Some of my earliest TV memories are of magician James “The Amazing” Randi on shows like That’s Incredible and In Search Of, where he explained how easy it was to fool the eye with “magical thinking.” ...

“The public really doesn’t listen when they’re being told straightforward facts,” says the Amazing Randi. The magician, escape artist, and tiny lion of principled skepticism, now north of 80, leans ...

James Randi, a magician who later challenged spoon benders, mind readers and faith healers with such voracity that he became regarded as the country’s foremost skeptic, has died, his foundation ...

The big draw at a special screening on Tuesday night in Hollywood wasn’t a leading man or hot new starlet, but an 86-year-old retired magician. A Q&A followed the screening with filmmaker Weinstein, ...

Escape artist and magician James Randi, who spent decades investigating and debunking faith healers, mind readers, psychics and other fraudsters and charlatans who claimed paranormal powers has died, ...

I noted with nostalgia the Oct. 20 passing of James Randi, professionally billed as The Amazing Randi. He died in Florida at 92. Randi was a famous stage magician and escape artist, an outspoken ...

James “The Amazing” Randi -- escape artist, magician, skeptic, debunker of psychics and faith healers and, above all, a showman -- is the perfect subject for a documentary. An admitted cheat and ...

James Randi, former magician turned debunker of paranormal claims, gave a talk on magic and miracles in the 21st century Tuesday evening titled "The Search for Chimera" in Richardson Auditorium as ...

“An Honest Liar” is a highly entertaining portrait of James “the Amazing” Randi, a magician-cum-escape artist who, like his role model, Houdini, eventually turned his primary attention to debunking ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. James Randi, a magician who later challenged ...