back to Ushers coat pocket.  I'm now in the early stages of creating more magic and Illusions for some of his other projects and for his end of the year concert tour." 

In addition, Ed was hired to re-stage and add new magic and gags to a big production number in Cirque Du Soliel's new Broadway show, Banana Shpeel which is set to open in NY  in  April 2010.  The main magic segment involves two Modern type cabinets. The actors vanish and reappear from one to the other quickly like the old Key Stone Cops gag in and out the doors.

Stay tuned for more info and visit Cirque Here for Details.

David Williamson awoke one morning on his parents farm in Ohio and a cow was levitating out of the window. He looked down to see that she had already been milked. That's when he knew he would go into magic. Ever since that time, Dave has been trying to duplicate that feat. Dave wanted you to know that as a child, he always wanted to be a professional magician. As an adult, David wants to be a doctor. For the past 20 years he has performed for every blue and gold banquet in America. All kidding aside, David has done everything and been everywhere and has appeared on TV both nationally and internationally. I was thrilled that David would take time from his busy schedule to visit with the listeners of the Magic Newswire's podcast and I am sure that you'll enjoy the journey that he takes us on in this episode.

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In "The Latimer Project," Jason Latimer, "World Champion of Magic" and owner of Latimer Corp., an illusion design firm, shows the process of his illusions from concept to creation. It is produced by Pilgrim Films.

It seems that magic has no bigger fan on the modern talk show circuit than Ellen Degeneres. We've previously reported on the myriad of magicians to make an appearance on the show. Today, video was posted on the Warner Bros. site of what appeared to be a protest encouraging Ellen to support "local magic talent" by having Goldfinger & Dove appear as guests on her show. This coincided with the appearance of Australian magician James Galea. So, let's cut to the chase. Here is all the video that we could pull together to document what happened including footage of the "protesters" and of James' performance. Thanks to Charlie Mortimer who helped put this together!

UPDATE: For clarity on the subject, the video of the protest was a joke. The two "protester's" are staff comedy writers who last year did a magic act that included a gamolo levitation and some cheesy choreography. It was part of a staff talent show put on expressly for Ellen. ( http://bit.ly/aBZWh5 ) The use of the name Gold Finger and Dove was more than likely chosen at random and is not meant to reflect badly on Jack Vaughn. In fact I suspect Warner Brothers and Ellen are not aware they exist. Warner Brothers has a huge law division who's job it is to investigate that a name being used fictitiously is copyright free. This clearance process is used on all episodes of all TV shows. The videos that show Ellen's G&D are not for broadcast and are merely for web based presentations so this precess may not apply. Might be a great opportunity for G&D to increase their retirement fund! ;-) There is no controversy ... it was the staffs way of making Ellen laugh. Cheers, Shawn Farquhar

I just received a link to this video from a show called "Nine Lives Las Vegas" which featured magician Rick Thomas which is well worth sharing. Thanks again to Charlie Mortimer for the heads up on this story!

On this episode of This Week in Magic, we preview the first ever Magic-Con, the interactive conference for people that are serious about magic. Magic-Con begins on Thursday March 18th. Our guests on the show include conference presenters  Daniel Garcia, "Handsome Jack" John Lovick and Theory 11's Jonathan Bayme. What is Magic-Con and why do we care? Listen and you'll understand.  Look for updates and remote reports from Magic-Con by both Chase Goforth and Danny Garcia later in the week.  Other Magic-Con presenters include Guest of Honor Juan Tamariz, David Blaine, Dan & Dave Buck, John Carney, Sebastien Clergue, Derek DelGaudio, Bill Goodwin, Guy Hollingworth, Chris Kennr, Chad Long, Max Maven, Apollo Robbins, Eric Mead, JC Wagner, Michael Weber &  Paul Wilson.

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There's nothing more that needs to be said. Mac King & David Kaye say it all for me. Just enjoy it in all of its' awesomeness!

Everyone knows by now that I am a huge fan of the Ted conference. I get even more excited by Ted Talks with a Magic Connection. Most recently, Eric Mead presented at TedMed where he talked about Placebo Effect. (Thanks to @MagicJoe1 who sent me this via Twitter!) Below, you'll also find several Ted Talks that we have shared in the past, but which are well worth sharing again including presentations by David Blaine, JJ Abrams, Arthur Benjamin, Keith Barry & Lennart Green.