Along the way, Carter travels around the country, finds his fame, falls in love (once with a beautiful redhead, once with a sharp-tongued blind girl), battles a rival magician named Mysterioso, and learns the somewhat metaphysical pleasure of creating a stage illusion.
Also on this week's chart, Lady Gaga's "Fame" (Interscope) fell one spot to No. 3 with 66,000 sales; Alicia Keys's "Element of Freedom" (J) is No. 4 with 62,000; and Mary J. Blige's "Stronger With Each Tear" (Geffen) is No. 5 with 47,000.
He wasn't even born when Mötley Crüe was at its peak of fame but fell in love with the band from a young age.
There will also be celebrity visits, such as Laurence Fishburne, the actor of "CSI" and "black-ish" fame, who fell in love with motorcycles during production of his 1996 action movie "Fled".
Mr. Famie (pronounced FAME-ee) fell in love with television, or the idea of himself on television, and began work on his most ambitious project: transforming himself into Emeril Lagasse.
It's a bit of a surprise when you consider that he found fame by falling over and beating people up.
IT IS enough to scare the most ardent fashion victim: Saks, of Fifth Avenue fame, has fallen into the hands of a man who (whisper it quietly) replaces his shoes only when the soles wear thin.
LI KA-SHING AND FAMILY Net worth: $10 billion Claim to fame: Despite falling Hong Kong property prices, his vast property, retail and infrastructure holdings are still among Hong Kong's most lucrative properties.
That works well for those who have not been decimated, like the late Dr. Atkins of diet fame, after falling on the pavement.
