Harry Potter

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House Health Care Bill Actually About As Long As Popular Book For Small Children

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media


The GOP has been making great hay out of the length and size and weight and page count of the House Health Care Reform bill. Apparently intimidated b...

Off the Shelf and on to the Big Screen!

Regina Brooks | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books


Regina Brooks

Hollywood continues to bring out the movies based on popular YA books, because the guarantee of an audience is just too good to pass up.

From Fiction to Fashion Statement: YA Books Spawn New Fashion Trends

Regina Brooks | Posted 10.26.2009 | Books


Regina Brooks

The role models teens look to for their fashion trends are not only found inside glossies, but also in the pages of books!

Australian Author: The New J.K. Rowling?

The Wall Street Journal | DALYA ALBERGE | Posted 10.26.2009 | Books


In a success story reminiscent of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's, Ms. James is a mother and first-time author who is going from nothing to becomin...

Harry Potter Fans Take On Maine's Proposition One

Andrew Slack | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics


Andrew Slack

If Maine's Proposition 1 (aka California's Proposition 8) passes on November 3, the movements for intolerance and bigotry will gain momentum, and same-sex couples will lose more rights.

Northwestern Launching Intramural Quidditch

The Daily Northwestern | Luke Siuty | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago


Northwestern students may soon be able to pass quaffles and dodge bludgers on their very own intramural Quidditch team....

Daniel Radcliffe Buys $5.65 West Village Brownstone

The New York Observer | Max Abelson | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York


Harry Potter has a nice new West Village house. According to city records, a brownstone on West 12th Street that was apparently built 162 years ago by...

Rupert Grint Owns About $15 Million Of Real Estate

Mail Online | Posted 10.03.2009 | Entertainment


He might play second fiddle to Harry Potter in the wizardry department, but Rupert Grint has proved himself no muggle when it comes to property deals....

JK Rowling Joins Twitter: Harry Potter Author Doesn't Follow, Won't Tweet

Posted 09.29.2009 | Technology


Harry Potter author JK Rowling has finally gotten a Twitter account-- but don't expect her next novel in Tweets. The Telegraph reports Rowling deci...

Harry Potter Is "Witchcraft" To Bush White House, Says New Book

My Fox Phoenix | FRANK CARNEVALE | Posted 09.29.2009 | Books


(MYFOX NATIONAL) - A new book by a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush includes a report that White House officials did not want to give ...

J.K. Rowling Medal Objected To By Bush Officials Over Witchcraft

Think Progress | Zaid Jilani | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civil award, and is given to individuals who have contributed to: 1) the security or nationa...

Harry Potter Theme Park to Open Spring 2010: Video & Photo Virtual Tour

Kim Mance | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living


Kim Mance

Universal Orlando Resort, and Warner Bros. today revealed first-ever details about the incredible scope of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

Harry Potter Theme Park To Open In Spring

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.16.2009 | Media


Joyous news for Harry Potter fans everywhere! The Harry Potter theme park-- AKA The Wizarding World of Harry Potter -- is set to open this spring. ...

Emma Watson Having 'An Amazing Time' At Brown

people.com | Monique Jessen | Posted 09.11.2009 | Entertainment


The British actress, 19, best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series, arrived at the Ivy League college last week and,...

Let's Begin Again

Alison Teal | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Alison Teal

Here's a simple way to get to universal health care: With tax financing, expand Medicare age-eligibility annually in five-year increments, going down from sixty-five and up from newborns.

Blockbuster News of Summer 2009

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media


B. Jeffrey Madoff

The summer's biggest news.

Emma Watson Starts College At Brown

Mail Online | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment


Emma Watson was mobbed by adoring fans as she began university in the U.S. --despite pleading to be treated just like any other student. The 19-yea...

Guantanamo Detainees' Most Requested Books From Prison Library: Harry Potter, Don Quixote, And Obama's Dreams From My Father

juancole.com | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


Journalist Besan Sheikh recently visited the Guantanamo Bay prison facility run by the US, where al-Qaeda and other prisoners from Bush's 'war on terr...

The Problem with Gen Y and Its Search for Answers in Harry

Anna Kelner | Posted 09.16.2009 | Entertainment


Anna Kelner

The generation that got everything clearly lacks something. Call it patience, call it obedience, call it willingness, but the traits that Gen Yers must cultivate are ironically exalted in their favorite children's story.

Everyday Is Halloween, When You're a Geek

Meredith Lopez | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living


Meredith Lopez

Now that I have a baby, and while I still have complete control over what he wears, my ideas for mommy-baby Halloween costumes know no bounds.

Movie review: Funny People

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.30.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

I never would have predicted that, at the end of Funny People, I'd have more kind things to say about Sandler than Apatow.

'G-Force' Guinea Pigs Topple 'Harry Potter'

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 08.26.2009 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — An elite squad of guinea pigs has worked its own brand of magic at the box office, taking the No. 1 spot from boy wizard Harry Pot...

Harry Potter's Anonymous Poems

John Lundberg | Posted 08.26.2009 | Living


John Lundberg

In a recent interview with the British newspaper The Guardian, Daniel Radcliffe--best known for playing Harry Potter on the big screen-- revealed that...

Emma Watson Is Going to College At Brown

people.com | Esther Zuckerman | Posted 08.20.2009 | Entertainment


Emma Watson is similar to her Harry Potter alter ego Hermione Granger in at least one way: Her pursuit of her studies. Watson, 19, will be attendin...

Harry Potter Exhibit At Museum of Science And Industry A Cash Cow For Warner Bros.

Reuters | Dan Cox | Posted 08.20.2009 | Chicago


Leave it to the Warner Bros. marketing team to get the last nickel out of Harry Potter, beyond the nearly $5 billion the films have grossed at the box...