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NEWS ABOUT: stunts

stunts stories: 19 news summaries

(AP) - He's taken his lumps in the ratings, but yesterday Conan O'Brien hit his head during a stunt for the Tonight Show, and ended up at the hospital. The accident halted production, and a Tonight rerun with guest Jeremy Piven was aired. The scheduled show was to include Teri Hatcher... More »

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television • NBC • Jay Leno • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • stunts

OPINION

 Stuntmen's Favorite Films 


Jul 7, 09 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to movies, nothing wows like an epic action sequence. Which flicks do stunt performers like best? Kevin Conley lists 'em for Slate:
  • The Matrix Trilogy: Legendary kung fu director Yuen Wo-Ping didn't really want the job and issued near-impossible demands—including six months of training for
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entertainment • list • car chase • stunts • action movie • Ryan O'Neal • The Matrix • stuntman • Joel Silver • Yuen Wo-Ping • Panom Yeerum

(Newser) - Eminem tells RapRadar he went back to his hotel room and "laughed uncontrollably for about three hours" after his rigged stunt at the MTV Movie Awards with Sacha Baron Cohen. "Especially after I saw it on the air." Eminem, who pretended to be outraged when Cohen's butt... More »

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MTV Movie Awards • Eminem • stunts • Sacha Baron Cohen

(Newser) - The latest video to hit the spot with YouTube fans is footage of a bike-riding Dalmatian in Japan, reports the Telegraph. The dog appears to pedal down the street on a small bike with training wheels, stunning pedestrians. The video has garnered hundreds of thousands of hits, with one viewer... More »

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pets • YouTube • video • bikes • viral video • stunts • dog • dog tricks

 Potter Stunt Double 
 Feared Paralyzed 
 In Set Blast 

Stuntman plummets to ground while rehearsing flying scene

Jan 29, 09 4:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter stunt double has been seriously injured in an accident during the filming of the final boy-wizard movie, the Daily Mirror reports. The 25-year-old man was rehearsing a flying sequence using a harness when an explosion sent him plummeting to the ground. He told colleagues he couldn't... More »

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Harry Potter • accident • Daniel Radcliffe • stunts • stuntman

Teen Critical
After Jumping From Moving SUV on Dare

200 Ill. teens played the stunts-for-cash game

Nov 25, 08 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - An Illinois grand jury is investigating a scavenger hunt that left a 17-year-old in critical condition after he jumped from a Dodge Durango moving at 25mph. As many as 200 teenagers were apparently competing for cash by performing stunts and videotaping them last Friday. Erik Nava's team was winning the... More »

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high school • Illinois • driving • game • stunts • teenager • Elgin


 Hourly Breaks? 
 Blaine's Cheating! 

Onlookers unimpressed by Blaine's latest stunt

Sep 24, 08 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Blaine takes a 10-minute break every hour? "It's cheating," says an unimpressed onlooker among a crowd of 8,000 watching Blaine hang upside down in Central Park until a grand finale tonight, the New York Daily News reports. Though the illusionist planned to do his business using... More »

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New York • publicity stunt • magician • illusion • Central Park • stunts • David Blaine

 Blaine Dives Into Hanging Stunt 

Despite risks, he plans to hang for 60 hours over Central Park

Sep 23, 08 5:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Performance art magician David Blaine dove head first into his latest public show in New York yesterday, hanging upside-down over Central Park. The Brooklyn-born show off plans to hang for 60 hours, despite a doctor's warning that the increased blood pressure in his head could cause blindness, and even death... More »

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New York City • magician • Central Park • stunts • David Blaine

 Stunt Could Leave
 Magician Blind,
 Doc Says 

60-hours upside-down could endanger Blaine's sight

Sep 22, 08 9:32 AM CDT
(AP) - When David Blaine hangs upside-down above New York's Central Park for 60 hours next week, he'll run the risk of going blind, says a vascular surgeon advising the celebrity magician on the stunt. Lengthy inversion increases blood pressure in the head, especially in the eyes, which can result in blindness,... More »

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New York City • world record • blindness • stunts • David Blaine • Massimo Napolitano

 German Cops Hunt 
 Autobahn Skater 

Daredevil wanted for endangering motorists, speeding

Sep 5, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - German police are hunting for the anonymous daredevil who piloted a skateboard down a stretch of the autobahn at better than 60 mph, Der Spiegel reports. Police only recently got wind of the stunt, which has been making the YouTube rounds since June, but now want to find and charge... More »

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YouTube • Germany • stunts • autobahn • skateboarding • skateboard

 Free Running
 Goes Mainstream 

World championships raise profile of street sport

Aug 3, 08 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The underground sport of free running—which involves back-flipping, jumping, and running over obstacles—is going mainstream as London plans to host its world championships next month, the Guardian reports. Athletes will run a closed course, but most free runners still use the streets—and Britain is trying to steer... More »

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sports • London • James Bond • stunts • free running

movie review

 Man on Wire a Thrilling Act

Reliving a time when the Towers weren't depressing

Aug 2, 08 5:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Frenchman's daring high-wire walk between the Twin Towers nearly 35 years ago is chronicled in a documentary that feels "like a real-life heist picture," Dana Stevens writes in Slate. Man on Wire recounts Philippe Petit's 6-plus years of planning, his procurement of equipment and fake IDs, and... More »

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World Trade Center • movie review • documentary • stunts • Twin Towers

 Illusionist Escapes
 Imploding Building
 —Barely

Vows never to try another dangerous stunt

Jul 31, 08 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Goth illusionist Criss Angel escaped an imploding hotel in Florida last night, reports Central Florida News. During the stunt, which aired live on A&E's Mindfreak, the daredevil had three and a half minutes to pick handcuffs and four padlocked doors before catching a helicopter on the roof. While... More »

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Florida • publicity stunt • magic • Criss Angel • illusion • escape • stunts • A&E

New York Times Dismantles Rods After 3rd Climber

Newspaper building has become a hot spot for daredevils

Jul 10, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - After the third man in 5 weeks scaled the facade of the New York Times building, the newspaper has begun removing dozens of the distinctive horizontal rods that sheathe the new skyscraper. Opened last year and designed by Renzo Piano, the building has attracted death-defying climbers who have ascended all... More »

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architecture • New York Times • stunts • Renzo Piano • New York Times building

 Lawn Chair Balloonist
 Travels in Style   

Oregon man rides to Idaho the hard way

Jul 5, 08 10:00 PM CDT
(AP) - A 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert today before landing safely in a field in Idaho. "If I had the time and money and people, I'd do this every weekend," said Kent Couch. "... More »

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Idaho • lawn chair • Oregon • stunts

Lawn-Chair Pilot Plans Record 300-Mile Flight

Oregon man will strap on 150 balloons for third attempt at reaching Idaho

Jul 4, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Oregon man plans to strap 150 balloons to his lawn chair tomorrow for his third attempt to fly to Idaho, reports the Chicago Tribune. Kent Couch made it 193 miles in last year's effort before landing in scrub land. This year, with corporate sponsorship behind him—and his wife's... More »

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flight • Idaho • Oregon • helium • stunts

 Young Knievel 
 Sails Over 24 Trucks 

Biker bests pop's 14-bus stunt

May 25, 08 5:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The daredevil son of the legendary Evel Knievel successfully jumped 24 semi-trucks on his motorcycle yesterday, dwarfing his father’s 1975 14-bus stunt, the Enquirer reports. A crowd of more than 40,000 gathered in Ohio to watch the flight, which intimidated young Robbie "Kaptain" Knievel “more than... More »

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motorcycle • Evel Knievel • stunts

 Curses! 9 Totally Unlucky Films 

These films have been plagued by more than average bad karma

May 11, 08 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even dramas and spy movies can turn into disaster flicks, either during or after the final wrap. The Los Angeles Times takes a close look at 9 accursed movies.
  1. Quantum of Solace: Anything but peaceful, the disaster tally included one lake-submerged Aston Martin, one stabbed technician, and a totaled
... More »

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car accident • list • celebrity • curse • James Bond • stunts • movies

Evel Knievel Dead at 69

Motorcycle daredevil and '70s showman had been in failing health

Nov 30, 07 4:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Evel Knievel, the motorcycle daredevil  who never saw a canyon—or a row of vehicles—he didn't want to jump, died today at 69. He was known for his spectacular failures as well as successes, including an attempt to jump the fountains at Caesar's Palace that put him in a... More »

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obituary • Evel Knievel • stunts

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