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Tim Ellis

Tim Ellis

Congratulations Barry. You can download your Merlin here:

https://imgur.com/a/1WpIn7a

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Ok since I'm such a liar and so crooked. I will ask again a question do the judges have students or acts they manage in the contest and is that ethical or curupt? Let's start there fyi this is a loaded question with dozen of specific examples. I notice all are dancing around this question Here is t...

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The thing Chris Randall doesn't understand is that he THINKS he is accusing an organisation of being corrupt. He is accusing people. Very specific people. "I know a judge and he was telling me that an act will get announced and before they step on stage word would get passed down the line of ju...

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Chris Randall - having been a Judge at three FISMS and three Asia FISMS, I am incredibly insulted at your accusations and you are putting yourself in line for a lawsuit. "The idea that fism isn't a fixed contest is crazy. I have been in the room when fism made deals with performers for fism pri...

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Jonathan, your dealer room story reminded me of FISM Beijing. Despite lots of promises that copied magic would not be permitted in the dealers room, from day one as I walked through it I found Masuda's WOW for $1, Ravens for $5, and even several copied illusions sitting right there on the dealer sta...

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Tonight we have a GREAT interview with THE COOLEST MAGICIAN ON EARTH - Rudy Coby! (Live in 45 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eYZBrs1RM0 ) We also had a fun chat with Genii Cover Girl Carisa Hendrix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YmSz6KTw_k Hope you can catch up with Laneway Live as we fi...

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Just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who had fun with my take on THE TRICK THAT CANNOT BE EXPLAINED. I hope you all enjoyed sharing it. So many people told me how much they laughed when they found out the secret

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0AcpFizIJM&t=140s

Tim Ellis

Cross promotion! Michael is also appearing on LANEWAY LIVE in two night's time. It was a GREAT chat, such an amazing guy.

https://thelanewaytheatre.com/

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In tonight's episode I'm chatting with DAVID REGAL!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BvR12r ... VNqxTYg5y8

Tim Ellis

Hi guys, I'm producing a new nightly chat show called LANEWAY LIVE direct from The Laneway Theatre here in Melbourne Australia, where I interview a different magician every night - tonight (Episode 4) is Gaston from The Flicking Fingers. You never know who I'll be chatting to next but they have all ...

Tim Ellis

One of Australian magic's favourite sons has just blitzed America's Got Talent with his fresh and cheeky take on the classic dove production act.

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw7Qq6XFZ0k

Tim Ellis

That was an interesting time. The mining company actually contacted us to try to convince their CEO that Uri was a fraud. Despite evidence, he chose to pay Uri a quarter of a million dollars sum to fly him over an island with a map and a pendulum. They ended up having to say they found minerals (not...

Tim Ellis

We improvised a "documentary" for our own amusement many years ago.

It was funny to us at the time... but now it just looks real.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDzmRTh2Gew

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If you get a chance, take a listen to the utterly fascinating and totally entertaining podcast SCAMAPALOOZA by Australia's Honest Conman Nicholas J Johnson. Currently up to episode 38, Scamapalooza attempts to separate facts from fraud as Nicholas explores the worlds of deception, illusion and swind...

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And now BUZZ FEED has picked up on this very one sided "feud"

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/criss-a ... .adg703953

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Not really a duel - you don't see DC posting anything about CA. CA also got very upset when Forbes wrote an article about the highest paid magicians http://www.forbes.com/sites/hayleycuccinello/2016/10/26/worlds-highest-paid-magicians-2016-david-copperfield-conjures-64-million-tops-list/#67e2ee0a3be...

Tim Ellis

Just last September Criss was threatening to sue other magicians who copied his effects without permission http://lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2015/sep/30/its-getting-so-frustrating-ridiculous-criss-angel-/ “There is supposed to be a rule in magic, that if you want or like an effect of another magici...

Tim Ellis

As they continue to expand the franchise I hate to say it... but I think the standard is dropping...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH0o8cWLofc

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I loved it for all the same reasons

Tim Ellis

Yes, this is really happening! 85 Hours. Non-stop magic. Guinness World Record. Over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, a group of ambitious and dedicated Australian magicians from The Melbourne Magic Festival will be attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the World’s Longest Magic Show w...

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So disappointing someone should try to get away with this blatant rip off

http://www.telecinco.es/gottalent/tempo ... 55025.html

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According to a tweet....

Criss Angel ‏@CrissAngel Jan 20
My brand new creation is coming to @LuxorLV @Cirque 2016 Just Wait... #MagicRevolution

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By contrast THE ILLUSIONISTS (West End) gets two out of five here "Compere Colin Cloud describes himself as a forensic scientist but comes across as a less charismatic version of Derren Brown, setting the tone for an evening that can’t decide whether it should be thunderously bombastic or genia...

Tim Ellis

And yet the press reviews about Dynamo are very favourable... sort of... "Mainly though the evening consists of theatrically staged mind reading tricks in which Dynamo predicts what audience members are thinking, be it favourite childhood movies or various randomly generated numbers. These sort...

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The child has been diagnosed and Criss and Shaunyl are still married.

Those who know the real reason for the press release are not impressed.

Tim Ellis

While it is terrible news that the boy has leukemia, the part that I find disgusting is the way in which it is being exploited for publicity. Criss could simply have cancelled shows and left it at that. Instead, he has chosen to promote it through the media, only a few days after announcing a new ro...

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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1630927/bio Hmmm... his IMdB bio says he married Shaunyl in Feb this year.... And this blog page fills in a few gaps in the mystery... http://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2015/04/blind-item-6-689.html Especially in the comments section.... And this clipping from St John the...

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Are you sure it's Shaunyl? On her FB profile it says she got engaged to a guy on Oct 2013 and on his FB profile is a pic of him holding the baby (Johnny) in February with people saying "Congrats Dad!" But on Oct 2014 he comments "If another man steals your women,there's no better reve...

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I am not suggesting the child doesn't exist. The implication is that Criss's ex-wife Sandra is the mother, though that is never actually stated. To some extent, that is none of our concern BUT, as Richard points out, hundreds of press releases have been sent out to promote/capitalise on this and aga...

Tim Ellis

As sad as this is, I really dislike the fact that all the press releases are focusing on one thing "For the first time in seven years, Criss Angel is canceling some of his Las Vegas shows." Which isn't even true! He cancelled a whole month in January last year, "Criss Angel will under...

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I wonder how much they paid for that advertisement. It definitely isn't journalism.

Most interesting piece is they say Chloe Louise Crawford is now Criss Angel's latest project...

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And as bad as we think we have it, there's another group of entertainers who have it worse... "Magicians publish their tricks – they have their names attached to them. But no one cares about giving ventriloquists credit.” http://deadline.com/2015/09/americas-got-talent-winner-paul-zerdin-stole-...

Tim Ellis

You are correct, there are blanket licenses and there are dramatic licences. For LEMON TREE, as it was seen as a concert piece, the blanket license covered it. However, when it came to putting the piece on my DVD 'ELLIS IN WONDERLAND', the royalty cost was very expensive for that song, so I had a fr...

Tim Ellis

Hi Bill, I'm sure the situation is the same in the USA. Here in Australia, if I wish to perform to music I need to submit my song choices to APRA, they will make sure the correct royalties go to the correct people. They will also let me know if I am allowed to use the songs I request. http://apraamc...

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From the MagicFakers blog ALSO, many people ask about the origins of John Cornelius' original Pen Through Anything, often suggesting he got the idea from Tenyo's Wandering Hole (1979). Here is the story direct from John himself: "The Tenyo Wandering Hole was a piece of plastic with a movable ho...

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My 2 cents

http://www.timellismagic.com/magic-ethics-and-wedding-dances/

Tim Ellis

According to Gold Derby predictions, the ventriloquist Paul Zerdin has 63% odds in favour with 4/7 chances to win the finale. He is followed by Piff the Magic Dragon, the comedian and magician, who has 13% odds in favour and 13/2 chances to become the winner of "America's Got Talent" (AGT)...

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