If you’ve never read an e-book, Read an E-Book Week, March 4-10, 2012, is the perfect time to do it. You can download lots of free or discounted e-books from authors, publishers, and e-booksellers. Which is a great reason to read an e-book even if you’ve read lots of them before. Come back between March … Continue reading
Tree of Life nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards: In the movie Tree of Life, Richard Turner was the casino dealer who uses his amazing card skills to swindle Brad Pitt at blackjack. Tree of Life won Best Film 2011 at the Cannes Film Festival and now is nominated for “Best Picture,” “Best Director,” … Continue reading
Richard Turner, the Cheat recently appeared on the San Antonio FOX affiliate TV station. Watch his performance in a TV station video.
Richard Turner has an article in Genii, the Conjurer’s Magazine about his experience in the movie Tree of Life with Brad Pitt. Read the article.
Podcast of an interview with Richard Turner and Author Jon Racherbaumer by Larry Bean and Michael Wilkinson at MagicRush.Net. The 90 minute interview covers many topics including “sight and insight and using the Mind’s Eye.”
Richard had the privilege of bamboozling Brad Pitt in the movie Tree Of Life, which won Best Film 2011 at the Cannes Film Festival. Director Terrence Malick wanted to make sure Brad Pit lost at the blackjack table so Richard was brought in to make sure Brad never won a hand. Don’t blink or you’ll … Continue reading
The December edition of D.C. Comic “The Spirit” is all about magic, and the Spirit solves the murder of Ogden Thompson a very famous magician/magic inventor. On the first frame (shown between the cover and full page image), Whit Haydn, Richard Turner, and Johnny “Ace” Palmer are named by the Spirit as the top magicians … Continue reading
DESPERATELY SEEKING PRECISION IN EXECUTION AND DEFINITION Jon Racherbaumer The action of perfectly alternating playing cards, 26 and 26, is not easily named if the goal is accuracy. Even the noun “shuffle” seems inexact because it suggests clumsy randomness and asymmetrical mixing. Sure, the relative positions of the cards change, but the changes are cyclically … Continue reading
Richard bamboozled Brad Pitt in the movie, Tree of Life, which won Best Film 2011 at the Cannes Film Festival. Director Terrence Malick wanted to make sure Brad Pitt lost at the blackjack table so Richard was brought in to make sure Brad never won a hand. Don’t blink or you’ll miss the moment where … Continue reading
