Sunday, June 30, 2013

Psychic's libel battle ends in victory - Law Gazette









Psychic's libel battle ends in victory

Law Gazette

Represented psychic Sally Morgan in her successful libel action against the publisher of the Daily Mail. The newspaper had accused her of using a hidden earpiece during a Dublin show to receive instructions from her team which she then repeated on stage.





Sisters are identical, psychic — and very different in Curtis Sittenfeld's ... - MiamiHerald.com









Sisters are identical, psychic — and very different in Curtis Sittenfeld's ...

MiamiHerald.com

The most interesting thing about suburban St. Louis mom Kate Tucker is that she and her twin sister have psychic abilities. The second most interesting thing about her — and the tension that drives Curtis Sittenfeld's prickly, propulsive new novel ...





Saturday, June 29, 2013

PopGun Presents Frances Cone, Psychic Twin, Snuffaluffagus - Brooklyn Vegan (blog)









PopGun Presents Frances Cone, Psychic Twin, Snuffaluffagus

Brooklyn Vegan (blog)

"As the summer winds down, enjoy a playlist of our favorite jams from lovely ladies like Kimbra, Santigold and Frances Cone..." - Vanity Fair. "...'Come Back' sounds like the type of song that would score a romance set in a '50s-style diner. It has ...





Friday, June 28, 2013

Psychic View: The Darker Side - Ballard News Tribune








Ballard News Tribune



Psychic View: The Darker Side

Ballard News Tribune

When people learn of my abilities, they often ask if I ever aid police in their investigations, as some psychics are known to do. The very thought makes me shudder; I have no desire to connect with 'sinister energies' that loom over violent crimes ...





After midnight with 'Psychic TV' - The Monthly (subscription)









After midnight with 'Psychic TV'

The Monthly (subscription)

“We're going to get the lovely Mal to use her psychic fingers to pull you out two tarot cards,” says Bevan, as the producer rings a bell to indicate that 90 seconds have elapsed. Malvadee McIver, the smiling, sprightly host, selects two cards from the ...





Thursday, June 27, 2013

British Psychic TV Channels Fined For Not Telling Viewers It's All BS - Huffington Post









British Psychic TV Channels Fined For Not Telling Viewers It's All BS

Huffington Post

Psychic Today, a 24-hour psychic network, was fined the equivalent of $19,079 U.S. for claiming on-air that its psychics could provide "accurate and precise" readings for callers, for offering anecdotal stories of successful predictions, and for making ...





Over 60 Surveyed Psychic Source Astrologers Advise: Beware Mercury ... - PR Web (press release)









Over 60 Surveyed Psychic Source Astrologers Advise: Beware Mercury ...

PR Web (press release)

According to a recent survey of over 60 astrology experts at Psychic Source, the most respected psychic service since 1989, these are some of the difficulties we might expect during Mercury Retrograde, an astrological event taking place June 26th to ...





Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Future unclear for La Cañada psychics - Valley Sun









Future unclear for La Cañada psychics

Valley Sun

Will fortunetellers and psychics be allowed to open shop in highly sought areas of La Cañada Flintridge? The answer might require a crystal ball. For now, the city's Planning Commission has recommended that such businesses be treated as office spaces.





Christians tweet more happily, less analytically than atheists

A computer analysis of nearly 2 million text messages (tweets) on the online social network Twitter found that Christians use more positive words, fewer negative words and engage in less analytical thinking than atheists. Christians also were more likely than atheists to tweet about their social relationships, the researchers found.

In 'Sisterland' Familial Fissures And A Pair Of Psychic Twins - NPR









In 'Sisterland' Familial Fissures And A Pair Of Psychic Twins

NPR

The story of a pair of adult psychic twin sisters in St. Louis, it would have been an obvious choice for Sittenfeld to tell her story in the form of dueling narration. Instead, we hear only from Kate, housewife, mother and the more clairvoyantly ...





Psychic to hold event to benefit Adirondack Save-A-Stray - Glens Falls Post-Star









Psychic to hold event to benefit Adirondack Save-A-Stray

Glens Falls Post-Star

Renowned psychic William Constantine will be in the region July 21 to host a fund raiser for Adirondack Save-A-Stray. Constantine will be the featured guest of the event July 21 at Lillian's Restaurant in Saratoga Springs. The event will also include a ...





Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Sisters have psychic abilities - Daily American Online









Sisters have psychic abilities

Daily American Online

"Sisterland" by Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, 416 pages, $27. Identical twins Kate and Violet have always had psychic abilities. After an incident in middle school, Kate, whose birth name was Daisy, rejects her abilities. Violet embraces them. Vicki ...





Ideal honeymoon: Would a 'travel psychic' help? - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)









Ideal honeymoon: Would a 'travel psychic' help?

San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

But I suppose those with plenty of time and money but little skepticism could consult self-proclaimed Travel Psychic™ Linda Lauren. That's right, there's a trademark on that title, according to the breathless press release I received yesterday, which ...





Every Time Ricki Lake Has A God Awful Psychic On Her Show An Angel Gets Its ... - Uproxx









Every Time Ricki Lake Has A God Awful Psychic On Her Show An Angel Gets Its ...

Uproxx

Usually I only catch the first few minutes before shutting things down but sweet bananas in pajamas I had to stick around and watch this segment featuring “psychic” Joan Marie Whelan. Whether you believe in psychics or Ricki Lake or not, you'll watch ...





Monday, June 24, 2013

Telly psychics fail to foresee £12k fine for peddling nonsense - Register









Telly psychics fail to foresee £12k fine for peddling nonsense

Register

Psychic TV has been fined £12,500 for failing to remind viewers that it's all nonsense, while interactive quiz channel The Big Deal got stung with a 10 grand fine for advertising the service - something neither of them saw coming. The broadcast ...





Sunday, June 23, 2013

What's Fifi thinking? Ask a psychic - The Desert Sun









What's Fifi thinking? Ask a psychic

The Desert Sun

Another pet psychic, Sonya Fitzpatrick, who used to have a television show on Animal Planet and now hosts a popular call-in radio show on Sirius XM, recently hosted two sold-out $500 a day workshops that promised to help owners deal with everything ...





Saturday, June 22, 2013

Romani Gypsy family denied zoning permit for psychic reading business - Marietta Daily Journal









Romani Gypsy family denied zoning permit for psychic reading business

Marietta Daily Journal

Tuesday's zoning hearing by the Cobb County Board of Commissioners included impassioned statements about religious rights, but in the end, the board voted to deny a Romani Gypsy family the ability to open a psychic reading business in Smyrna.





Op-Ed: Psychic charlatans and flying saucers in the news - DigitalJournal.com








DigitalJournal.com



Op-Ed: Psychic charlatans and flying saucers in the news

DigitalJournal.com

One of the most amazing/amusing stories in the UK this week was the settlement in the libel action brought by self-styled psychic Sally Morgan against the Daily Mail. Shortly after the finger was pointed at her, Uri Geller spoke to the BBC endorsing ...





Friday, June 21, 2013

Do you need a psychic or medium as well as an inspector when you buy real ... - Toronto Star








Toronto Star



Do you need a psychic or medium as well as an inspector when you buy real ...

Toronto Star

Featured Video Close. Video. Money Monitor: Are you ready to own property? Not many of us would hire a psychic or medium to accompany a home inspector if we were considering an offer to buy a house. Is that mould behind the wall, or goo from a goblin?





Psychic TV channels fined over Michael Jackson and Milly Dowler claims - The Guardian








The Guardian



Psychic TV channels fined over Michael Jackson and Milly Dowler claims

The Guardian

Two television channels have been fined a total of £22,500 after they featured psychics making claims about Michael Jackson and Milly Dowler. Psychic Today and Big Deal were in breach of broadcasting rules after they showed a psychic telling viewers ...





Daily Mail pays out to TV psychic over claim she used an earpiece to trick ... - TNT Magazine









Daily Mail pays out to TV psychic over claim she used an earpiece to trick ...

TNT Magazine

Magician Paul Zenon, famed for his Street magic show, claimed in an article in September 2011 that Sally Morgan, who goes by the stage name psychic Sally, had used an earpiece at a show in Dublin so she could receive instructions to aid the show.





Thursday, June 20, 2013

Publisher agrees payout to psychic - Belfast Telegraph









Publisher agrees payout to psychic

Belfast Telegraph

The publisher of a national newspaper has agreed to pay "substantial" damages to a psychic after an article suggested she had "perpetrated a scam" on a theatre audience, a High Court judge has been told.





Psychic wins libel case over claim she duped Dublin audience - Irish Times









Psychic wins libel case over claim she duped Dublin audience

Irish Times

psychic who had become well-known in the last five years or so. “She has performed in over 600 shows in more than 100 different theatres or venues to audiences stretching into the hundreds of thousands,” Mr Atkins told the judge. “It was following a ...





Daily Mail to Pay $200K to Psychic Sally Morgan in Libel Suit - Opposing Views









Daily Mail to Pay $200K to Psychic Sally Morgan in Libel Suit

Opposing Views

In October 2011, the Daily Mail also published an article titled “Psychic Sally seen on her OWN video removing 'hidden earpiece' as she leaves stage.” Publishing still images from a Youtube video, the Daily Mail wrote, “She can be seen taking wires out ...





Daily Mail pays out to TV psychic over claim she used an earpiece to trick ... - TNT Magazine








TNT Magazine



Daily Mail pays out to TV psychic over claim she used an earpiece to trick ...

TNT Magazine

Magician Paul Zenon, famed for his Street magic show, claimed in an article in September 2011 that Sally Morgan, who goes by the stage name psychic Sally, had used an earpiece at a show in Dublin so she could receive instructions to aid the show.





Daily Mail pays £125k damages to TV psychic Sally Morgan for 'charlatan ... - The Drum









Daily Mail pays £125k damages to TV psychic Sally Morgan for 'charlatan ...

The Drum

The Daily Mail has settled with TV psychic Sally Morgan for £125,000 plus substantial legal costs regarding a 2011 story which accused Sally Morgan of being a charlatan. The settlement came before a lengthy libel trial. Morgan's solicitor, Graham Atkis ...





Romani Gypsy family denied zoning permit for psychic reading business - Marietta Daily Journal









Romani Gypsy family denied zoning permit for psychic reading business

Marietta Daily Journal

Tuesday's zoning hearing by the Cobb County Board of Commissioners included impassioned statements about religious rights, but in the end, the board voted to deny a Romani Gypsy family the ability to open a psychic reading business in Smyrna.





Daily Mail in payout to psychic - Bayoubuzz









Daily Mail in payout to psychic

Bayoubuzz

"It was following a theatre performance in September 2011 in Dublin that an article appeared in the Daily Mail which, in the context of a general attack on psychics as being charlatans, accused Mrs Morgan specifically of having used a hidden earpiece ...





Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Psychic and Healing Fair - digbeth









Psychic and Healing Fair

digbeth

Zen will be holding another of its Psychic and Healing Fairs later this month, giving people the opportunity to have tasters of reiki, indian head massage, tarot, palm, medium, and clairvoyant readings, all from just £5. In addition to all the reading ...





PNE 'evil curse' psychic Paula loses cancer battle - Lancashire Evening Post








Lancashire Evening Post



PNE 'evil curse' psychic Paula loses cancer battle

Lancashire Evening Post

Paula Paradaema, the psychic once called in by Preston North End to rid the club of an “evil curse,” has died at the age of 70. The celebrity clairvoyant, who unorthodox manager John Beck turned to in a desperate bid to halt a losing streak, passed ...





Monday, June 17, 2013

TOPICS: Psychic hits glitch - Newcastle Herald









TOPICS: Psychic hits glitch

Newcastle Herald

OFFERED the chance to chat to a celebrity psychic, Topics didn't count on being thwarted by phone reception. But that's what happened to our interview with Sally Morgan, also known as Psychic Sally, self-described as ''Britain's best-loved psychic''.





Light Asylum, Young Magic, Psychic Twin, O Paradiso, Adventure @ Cameo ... - Stereogum









Light Asylum, Young Magic, Psychic Twin, O Paradiso, Adventure @ Cameo ...

Stereogum

It was clear things would be ending better than they began when I showed up in Williamsburg for the last day of Northside Festival. Everyone seemed to be in good spirits thanks to a false weather forecast — we showed up on Sunday expecting more rain ...





Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's daughter will eclipse her parents, - New York Daily News









Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's daughter will eclipse her parents,

New York Daily News

Confidenti@l's Marianne Garvey and the rest of the cast of VH1's "The Gossip Table" spoke to reknowned celebrity psychic Thomas John Monday about the future of Kim Kardashian's baby girl. Now, he's helped JLo and Jenny McCarthy with their futures.





Nu Sensae, Destruction Unit, Big Ups and Psychic Blood played a Northside ... - Brooklyn Vegan (blog)








Brooklyn Vegan (blog)



Nu Sensae, Destruction Unit, Big Ups and Psychic Blood played a Northside ...

Brooklyn Vegan (blog)

I wrapped up my weekend/music portion of the Northside Festival at Shea Stadium last night (6/16) for the Impose/My Social List show which featured a killer lineup all around. The show kicked off with a set from Western Mass noise rockers Psychic Blood.





TOPICS: Psychic hits glitch - Newcastle Herald









TOPICS: Psychic hits glitch

Newcastle Herald

OFFERED the chance to chat to a celebrity psychic, Topics didn't count on being thwarted by phone reception. But that's what happened to our interview with Sally Morgan, also known as Psychic Sally, self-described as ''Britain's best-loved psychic''.





Sunday, June 16, 2013

Israeli Magician and Psychic Was CIA Spy, Says New Documentary - Jewish Daily Forward








Jewish Daily Forward



Israeli Magician and Psychic Was CIA Spy, Says New Documentary

Jewish Daily Forward

The Israeli magician and psychic Uri Geller worked as a CIA spy, according to a new documentary. “The Secret Life of Uri Geller-Psychic Spy,” by Vikram Jayanti, says Geller used his powers against Russia, including erasing Soviet floppy discs and ...





Saturday, June 15, 2013

Texas Couple Awarded Nearly $7 Million In Defamation Suit Involving Psychic - Opposing Views








Opposing Views



Texas Couple Awarded Nearly $7 Million In Defamation Suit Involving Psychic

Opposing Views

A Texas couple has won a lawsuit against a psychic who they say defamed them by telling police that there was a mass grave on their property. Joe Bankston and Gena Charlton are trying to collect nearly $7 million from the alleged psychic, Presley ...





Psychic to pay $7M to couple she said had mass grave (they did not) - msnNOW








msnNOW



Psychic to pay $7M to couple she said had mass grave (they did not)

msnNOW

We can see why Presley "Rhonda" Gridley might not be Joe Bankston and Gena Charlton's favorite person. In 2011, Gridley, a self-described psychic from Texas, reported to the Liberty County Sheriff's Office that the couple's property contained a mass ...





Psychic Must Pay $7M Over Very Bad Prediction - Newser









Psychic Must Pay $7M Over Very Bad Prediction

Newser

(Newser) – A psychic peering into the lives of a Houston couple a few years ago should have seen a future filled with riches. Instead, she labeled them as mass murderers—falsely, as it turns out—and now a judge has ordered her to pay them $7 million ...





Presley 'Rhonda' Gridley, Self-Described 'Psychic,' Ordered To Pay $7 Million ... - Huffington Post









Presley 'Rhonda' Gridley, Self-Described 'Psychic,' Ordered To Pay $7 Million ...

Huffington Post

We see financial pain in her future. The Houston Chronicle reported this week that Presley "Rhonda" Gridley was ordered to pay $6.8 million to a Texas couple after she made false claims about a mass grave at the home of Joe Bankston and Gena Charlton.