I’ve done a lot of things while tripping on mushrooms. I’ve eaten meals, taken walks in the park, even closed my eyes and chilled out to my favorite tunes. But, until a few weeks ago, I’d never won first place—and $5,000—in a Magic: the Gathering tournament.
David Copperfield has a private pool in his 8,000-square-foot Manhattan apartment—something all of his neighbors are now well aware of because he managed to flood the entire building with it this week.
Ever wonder why some white people are so mortally afraid of black bodies? One possible, research-supported answer: they think black people are legit warlocks.
Things dogs understand: Treats. Doritos. Rubbing their furry butts on a soft carpet. Things dogs don't really get: Illusions. The magical arts and sciences. Deception.
A man claiming to be a sorcerer with magical healing powers was arrested this week after he allegedly convinced at least one woman that she had to have sex with him in order to get over a bad breakup.
Labor Day is a complete rip-off. Labor isn't celebrated at all—instead, a single day's break from labor is celebrated. You might think this is a stupid thing to care about, because Labor Day is really just about getting drunk in your yard, again. But that's actually evidence of this very successful con job pulled on…
For reasons that remain upsettingly unclear, photojournalist Ben Garvin of the St. Paul Pioneer Press was compelled to shave off his majestic facial hair.
A new class of debonair Jay Gatsbys has emerged to instant wealth (and, presumably, inevitable tragedy) this week, as the Federal Trade Commission began parceling out $40M in checks to idiotic lazy boneses all over this great land. Office workers; toll booth operators; big boned teen girls with body types that might…
It might have been a little too 6:45 on a Monday morning for KTLA's feature reporter Allie Mac Kay when part-time sorcerer Justin Willman decided to blow her mind with a very loud illusion, but her reaction was pure magic.
YouTuber prankster Stuart Edge (nee Edgington) has made something of a name for himself producing videos that involve finding "clever" ways to "trick" Brigham Young University's female student body into giving him and his pals free kisses.
Yann Frisch is an award-winning French magician who has spent a lifetime perfecting a single trick: Cups and balls.
Sorry to have to ruin your Halloween plans, but starting in September, eBay will no longer allow the sale of hexes, spells, magic potions, curses, prayers, healing sessions, or any of the other awesome stuff the world's friendly witches and warlocks provide.
The Internet was all abuzz Tuesday after someone noticed Miley Cyrus, whose recent bomb LOL featured her in her first cinematic sex scene, said sex was "beautiful," "magic," and "cool" in an interview last week.
Teller, the half of magic duo Penn & Teller whose voice was stolen by a vengeful warlock centuries ago, is suing a Dutch magician illusionist who is threatening to reveal the secret behind one of his most iconic tricks.
Opening public meetings with a magic trick or two can help you engage with your audience and ease them into the seemingly endless boredom-torture to come—but use discretion! Tricks that involve disappearing coins are probably fine. Tricks that involve disappearing women's undergarments are probably... not fine?
A study conducted by the folklore department of the University of Iceland has found that a majority of inhabitants of the land of Eyjafjallajökull and Björk Guðmundsdóttir believe in the existence of elves. Go figure!
Announcement: The "next Harry Potter" is going to be The Night Circus, a historical fiction series about dueling 19C circus magicians written by a never-before-published writer named Erin Morgenstern. The Night Circus is happening, whether you like it or not.
An out-of-work bricklayer living in Guadalajara claims to have found an actual fairy while picking fruit. He then did what anyone lucky enough to stumble upon such a rare and magical creature as this might do: He placed the fairy in a container of formaldehyde, and is charging people to look at it.
