Magician David Copperfield and French supermodel Chloe Gosselin are the proud parents of a 16-month-old baby girl, Sky.

We are not sure whether she will go by the last name Copperfield or Gosselin or some combination of the two surnames. We have a team working on that issue and should be able to post the answer shortly. Mother and father live in Mr. Copperfield’s private island.

This news comes to us from the almost never reliable New York Post newspaper. Worse still, it comes from the least reliable portion of that tabloid, Page 6.

Our editors believe there is sufficient indicia of credibility to permit publication of this great news here on the hallowed pages of the oldest magic news site with a domain name consisting of a preposition and the word “magic.”

Inside Magic congratulates Mr. Copperfield and Ms. Gosselin on their blessed event.

On the other hand, The Post drives us nutty.

Because they lack creativity or they are lazy, the New York Post’s coverage led with the blasé.

Abraca-baby . . . Illusionist David Copperfield has become a dad after his French girlfriend, Chloe Gosselin, gave birth to a beautiful girl, Sky, Page Six can exclusively reveal.

Seriously? That’s your lead, “Abraca-baby”?

Abraca-baby is not even internally consistent much less witty.
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