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elbows that help
me whenever I need
some cash!” Lift your
right elbow toward
the audience and
point to it with your
left hand. While
everyone is look-
ing at that spot,
quickly grab the
folded $20 bill
1
Before the show,
fold two $20 bills
into eighths. Tuck
the folded bills into
your shirt collar, one
behind each ear.
2
Show the
audience that both
hands are empty.
Say, “I have magic
into fists. Cross
your arms and then
“bump” your fists
against your elbows.
Open both hands
to reveal the cash
hidden inside. Study
the audience’s
response to see
if they bought it.
Revise as needed.
Use Your Illusion
Equipped with li le more than house-
hold items, chamber magician
Steve
Cohen
has been eliciting oohs and
aahs from such luminaries asWarren
Buffe and David Le erman for more
than 10 years. In anticipation of his
first show at NewYork’s Carnegie
Hall on Jan. 12, we had him teach us
an easy trick to help launch our own
careers as professional illusionists.
Kenny Powers
in “Eastbound &
Down” (HBO) • Danny McBride
is back as the baseball washout
who is his own (and everybody
else’s) worst enemy.
Frank Gallagher
in “Shameless”
(Showtime) • The Gallagher kids
might be better off without their
degenerate, money-squandering
dad, played by William H. Macy.
TomKane
in “Boss” (Starz) •
Kelsey Grammer sheds all
traces of lovable psychiatrist
as a take-no-prisoners Chicago
mayor with a brain disorder.
Rogues’ Gallery
Showtime’s protagonists
shouldn’t be so easy to root
for: a drug-dealingmom,
a serial killer and now, the
worst—a business man-
agement consultant (Don
Cheadle) who ruthlessly
manipulates everyone in
his path in “House of Lies,”
debuting Jan. 8. Here are
threemore unapologeti-
cally shady protagonists
making trouble on cable:
Femme Fatale
Plotwise,
Haywire
is nothing new: An elite agent is double-crossed and
seeks revenge on the folks who set her up. Yawn. But factor in director
Steven Soderbergh’s decision to assign the lead role to mixed martial
arts star Gina Carano, and you’ve got something else entirely. Chan-
ning Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas
and Ewan McGregor (see the
Hemi
Q&A on page 60) all take
turns looking concerned or
impressed, and Soderbergh
brings a sophisticated touch to
this adrenaline-packed thriller,
but ultimately it’s Carano’s
realistic action scenes that’ll
keep audiences riveted.
opens jan. 20
FRAME CHANGE
Steven Soderbergh’s casting
choices aren’t his only surprising moves
The auteur, whose blockbuster filmography includes
Ocean’s Eleven
and
Contagion
, has announced that
after a few more movies he’s taking a break to try
his hand as an artist (a painter, specifically). “I’m
interested in exploring another art form while I have
the time and ability to do so,” he told the
New York
Times
. “I’ll be the first person to say if I can’t be any
good at it and run out of money, I’ll be back making
another
Ocean’s
movie.” That’s quite a fallback.
from your collar with
your right hand and
keep it hidden there.
3
Repeat the move
for the left side.
4
Bring both
of your hands
forward, and
make them
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