animation Get ready for a stage version of "My Neighbor Totoro" from Jim Henson's Creature Shop and the Royal Shakespeare Company Devin Nealy

magic tricks 8 simple coin magic tricks Gareth Branwyn

Entertainment To do near Minneapolis: The Passing Zone, magical nerd juggling artists (Sat. 9/8) Xeni Jardin

gangnam style This 'AGT' contestant takes hand shadows to a whole new fun level Rusty Blazenhoff

conspirituality We need to talk about Marianne Williamson Jennifer Sandlin

improv everywhere Improv Everywhere spreads joy through spontaneous comedy Jennifer Sandlin

tabloid Putin wears lifts and Prince Harry hits the bottle in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

We at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn Disney World's Star Wars dinner theater struggles to succeed Jason Weisberger

music Watch David Byrne sing David Bowie's "Heroes" with beautiful, massive backup choir (video) Jennifer Sandlin

music Here is the wonderfully avant-garde Kate Bush Christmas TV Special from 1979 with special guest Peter Gabriel David Pescovitz

vfx Meet the magician behind Thing in Tim Burton's Wednesday series Gareth Branwyn

santa claus USPS Operation Santa program lets people respond to kids' Santa letters with gifts Rusty Blazenhoff

con artists FYRE Fest criminal Billy McFarland says he is building a hotel in the Bahamas, called PYRT Mark Frauenfelder

tabletop gaming What's new in tabletop gaming Gareth Branwyn

magic Mentalist Max Maven dies at 72 Ferdinando Buscema

Edward Gorey Edward Gorey's macabre style penned on envelopes for annual art contest Rusty Blazenhoff

mcdonalds These McDonaldLand brand guidelines are like the handbook for a horror RPG Thom Dunn

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

books The Backstage Handbook, an incredible reference for makers, new and old Gareth Branwyn

books After stabbing, Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" tops Amazon bestseller list Rob Beschizza