David Blaine, known for his headline-making spectacles of physical, emotional and mental endurance, will live on the line — literally. Blaine, the ‘Upside Down Man,’ will attempt to hang from a thin wire five stories in the air — with no safety net or airbag to break his fall — in Central Park’s Wollman Rink for three days and nights. Using electro-magnetic boots, Blaine will walk on and under the wire during more than 60 hours of the challenge. How will he exit from his perch overlooking New York City? Details of Blaine’s heart-stopping plunge at the conclusion of the special are a closely-guarded secret. He will surprise us all — live — on a new, two-hour ABC primetime special, David Blaine: Dive of Death, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Additionally, viewers will join Blaine on a unique cross-country trip, as he makes his way from the east coast to the Grand Canyon, performing his jaw-dropping illusions for people in his own distinctive style. Blaine, who has triumphantly revived amazing crowd-pleasing spectacles of magic, surprises people by appearing in the most unexpected places, bringing his amazing illusions to people who need it the most. The real people with whom Blaine shares the power of his magic include residents of the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, coal miners in West Virginia’s Mingo County and inner city gangs of East St. Louis.

For more than 60 spellbinding hours, Blaine will be on the wire without food. He will pull himself up to drink liquids and to restore circulation. He will need to fight off muscle spasms and lack of sleep, as well as maintain maximum concentration in order to be successful. He will have to hang on for his life, even sleeping by dangling upside down.

Blaine’s latest endurance challenge will take place in full public view — a free, family friendly event beginning the morning of September 22 — with passersby able to see him hanging precariously from his high wire.

Blaine successfully held his breath under water for longer than any human being (after inhaling pure oxygen) — 17 minutes and four-seconds — live on April 30 on The Oprah Winfrey Show. In May 2006, on ABC’s live special, David Blaine: Drowned Alive, he attempted to break the 8-minute, 58-second record for a breath-hold under water (after inhaling air that was not oxygenated) after living for a record seven days and nights underwater — longer than any human — in an acrylic sphere in front of New York’s Lincoln Center.

He also successfully completed a 44-day fast in an acrylic box suspended over the Thames River in London in the fall of 2003, surviving only on water. American viewers have been following his exploits for years on ABC Television. On David Blaine: Vertigo, in May of 2002, he balanced on a platform, 22 inches in diameter, atop a 90-foot pillar in Manhattan’s Bryant Park for 35 hours.

In November 2000, Blaine’s Frozen in Time challenge drew massive crowds in Times Square, as he successfully survived inside a block of ice for over 61 hours. In April 1999, he was Buried Alive for seven days and seven nights, stunning thousands of New Yorkers who filed by his see-through crypt. The country was initially introduced to Blaine’s amazing brand of incredible effects on his first ABC special, David Blaine: Street Magic, which aired in May 1997.

David Blaine: Dive of Death is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC’s selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound.

You get 2 assistants and 2 Paper bags. In one of the paper bags there is a unknown fruit or item and the other bag is empty. Criss Angel takes out a pen and pencil and instructs the audience to start yelling out random fruit. He writes down on many pieces of papers the name of the fruits that was called out. He has his assistant pick one of the papers and read it outloud. The other assistant opens the other bag and its the same fruit.

How is this easy prediction trick done?

You pretend that you are writing what the other people are saying but you are actually just writing the same fruit over and over again.

Pretty easy right?

Effect: A soda or beer can can be seen to be stuck in mid air whilst the performer eerily moves his hand from the bottom to the top of the can to create the illusion that the can is suspended in mid air.

Preparation: None, you only need a regular soda or beer can.

Method: Hold the soda or beer can in your hand, thumb on one side, fingers on the other, (towards the bottom of the can) , then simply release your grip slightly and the can will start to slide downwards. When doing this, the hand needs to be gradually but slowly moving upwards, if the timing is right it will create an illusion that the can is suspended in mid air, the upward movement of the hand needs to be exactly the same as the downwards movement of the can.

Comments: This is an easy illusion trick. It is all in the timing, therefore you should spend some time at home practicing. The result should be a great illusion trick which will have everyone dumbfounded.

Criss Angel Said, “Consider a tornado that will come out of my mouth and wrap around the theater! You will see the things that you see me do on Mindfreak, so to all those skeptics and naysayers that say all those things can’t be done live I challenge them to come and see my live show and you will see everywhere the most insane demonstration of illusions and connect on an emotional journey with me within the show.”

If you was planning on performing this trick for your girlfriend tonight. You are out of luck unless you live near a magic shop. But any day is a good day to give magic flowers. So order from your favorite online magic shop for a future occasion. Make sure she gives you the flowers back afterwards so you can do the trick again another day.

I’ll create a video on how to do this very easy sleight of hand trick soon.

I have a large list of street magic tricks for you to learn that i will be posting soon.

Do you have what it takes to compete with Copperfield? Be the next Blaine? Out conjure Criss Angel? We�re looking for America�s next great undiscovered magician. Stage, parlor, street, any and all styles and talents are welcome.

100 will be chosen to compete in the televised search for the next great magician.

You must be 18 or over to participate. All submissions become the property of Studio City for its uninhibited use, which may include worldwide broadcast on-air and online.

Could be a lot of fun. Anyone interested you can go here

I’ll most likely get the UV tattoo of an ace up my sleeve when i go back to Vegas in the spring.

David Blaine says, “I’m dropping 30 pounds,” he told me. “I do two hours every day on the treadmill. I’m on a raw diet that includes brown rice. No red meat. No animal products besides cooked fish.”

“It’s been tried before. In 1959, Peter Tripp stayed awake eight days, but it resulted in permanent brain damage. In 1964, 17-year-old Randy Gardner did it for a high school science project. He lasted 11½ days but recovered fully. No damage. A guy in London tried but fell short. Another did 19 days but slept two hours each night, so that doesn’t count. Also he was seated in a rocking chair. If I do this thing, which you claim I’m doing, I’ll do it on my feet. Standing up.”

“After 36 hours of sleep deprivation it’s like being drunk, 72 hours and paranoia sets in, Day Four the mind goes into hallucinations and you’re dreaming while awake. The problem is there’s no way to know how to offset brain damage or to train for this because there isn’t sufficient research. I believe the first guy’s mistake was not being in great physical condition. Also he used stimulants to keep awake, which I assume did him in.”