"a teenager in 1988. Copperfield published a statement in response on January 24, 2018. In 1993 at a Berlin celebrity gala Copperfield met German supermodel Claudia Schiffer when he brought her on stage to participate in a mind-reading act and his flying illusion, and in January 1994 they became engaged. During the engagement, Schiffer sometimes appeared on stage with Copperfield to act as his special guest assistant in illusions including being sawn in half. She also appeared alongside Copperfield in ""David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic"" (1994), a documentary in which she played the role of a reporter interviewing him,"
"in his flying illusion, and they became engaged in January 1994. During this engagement, Schiffer sometimes appeared on stage with Copperfield to act as his special guest assistant in illusions including being levitated, guillotined, and sawn in half. She also appeared alongside Copperfield in ""David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic"", a 1994 documentary in which she played the role of a reporter interviewing him, and at the end of which they reprised their performance of the flying illusion. In September 1999, they announced they had ended their relationship, citing work schedules. In 1997, Copperfield and Schiffer both sued ""Paris Match"""
"and at the end of which they reprised their performance of the ""Flying"" illusion. After a nearly six-year engagement, in September 1999 they announced their separation, citing work schedules. In April 2006, he and two female assistants were robbed at gunpoint after a performance in West Palm Beach, Florida. His assistants handed over their money, passports, and a cell phone. According to his police statement, Copperfield did not hand over anything, claiming that he used sleight of hand to hide his possessions, although later admitting that doing so was ""very stupid. It was a reflex that could have got me"
"David Copperfield (illusionist) David Seth Kotkin (born September 16, 1956), known professionally as David Copperfield, is an American magician, described by ""Forbes"" as the most commercially successful magician in history. Copperfield's television specials have won 21 Emmy Awards of a total 38 nominations. Best known for his combination of storytelling and illusion, Copperfield's career of over 40 years has earned him 11 Guinness World Records, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a knighthood by the French government, and he has been named a Living Legend by the US Library of Congress. Copperfield has so far sold 33 million"
"Wilde on how to perform the 'Impossible Sawing' illusion, in which Wilde's character is sawed in half and her halves separated without the use of any covering or camera tricks. In July 2012, OWN-TV network aired a one-hour special and interview with Copperfield as part of the network's ""Oprah's Next Chapter"" series. The show featured many aspects of Copperfield's personal life and family—with tours of his island home and Las Vegas conjuring museum—and a sampling of his illusions and magic effects. During the interview, he and his girlfriend Chloe Gosselin, a French fashion model, announced their engagement and appeared together"
"marriage to magician Melinda Saxe in August 1993, but they divorced shortly after. For his ""Top Secret"" special that first aired on February 24, 1999, at Buffalo Bill's Hotel & Casino in Primm, Nevada, Burton staged an illusion in which he appeared to escape the path of a speeding roller coaster while on the tracks of ""The Desperado"". The Desperado is one of the tallest and fastest roller coasters in the United States – taking one minute to climb, and 3.5 seconds to descend to where he was on the tracks. He appeared to avoid the coaster by a mere"
"online pharmacy, a violation of the WWE Talent Wellness program. Copeland was said to have received somatropin, genotropin, and stanozolol between September 2004 and February 2007. In 1998, Copeland began a relationship with Alannah Morley, the sister of Sean Morley (aka Val Venis), and they married on November 8, 2001. They divorced a few years later on March 10, 2004. His second marriage was to Lisa Ortiz on October 21, 2004. Soon after his second marriage, Copeland started an affair with Amy Dumas (aka Lita), and their relationship became public knowledge in February 2005, resulting in Copeland's divorce from Ortiz"
"than as a psychic, which he calls Metaphysics. He has since blended this style into his Grand Illusion, refining his character into an archetype called ""the Poet/Wizard."" He filed for divorce in 2011, and it became final in May 2012. On September 22, 2012 he married West McDonough, a member of the Glover family who own the Magic Castle land and building. In 2014-2015 he was one of the most frequent performers on the CW television series Masters of Illusion, the Pop TV series Don't Blink, and on the REELZ series Extreme Escapes, as well as being a regular performer"
"David Copperfield (1999 film) David Copperfield is a two-part BBC television drama adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1850 novel of the same name, adapted by Adrian Hodges. The first part was shown on Christmas Day 1999 and the second on Boxing Day the same year. The production is notable for being the first screen work of actor Daniel Radcliffe, who would later achieve fame as the star of the ""Harry Potter"" films, where he would collaborate with his ""David Copperfield"" co-stars Maggie Smith, Zoë Wanamaker, Imelda Staunton, Dawn French and Paul Whitehouse. The series was co-produced by BBC America and Boston"
"in one of his early TV specials on actress Catherine Bach. In 2002, he was the subject of an hour-long biographical special on ""A&E's"" ""Biography"" channel. On April 5, 2009, Copperfield made his first live TV appearance for some time when he entertained the audience at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards with two illusions. First, he made singer Taylor Swift appear inside an apparently empty translucent-sided elevator as it was lowered from the ceiling; he then sawed her in half in his Clearly Impossible illusion. On May 7, 2009, Copperfield was dropped by Michael Jackson from Jackson's"
"ideas about religion, multiple dimensions and psychic phenomena. He has claimed to experience multiple encounters witnessing people with the ability to shapeshift. In 1993, he married his longtime on-again, off-again girlfriend Chris Fabian, an art conservator and artist. They were married at a small ceremony at his house in Wrigleyville. Corgan and Fabian separated in late 1995, and divorced in 1997. Corgan refused to discuss the subject in interviews, saying ""There is not and will not be any public record on my marriage – that's one thing I have to draw lines around."" He nevertheless described the circumstances of his"
"deductions for agents' and attorneys' fees, etc.). He earned $57 million in 2004 and 2005, and $30 million in 2009 in entertainment earnings, according to Forbes. Copperfield performs over 500 shows per year throughout the world. In March 1982, Copperfield founded Project Magic, a rehabilitation program to help disabled patients regain lost or damaged dexterity skills by using sleight of hand as physical therapy. The program has been accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association, and is in use in over 1100 hospitals in 30 countries. Copperfield made an appearance on Oprah Radio in April 2008 to talk with host"
"months. Copperfield's career in television began in earnest when he was discovered by Joseph Cates, a producer of Broadway shows and television specials. Cates produced a magic special in 1977 for ABC called ""The Magic of ABC"", hosted by Copperfield, as well as several ""The Magic of David Copperfield"" specials on CBS between 1978 and 2001. There have been 17 Copperfield TV specials and 2 documentaries between September 7, 1977, and April 3, 2001. Copperfield also played the character The Magician in the 1980s horror film ""Terror Train"" and had an uncredited appearance in the 1994 film ""Prêt-à-Porter"". Most of"
"David Copperfield called ""The Highway of Life"". In England, he appeared in J. M. Barrie's short ""The Dramatists Get What They Want"" at the Hippodrome and took the lead in ""Androcles and The Lion"" (playing Androcles) at St James's. His Rev. Cyril Smith in G. K. Chesterton's maiden play ""Magic"" in 1914 at the Little Theatre was also highly praised. Transferring to Broadway, he appeared in 1915 in the ""Man Who Married A Dumb Wife"" opposite Lillah McCarthy in its first presentation on an English speaking stage, reprised his role in ""Androcles"", as Peter Quince in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"","
"involvement in some intimate relationships, influenced by addiction, resulted in episodes of personal injury. In 1982 Springfield met an American actress Teda Bracci at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting; the pair moved in together in April 1983, and seven months later, they exchanged vows at a wedding ceremony which was not legally recognised under California law. The pair had a ""tempestuous"" relationship which led to an altercation with both Springfield and Bracci hospitalised; Springfield had been smashed in the mouth by Bracci wielding a saucepan and had teeth knocked out, requiring plastic surgery. The pair had separated within two years. Dusty"
"at the Cathedral of St. Vicinius. Boyd abruptly broke off the affair after the intensity apparently became too much to bear. In early 1972, after Boyd's departure, Mell had this to say about the break-up of their relationship: ""We both believe in reincarnation, and we realized we've already been lovers in three different lifetimes, and in each one I made him suffer terribly."" For her part, Mell would fondly remember Boyd many years later in her autobiography 'Cover Love' from 1990, dedicating a whole chapter to their affair. Boyd's last marriage took place in 1974 to Elizabeth Mills, a secretary"
"after the magazine claimed their relationship was a sham, that Schiffer ""[was] paid for pretending to be Copperfield's fiancée and [didn't] even like him"". In 1999, Schiffer won an undisclosed sum and a retraction from ""Paris Match"" when a French court ruled that the magazine's story was false. Copperfield's publicist confirmed that while Schiffer had a contract to appear in the audience at Copperfield's show in Berlin where they met, she was not under contract to be his ""consort"". Following her break-up with Copperfield, Schiffer had a short relationship with art dealer and Green Shield Stamps heir Tim Jefferies until"
"was in an episode of ""The Magician"", titled ""The Illusion of the Lethal Playthings"" (1974). For his contributions to the motion picture and television industries, Hayward was honored in 1960 with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 and 1680 Vine Street, respectively. Hayward married actress/director Ida Lupino on 17 November 1938 in a quiet civil ceremony held in the Santa Barbara courthouse. After he returned from the war, he was drastically different, which caused a strain in the marriage. They were divorced in 1945. He then met Peggy Morrow, and after dating for a while, they"
"married in 1998 Donne Ranger. He also had a daughter, Amanda; and two stepsons, Jason and Amos Courage. Amanda was married to American singer-songwriter Daryl Hall from 2009 to present. The need for cash to fuel his zoos prompted him to return to running gambling clubs in London, and he set up two new successful ones in Knightsbridge and Mayfair. In 1983, he made $30 million from their sale, but a decade later he was in financial difficulties again, and in 1992 he set up yet another gambling spot, Aspinalls, presently run by his son. Aspinall died of cancer, in"
"rope trick at a show in Memphis in 1989, Copperfield accidentally cut off the tip of his finger with sharp scissors. He was rushed to the hospital and the fingertip was reattached. On December 17, 2008, during a live performance in Las Vegas, a 26-year-old assistant named Brandon was sucked into the spinning blades of a high industrial fan that Copperfield walks through. The assistant sustained multiple fractures to his arm, severe bleeding, and facial lacerations that required stitches. Copperfield canceled the rest of the performance and offered the audience members refunds. On July 11, 1994, Copperfield sued magician and"
"acting and taking voice classes as well. Although told she was too old to be attempting to begin a career as a performer she persevered on the basis that she could at least teach. In the following two years she danced with a few local companies in the Boston area and then moved to New York City. In January 1985, while looking for the next step in her career, Spina answered an advert for a dancer in a show with ""an international stage and television star"". The star turned out to be magician David Copperfield, and he hired her. She"
"residency at the O2 Arena after a disagreement over money. Copperfield wanted $1 million (£666,000) per show. Copperfield denied the reports of a falling-out, saying ""don't believe everything you read."" News of Copperfield's collaboration with Jackson first surfaced on April 1, 2009, and has since been described as a possible April Fool's prank. In August 2009, Copperfield took his show to Australia. In January 2011 Copperfield joined the cast of the feature film ""Burt Wonderstone"" with Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, James Gandolfini and Olivia Wilde. Copperfield and his team developed illusions used in the film. He also coached Carell and"
"magic who abused their initiates. In 1973, Alex and Maxine separated, but both continued to practice the craft. One of the key reasons for their separation was that neither would compromise on Alex's bisexuality. After the divorce, Alex focused on formulating Wicca so that it could be followed by homosexual men, who had been partially prevented from involvement previously because of the religions' focus on gender polarity. He also initiated a number of people from continental Europe, who then spread the faith there. In 1979, Sanders issued an apology for his ""past hurts"" and ""many public stupidities"" and tried to"
"like everybody else. He's human."" Dallas subsequently began dating his ""Once Upon a Time"" co-star Goodwin in fall 2011. Dallas and Goodwin became engaged in October 2013, and married on April 12, 2014 in California. They have one child, a son, born in May 2014. David Nolan (Once Upon a Time) David Nolan, also known as Prince Charming, is a fictional character in ABC's television series ""Once Upon a Time"". He is portrayed by Josh Dallas, who also happens to be married to series co-star Ginnifer Goodwin, who plays David's wife Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard. The leader of the Enchanted"
"""powerful voice"" and describing the record as ""sassy"". In 2007, Tiffani Wood appeared in the stage musical ""Las Vegas Confidential – The Musical"". In 2009 she reunited with Katie Underwood in the stage show ""Valentino"". In December 2005, Wood publicly announced her engagement to UK born bouncer Neil Cummins, and the couple married on 28 January 2007. Photos from their wedding featured in ""OK!"" magazine. She later gave birth to their first child, Lillian Adel. The couple have since separated and were divorced in May 2009. Tiffani Wood Tiffany ""Tiffani"" Jane Wood (born 8 November 1977), briefly known as Tiffani"
"company SOLFUL LLC with his wife Cassie Fireman. In 2016, Curtis & Fireman also co-founded Indy Folk band DIRTY MAE. Curtis is the second of two children, and has an older sister named Polly. He attended and graduated from The McCallie School, an all-boys school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, after completing elementary school at Saint Nicholas School, also in Chattanooga. At the age of four years, Curtis met illusionist David Copperfield. Inspired by Copperfield's performance, Curtis started his own magic business at the age of thirteen. Curtis went on to compete in and win a few national stage contests. Curtis later"
"romantic item about two years later."" Efron began a romantic relationship with model and entrepreneur Sami Miró in September 2014. The couple split in April 2016."" Efron sought treatment in early 2013 after struggling with alcoholism and substance abuse. He has been sober since June 2013. In November 2013, Efron had to have his jaw wired shut after breaking it in a fall at home. In March 2014, Efron engaged in a fight with a homeless man in Skid Row. Law enforcement officials did not make any arrests because they viewed it as mutual combat. Zac Efron Zachary David Alexander"
"at the annual commemoration. He is also a vegetarian. With his first wife Phyllis, whom he married in the early 1970s, he has two daughters, Leah and Amber. The couple also had a mutual lover, Deborah, although the relationship between the three ended in the early 1990s as Phyllis and Deborah left Moore, taking his daughters with them. On 12 May 2007, he married Melinda Gebbie, with whom he has worked on several comics, most notably ""Lost Girls"". In 1993, on his fortieth birthday, Moore openly declared his dedication to being a ceremonial magician, something he saw as ""a logical"
"17 and 26. My wife Jane left me for another man. Then I fell in love with a bloke. I have been gay ever since."" His former partner Damon Scott had been a runner up on ""Britain's Got Talent"". Scott and Revel Horwood had been dating since 2013. In September 2014, they moved into a house in Hampshire together but separated in early 2016. Revel Horwood became a patron of the National Osteoporosis Society in 2009. In this, he has found common ground with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the Society's Royal patron (whose mother, like his, had bone disease). The"
"Joanie Spina Joanie Spina (August 4, 1953 – August 17, 2014) was an American dancer, choreographer, magician and director who achieved prominence through her work with the illusionist David Copperfield. Spina grew up in the town of Woburn, near Boston, Massachusetts. She first began dancing as a child but gave up when she was just 11. Later in life, at the age of 26, while working in a menial bar job, she returned to dance as a means to lose weight. Taking ballet and jazz classes helped her decide that her vocation lay in the performing arts. Joanie then began"
"left the United Kingdom as a result of the incident and settled in New York City. There, P-Orridge married Jacqueline Mary Breyer, later known as Lady Jaye, in 1995, and together they embarked on the Pandrogeny Project, an attempt to unite as a ""pandrogyne"", or single entity, through the use of surgical body modification to physically resemble one another. P-Orridge continued with this project of body modification after Lady Jaye's 2007 death. Although involved in reunions of both Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV in the 2000s, P-Orridge retired from music to focus on other artistic mediums in 2009. P-Orridge is"
"Koontz, Joyce Carol Oates, Ray Bradbury and others for ""David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible"", an anthology of original fiction set in the world of magic and illusion. A second volume, ""David Copperfield's Beyond Imagination"", was published in 1997. In addition to the two books, Copperfield wrote an essay as part of NPR's ""This I Believe"" series and This I Believe, Inc. In May 2001, Copperfield entertained guests at a White House benefit for UNICEF by performing an illusion in which he sawed singer and actress Jennifer Lopez into six pieces. This illusion was an update of one he performed"
"Dr. Mehmet Oz about how magic can help disabled people. In 2007, he organized and performed at a charity show for UNICEF in Los Angeles, along with a number of celebrity guests. During the show, he used his ex-Orson Welles Buzz Saw illusion to saw British TV presenter Cat Deeley in half. Copperfield holds 11 Guinness World Records, including: Copperfield declared that amongst the new illusions he plans to create, he wants to put a woman's face on Mount Rushmore, straighten the Leaning Tower of Pisa and even vanish the moon. Created and/or performed by Copperfield: David Copperfield (illusionist) David"