Lincoln, the auto company whose average customer is the same age as Abraham Lincoln, has a problem: they're rolling out a hot new car, and they would like to sell it to some people who may not be about to die. Where is the more youthful, affluent audience for this stupid car? If you said "probably buying a BMW," you are far too honest to ever be a chief marketing officer.

The best thing about this New York Times article on David Blaine's latest stunt is not the news that he's inviting the public to electrocute him over and over for a period of 72 hours, but how much effort everyone is going to to make it sound like this is something bold and daring.

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.

A magician named John Cassidy—world record holder for "most balloon sculptures made in one hour"—visited Michelle Obama at the White House last month. She promptly imprisoned him in a latex bubble, while a White House photographer documented her chilling disregard for the civil liberties of balloon magicians.

Hypnotists need to be very careful: David Days, a hypnotist performing in Portland, England, left three people in a trance on Friday night after being knocked out during a fall in the middle of his act.

From TheStar.com comes the story of activist Linda Beaudoin, who is tirelessly campaigning to get clowns and their ilk — magicians, Santas, Lady Gaga impersonators, or whoever else you've been roped into hiring for your kid's birthday party — licensed and given criminal background checks.

On America's Got Talent, Howie Mandel, a serious germaphobe, got really freaked out by some floss that was pulled through a magician's neck. Sharon Osbourne, however, just couldn't keep it together after Howie ran away from a piece of string.

Well well well, shut our collective mouths, magically! Last August, a woman accused David Copperfield of luring her to his private island, raping her repeatedly, and then threatening to kill her if she told anyone. Copperfield denied it at the time. But let's be honest: everyone already thought David Copperfield was kind of creepy, so it's the sort of accusation one might be inclined to believe.

Adam Hanft writes about business strategy and stuff for some semi-respectable news outlets, but he made the mistake of hiring Ronn [sic] Torossian's 5WPR to get him some press, and they are making him sound like a moron. Big time!