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Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'davidblaine'

February 29, 2008

Dear YouTube: There's so much about you to love. From Tay Zonday to Samwell to He Man Sings to Liam Kyle Sullivan to Barats and Bereta (that's their newest video on the right) to Eepy Bird to the Numa Numa kid to Chad Vader to, um, stuff like this, you have given me hours upon hours of entertainment since your launch in February of 2005. I've spent countless nights staying up until four in the......

Continue Reading "Return to Sender: Now with a Little Less "You""

February 28, 2007

We know, we know, it's not Philadelphia related – but anything that pokes fun at David Blaine gets a gold star from us: Watch, and you'll never look at chopsticks (or Blaine's street schtick) the same way again.......

Continue Reading "Viral Video: David Blaine's Street Magic"

June 19, 2006

Garfield might not be funny anymore, but he never liked Mondays, and neither do we. At least we've got our sister sites to keep us going! Austinist: We're not sure if this will also hold true in Philly, but thank god for the Italian Market if it is. SFist: Oh, those crazy politicians! Bostonist: Sox fans, take note: you are now expected to have better manners. Shanghaiist: Confucius say: You're gonna need a blood......

Continue Reading "Elite -ist: We're with Garfield"

May 11, 2006

...Medical Drama: Keith Richards is recovering just fine from the brain surgery he had to remove a blood clot from his brain. Of course, Keith Richards would survive a nuclear holocaust, so nobody should be particularly surprised. (Via People) ...Surprise: Nobody likes Tom Cruise anymore. (Via The Chicago Tribune) ...Masturbation: Halle Berry and Bruce Willis are making a movie together that requires a sex scene between their two characters. But good ol' Brucie has been......

Continue Reading "This Week in Celebrity..."

May 8, 2006

David Blaine: Drowned Alive (Mon; 8PM-10PM; ABC) - Remember when David Blaine was the cool new magician? Now he's just that freak who performs ridiculous stunts and everybody hates him. Seriously, people throw things at him. How did this happen? We really wonder. Anyway, this time Blaine is trying to break the standing record for amount of time holding your breath under water, which is just under nine minutes. The special also features his prep......

Continue Reading "TelePhillyist"

May 7, 2006

Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does to have a music scene. Don't even front like they don't. They also have Dorito bananas and white guys shopping for wives. What they don't have is any more tolerance for jaywalkers. Bostonist sees Boston and Somerville each whip out their art and face off. A plagiarized novel is the......

Continue Reading "Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse"

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