David Blaine seems to have fully recovered from his Drop of Death Gone Wrong '08 and even scored himself an invitation to last night's NYC premiere of Milk. Seriously? The event hosted all of Hollywood's popular (and good-looking) leading men and David Effing Blaine was invited? This is an outrage.
Not only did Blaine cause the event to lose major street cred — he also adversely affected the attractiveness of every male in attendance. Seriously, what the hell happened to these guys? Even Chace Crawford, who is usually the prettiest girl at the ball, arrived looking like he had been beaten up in the school parking lot by a couple of hobos. Thanks for nothing, Blaine. Go back to your lair and don't come out until you've devised another fake stunt.
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Magical tool David Blaine is pulling every excuse out of thin air for his failed stunt Wednesday night. First it was George W. Bush's fault (well, everything is, really). Now it's Mother Nature's fault, because she had the audacity to ruin his plans for "the most amazing ending for a stunt ever" (his words, not ours) with high winds.
Blaine said his grand finale of diving from a platform 44 feet to the ground while attached to a harness didn't go according to plan. He was supposed to jump and, at 10 feet, be swept away by a bunch of helium-filled balloons. Instead, he dangled awkwardly for a moment before disappearing in an ascent into the night sky.
Blaine said ABC, which aired the event in a two-hour special called David Blaine: Dive of Death, had encouraged him not to dive because of high winds. 'I wasn't going to let everybody down, so I just jumped, and somehow the guys with the balloons made it work, and they pulled me slowly up and I went over into the park and they pulled me down,' he said.
He went on to add that he knew the stunt had failed when his friends called him afterward to ask what happened because they were confused. DB? Those aren't your friends. That was every American idiot who sat through your ABC special. Don't get the two confused.
Hey, remember when David Blaine failed at pulling off a stupid publicity stunt? And then, instead of admitting he's just a starved-for-attention loser, he blamed the country's biggest idiot?
Um, what the hell just happened? No, seriously. I have never been more confused and at a loss for words than I am at this very moment.
I chose to witness the David Blaine Dive of Death from the comfort of my living room instead of trekking over to Central Park to hang out with Crazy Jennifer. The ABC special lasted over two hours — packed with filler and the host's false claims that David had stayed in an upside-down position for 60 hours — and Blaine still couldn't complete his stunt in time. He performed some of his world-famous card tricks, he caught a bullet in (a metal cup in) his mouth, and then he performed the Dive of Death. This DoD was never fully explained, so the DB-hating roommate and I just sat staring at the screen in utter confusion as he dove from a 44-foot-high platform while attached to a harness. He got stuck about halfway down and then was lifted back into the air. This is where things got really weird: The production crew flickered the lights on and off a few times and then cut away from David in the air, claiming he "vanished into the night." And … credits.
You know, I might have been willing to forgive David for his lack of a stunt if it ended in something truly awesome, but this? This was a waste of my time and could have been performed by a 5-year-old. I'm still confused.
[Video will be added as it is made available, but trust me ... if you stare at a dripping faucet for over two hours it will be infinitely more entertaining.]
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There are some things we can count on: The sun comes up from the east. Heidi and Spencer show up for any red carpet event, no matter how inane. And posts about the Jonas Brothers and Clay Aiken bring out the crazies. But who knew those same weirdos would also go insane for David Blaine?
Upon our discovery that Blaine was not actually doing anything he promised during his latest stunt, rabid fan Jennifer took to the comments section to set the record straight: CONTINUED »
Upon hearing that David Blaine would idiotically be hanging upside down over Central Park for three days and two nights, I dispatched my lovely roommate Sara to witness the spectacle during her lunch break. Among her findings: "David Blaine is SUCH a little cheater."
Turns out the whole promise of hanging upside down for 60 hours straight failed to include the times he stretches his body horizontally and then stands straight up, on his own two feet, for multiple check-ups. Oh, and the whole suspension thing is a joke: Most of the time he's hovering over the ground, chatting with tourists and bystanders. So this — "he will hang upside down above New York's Central Park for three days and two nights … suspended six stories up on a highwire" — is totally false. Go figure.
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Magical idiot David Blaine is now hanging upside down above Central Park as we type, so this is a great time to discuss all of the medical dangers involved with the attention whore's stunt. We'll start with the basics: No eating or sleeping for three days and two nights. That sounds bad enough, but then come the real issues: Possible strokes, blindness, seizures or death.
Quick, somebody tell Heidi and Spencer that Us Weekly is doing an upside down photo shoot that may last a couple of days because the world-famous photographer works verrrrry slowly.
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David Blaine and Donald Trump slimed around Trump Tower today in NYC to announce David's stupid new stunt, where he will hang upside down like a bat for days. For more self-satisfied smirks, click through. CONTINUED »
David Blaine, whose mission in life is to constantly top his own stupidity, has announced his next cry for attention: He will hang upside-down from a six-story highwire above Central Park for three days and two nights. During this time he must (obviously) sleep upside-down and will not be allowed to eat. Sounds fun. Oh, and this is going to be televised on national television Sept. 24 so everybody can join in the absurdity.
For those who will be in New York during this stunt, David wants you to stop by and say hello: "There are always some crazy things. I get flashed quite often. Luckily, mostly from girls." Yeah, luckily.
Later, Blaine plans to break the world record for sleep deprivation, which should be easier than his failed attempt at abstaining from being a tool.
David Blaine successfully broke the world record for breath-holding, staying underwater for 17 minutes and 4.4 seconds on today's episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. The first part is slightly boring, unless of course you enjoy staring at someone's lifeless body floating underwater in total silence. Once he triumphantly emerges, he discusses the fact that his heart started beating irregularly, but all he could think about was breaking the record. The audience claps approvingly, much like the stupid Moment of Truth viewers who applaud stupid people doing stupid things for money and/or attention.
DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH "Magician David Blaine's latest feat of endurance likely will last less than 17 minutes, but he's planning to do it in front of talk show queen Oprah Winfrey _ and her audience of millions. Blaine on Wednesday will try to break the world record for breath-holding during a live broadcast of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' less than two years after going into convulsions during a similar attempt. The time he has to beat is 16 minutes and 32 seconds, a record set Feb. 10 by Switzerland's Peter Colat, according to Guinness World Records."
"Keith Richards has a warning for illusionist David Blaine ahead of his sleep-deprivation stunt - the rocker ended up with a broken nose when he stayed awake for nine days. Blaine plans to go a record-breaking 13 days without sleep later this year … Rolling Stone Richards claims he managed to stay awake for nine days back in the 1970s, thanks to a cocktail of narcotics - but the feat ended badly." That ended badly?
Is there a better way for a single father to burst onto the dating scene than to be caught prancing about with an aging, Danish supermodel?
Just a week after announcing his split from Michelle Williams, [Heath] Ledger has been squiring Danish pastry Helena Christensen all over town. Tuesday night, the two were at Wakiya "making out throughout the dinner," our spy said. Acting like a good boyfriend, Ledger even "held her bag for her as she did interviews." The two then went to the after-party for the movie "Eastern Promises" at the Soho Grand, and ended up at the Spotted Pig.
Of course, then there's this:
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