Blaine-spotting

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Allora, c'è questo idiota americano che si è chiuso in una scatola di vetro e vuole stare là dentro senza mangiare per 44 giorni a Londra.

Il problema è che orde di londinesi burloni, che non aprezzano nel dovuto modo il suo coraggio e la sua sfida, si stanno scatenando...



http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/daily_n...nxtStory=12372

And for his next trick, David Blaine is planning to starve himself for 44 days, hanging above the Thames in a glass case, live on TV. From 5 September, the 30-year-old magician will spend over six weeks in a 7ft by 3ft box,

9 September 2003

Being pelted with eggs is probably not what David Blaine expected when he plotted his latest stunt. The self-styled wizard of weird has encased himself in a glass box suspended over the Thames at Tower Bridge with nothing to do or eat for 44 days - but he's not striking much awe into London crowds.

Since Friday, he has been the target of ridicule, a clutch of eggs, one gentleman's golf practice and two girls' breast-baring antics. The blonde duo was so determined to break Blaine's concentration that they decided to flash fish and chips and their charms in front of his transparent cell. Another man grew so bored of watching Blaine sleep on Sky TV that he left his house in Tooting in the middle of the night and turned up at Tower Bridge beating an Indian bhangra drum to wake him up - and he carried on beating through the small hours until a team from Southwark Council's noise department shut him up.

Yesterday, however, the magician received a welcome visit: his model girlfriend, Manon von Gerkan, came on a mercy mission to clean the egg off box. And there have been reports that Blaine may have exchanged a few words with her, thereby breaking his own rules of total isolation.

11 September 2003

David Blaine is the target of a new torment: passers-by aiming laser pens into his eyes. The magician has already been the target of eggs, golf balls and swearing. The latest disturbance saw security officers chasing away two teenagers and a man who were intent on using the pens to wake Blaine up in the wee hours of yesterday morning. The trio were aiming the devices right into his eyes. A security source said: "They had hidden out at a spot quite far away from where we were standing guard. David was very frightened because in America a red dot means that someone is aiming a gun at you." Blaine indicated to the guards where the light was coming from and after giving chase, the security officers caught all three. "Because we were dealing with laser pens and David was so shaken, we called the police and the men were questioned," said the security source. But by far the best disturbance for Blaine must have been four teenage girls who stripped down to their underwear, in an attempt to catch his attention. Sadly, he didn't wake up.

15 September 2003

David Blaine marked his first week suspended in a cage with, you guessed it, a dirty nappy. The illusionist hid under a blanket in his glass home before emerging with a bag and dropping it to people below. But it failed to impress singer Gloria Estefan, who described it as revolting. The star and her nine-year-old daughter Emily were in the crowd below watching Blaine. This week the wacko magician heads into the second week of his 44-day challenge and, according to observers, the strain of the task is already beginning to show. And it's no wonder - it's rumoured that a remote-controlled helicopter packed with burgers and chips is flying above.

17 September 2003

David Blaine faced a potentially fatal assault yesterday when a man attempted to cut off his water supply. The magician was awakened just before 5 am when his attacker scaled a scaffold support tower connected to his cage. The man then tried to cut through the cable that has been supplying water to the illusionist during his 44-day stunt. Blaine's tormentor also reportedly pulled at other cables, rocking Blaine's glass home, and shouted: "Go home David, go back to America. We don't want you here, I'm going to rock you." Police arrested the man but still have to track down his two accomplices, who are thought to have diverted security guards. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We were called at 4.45am to a man who had climbed on to the water tower near Blaine's box. The man threw water bottles and other objects from the tower and tried to cut through water and cable lines connected to the tower, but without success. He came down of his own accord at 5.18am. A man in his forties was arrested for criminal damage and was taken to a south London police station."

19 September 2003

A flash mob will gather under David Blaine's Perspex box during the last week of his stunt. Peter Bowles, one of the organisers, says it could be London's biggest flash mob, but assures that it will be a peaceful, but fun event. Mr Bowles is urging participants to bring a food item to be held up to David when they gather for the event at 7.44pm on 13 October beneath the box at Tower Bridge. Other plans to torment Blaine are in the works as well. A bevy of gay men are reported to be planning to go down to the box tomorrow and throw chipolata sausages at Blaine. The men are said to be members of the OUTintheUK group.

23 September 2003

David Blaine is reportedly considering abandoning his death-defying stunt, amid fears about his image and his safety as well as the viciousness of the crowd. Bosses at PMK management company in New York are desperately trying to find a way to save Blaine's prestige. One PMK insider told the Evening Standard: "What we saw appalled us. David is a huge star, a brand name in America on which an entire campaign was based, and suddenly all the hard work and planning was being blown away. It left us dumbfounded. It is that bad. It has got to the stage of, 'Do we just get him the hell out of there?' Whatever the repercussions, the worst case scenario is being taken very seriously indeed." PMK advisers have had a series of crisis meetings with Channel Four and Sky Television about whose fault the bad response is. Another insider revealed: "Blaine's management are beyond livid. Basically, in their view, the British TV people didn't seem to care what happened to him as long as the ratings were up. This isn't Big Brother. Frankly, he could die in there and they wouldn't give a shit."

26 September 2003

David Blaine has been asked to pay a £100,000 bill for the cost of policing his starvation stunt. Coppers say the crowd that gathers daily around Blaine's box has escalated to such a point that it is costing large amounts of money. When he eventually descends after his 44-day self-imposed isolation, Blaine may be presented with a bill from the Metropolitan Police. Met Commissioner Sir John Stevens said: "We have asked the people who have been staging the event to pay for the policing. It is important to say that there has been a considerable expense. We have concerns about the public order situation around what he is doing down there and we are assessing that on a continuing basis. What's taking place at Tower Bridge currently is an example of how these things can escalate." And, if that wasn't enough, the miserable magician also faced a 3am attack by a smartly-dressed man who pelted balloons filled with paint at the Perspex box. And this was all after the youths set off fireworks and a man serenaded him, of course. How much more can he take?

Quasi quasi vado a Londra...

[agaragar]

pannella era meglio,

mi piacerebbe analizzare la sua "acqua", magari aveva bisogno di dimagrire.....