Chuck Martinez, left, newly elected president of the Academy of Magical Arts' board of directors, and General Manager Hervé Lévy outside the Magic Castle in Hollywood. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles ...

The Magic Castle is a private club for magicians and magic enthusiasts in Hollywood. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) Joseph Furlow, the embattled general manager of the organization that operates ...

And it's no wonder: With its labyrinthian hallways and murky red rooms bearing names like the “Parlour of Prestidigitation” and “The Palace of Mystery,” the century-old Victorian mansion is the ...

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Milt Larsen, the co-founder of the legendary Magic Castle, has died at the age of 92. Larsen passed away in his sleep on Sunday night, family sources told TMZ. ABC7's George Pennacchio reported that ...

Irma the ghost piano player has had the Magic Castle all to herself for the last 14 months while Hollywood’s famed private club for magicians has been locked up. The doors of the swanky mansion will ...

Nestled in the Hollywood Hills is a Los Angeles landmark that's tough to get into: The Magic Castle. A blue-grey Victorian style mansion with curved turrets, it looks like a place an animated princess ...

Of all the illusions orchestrated behind the Magic Castle’s secret front door, perhaps the most surprising is how the institution has been able to mask its tender age. This year the world capital of ...

The founder of the Hollywood landmark and industry hangout is battling his niece to keep his share of the private club's newly lucrative business. By Gary Baum Magic Castle - H 2015 “Nobody wants this ...

Andrew Barrer and Gabe Ferrari are writing a script for 20th Century Fox that centers on the famed Hollywood private club. By Daniel Miller Magic Castle McG Inset - H 2012 The Magic Castle sits at ...

A man was found dead Friday night at the Magic Castle, an exclusive private club in Hollywood that offers fine dining and magic shows. The Magic Castle identified the man as Daryl Easton, a well-known ...