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...Michael at the rehearsal. The night before he had said, "I'll see you tomorrow, and I love you all." He was very happy. We were rehearsing a big moment of the show that Michael was really excited about: an illusion we had designed together with one of David Copperfield's illusion builders. It was a big day for us. We had two incredible rehearsals the night before where Michael had stepped it up. There was a whole new energy in the room. For me, the news was just an internal collapse. Some people there had been with Michael since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Director Kenny Ortega on Michael Jackson's Film | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...constantly saying that one is not worthy, a not-so-subtle way of provoking someone else to exclaim, "Oh! But you are!" - is one of the most annoying of all character traits. Uriah Heep, the creeping, up-sucking piece of dog s___ in Charles Dickens' David Copperfield - forever telling everyone how 'umble he is - must be one of the most loathsome figures in world literature. (See pictures of the first eight months of Obama's diplomacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Limits of Humility: How Obama Got It Right | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

...maybe he won’t make it as the next David Copperfield. But the next Andrew Lloyd Webber? That could happen...

Author: By Silas P. Howland, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Working His Magic—Onstage and Off | 12/7/2005 | See Source »

...Malaysia remains a spirit-haunted land where, as Hairudin Harun of the University of Malaya notes, a recent survey showed that 90% of professionals said they had consulted spirit me-diums for marital, health or work-related problems. "Most of these (mediums) are harmless. It is like watching David Copperfield," Hairudin says. But he adds that the regular reports in Malaysian newspapers of ritual dismemberment and the discovery of skulls and other body parts used in occult rituals testify to the continuing popularity of a much darker side to Malaysians' faith in the spirit world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rites and Wrongs | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

...DAVID COPPERFIELD, magician Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. ROWLING "I wish I had more time to read, but, you know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

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