To help pay for his undergraduate education, Elias Garcia-Pelegrin had an unusual summer job: cruise ship magician. “I was that guy who comes out at dinnertime and does random magic for you,” he says.

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 ...

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LOOK, I’ve got nothing up my sleeves. There are magic tricks that work by sleight of hand, relying on the skill of the performer and a little psychology. Then there are so-called self-working magic ...

Even in the daytime, the most hallowed ground inside the Magic Castle in Hollywood has a way of casting a spell on hard-nosed cynics who might normally consider themselves immune to the art of ...

Now You See Me's elaborate heist movie sees a group of magicians, regarded as "The Four Horsemen," performing public ...