Pulling a rabbit from a top hat. Teleporting from one cage to another. Finding a coin behind a five-year-old’s ear. Magic has long inspired a sense of awe and wonder, but one portion of the population ...

Sleight of hand expert Ben Seidman is back with Vanity Fair once again to review more sleight of hand tricks, pickpocketing and psychological magic in films including 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of ...

The exploits of any paranormal detective — from Sherlock Holmes to Scooby-Doo — will tell you that the mysterious and the magical always have an explanation grounded in science. (Take the Victorian ...

Asi Wind believes that to be a good magician, you have to be honest about lying. “People can sense BS,” he says over Zoom. “If a performer isn’t honest, they can recognize it.” The close-up magician, ...

Magician Ben Seidman has an impressive resume peppered with live performances for A-list celebrities and magic royalty like Penn & Teller, featured roles in television projects, and most recently, a ...

Since mid-November, Blumenthal Art’s Blume Studios has hosted a mesmerizing world of magic, where a range of local and regional performers entertain crowds at the North American premiere of The ...

A matchstick and a handkerchief drew Mac King into the world of magic when he was just 5 years old. It was a simple trick, shown to him by his grandfather back home in Kentucky, but it ignited what ...

A group of like-minded enthusiasts that’s been meeting since before the end of World War II is still at it, marking its eighth decade with performances a member said “will put some wonder in your mind ...

He was the most famous magician of the 20th century. Yet Harry Houdini’s peers were often scathing about him. His tricks were ...

I mean I really love magic. My wife, Barbara, and I recently joined the Magic Castle, Home of the Academy of Magical Arts. Located in Los Angeles, it is that old castle on the hill near the Hollywood ...