Albert Cadabra is seen here putting a nail in his own head via brisk hammer strokes. The unmentioned subtext is clearly that he wishes you and yours a happy Independence Day. We’ll be back tomorrow with some inside scoop on a currently filming magic flick. It joins a clip of Bizzaro performing some lawn magic as our favorite video uploaded in the past 24 hours.

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PROFANITY ALERT: Do not play unless you want to hear a few choice profanities from a very agitated Penn Jillette.

When we first posted the Newsweek blog entry illustrating Sharon Begley’s disappointment with Penn’s stance on global warming we ended with…

start the countdown for Penn’s reaction on Penn Says… now.

But he totally exceeded our expectations, not only recording a particularly animated Penn Says (apparently this is actually the second version, Jillette says the first was rejected by Sony’s legal staff. Wow) but also writing a guest column for the Los Angeles Times where he echos the same points.

However, for those keeping score at home, he doesn’t end the column with a combination of the first name of the Christian son of God and the F word.

Learned in the Says clip is that Begley apparently went off on Penn during her speech at TAM, sowing the seeds for later discord. There certainly is a lesson to be learned about angering a man who has to record a video blog five days a week.

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We told you we’d let you know when Pixar’s short film Presto was available on iTunes for download… and now we are.

Link opens iTunes.

Thanks to Sanders The Great for the head’s up.

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Here’s a casting notice that popped up on Helen Grant.co.uk…

Do you like magic?

Objective Productions (producers of Derren Brown, The Real Hustle & Peep Show) are making a new family entertainment show for prime time BBC One.

If you, your family and friends would like to be on TV this summer, the team are filming in various places across London and the Home Counties in July. They will be holding informal auditions at Objective Productions, South Bank, near Waterloo and Westminster, on Thursday 10th July at 6pm. To apply, email your details to summer@objectiveproductions.com.

Of course unmentioned in the list of magic credits are the likes of Barry and Stuart, Ali Cook and Pete Firman. But family friendly magic? We’re very curious to hear more.

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This link was sent to us by the incorrigible Michael Lauck under the subject line “World’s Scariest Card Reveal.” We have a hard time arguing with him on this one. Force the ace of hearts on yourself. Now…

Be forewarned.

You sure?

Okay, click here.

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Okay, we guess we just aren’t the best at finding exposure videos. The one above promises to show you how to perform the Silk Thru Hand illusion, but really demonstrates how to perform another clever trick. It joins a clip of Penn and Teller disregarding safety measures while sawing a girl in half as our favorite video uploaded in the past 24 hours.

If you have a video you want to see on iTricks.TV, make sure to send it to MagicVideos@iTricks.com. Keep your eye on iTricks.TV for our constantly updated feed.

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Remember when we told you about the new film Magic Man the one with a psychotic magician who may (or may not) be killing people? Well in addition to Billy Zane, asian bombshell and Go Fug Yourself legend Bai Ling is also a part of the cast. Lost fans will know her as the one lady that gave Jack his tattoos in that one episode when the show was kind of boring.

The whole gang is currently on location in Vegas for a few weeks, so it’s probably safe to assume that at least part of the movie takes place there.

Both tidbits courtesy of Robin Leach.

• Cinematical gave Death Defying Acts a lukewarm to positive review. Link heads to 24hMagic.com, which looks to be a new magic news site. Welcome to the club.

PHOTO CREDIT: Six7 Lear

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