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Will a Viral Podcast Unravel Our Most Famous Mentalist?

Will a Viral Podcast Unravel Our Most Famous Mentalist?

For years, Oz Pearlman — better known as Oz the Mentalist — has been inescapable. He has appeared everywhere: March Madness coverage, HBO’s Hard Knocks, Joe Rogan’s podcast, and most recently the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where he was slated to perform for President Trump. (Pearlman was mere moments into his set when gunshots in a nearby hallway evacuated the dinner; the suspected shooter was charged with the attempted assassination of a President.) Pearlman, an America’s Got Talent alum (he came in third place in 2015) is the most televised mentalist in the world and the most followed one on social media. His act — guessing names, PINs, memories, and private details seemingly extracted from thin air — has made him a fixture on talk shows, around locker rooms, and in celebrity culture. Now that act is under serious scrutiny. Last week on Pablo Torre Finds Out, the Pulitzer Prize-winning ESPN alum Pablo Torre found out how Pearlman pulls off his most shocking tricks. Stevie Baskin’s findings are a real bummer for anyone who still believes in …

AGT’s Terry Crews’ wife Rebecca reveals decade-long battle with Parkinson’s for the first time

AGT’s Terry Crews’ wife Rebecca reveals decade-long battle with Parkinson’s for the first time

Terry Crews and his wife Rebecca King-Crews made an appearance on NBC’s TODAY on Monday, April 6 to share some important personal news. Terry, 57, and Rebecca, 60, have been together for nearly four decades, meeting when the former was a college student. They tied the knot in 1989 and now share five children together. © NBCTerry and Rebecca King-Crews on NBC’s “TODAY” on April 6, discussing her Parkinson’s disease diagnosis On the show, the couple revealed that for the past decade, Rebecca had been dealing with Parkinson’s disease, a diagnosis she’d received back in 2015 and is now opening up about publicly for the very first time. She is now speaking about it after receiving a new FDA-approved surgery that has helped her improve mobility on one side of her body, explaining to host Craig Melvin that she can now write briefly with her right hand for the first time in three years. Recommended videoYou may also likeWATCH: Terry Crews’ wife opens up about repairing their marriage after infidelity “I feel good,” she confirmed. …