Harry Potter

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

My Fox Phoenix | FRANK CARNEVALE | Posted 11.29.2009 | 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 11.24.2009 | 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 11.16.2009 | 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 11.15.2009 | 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 11.11.2009 | 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...

Honduras... The Big Backstory

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 08.20.2009 | World


Eric Ehrmann

The White House denounced the action in Honduras as "illegal." But that call requires Washington to cut off all but humanitarian aid and could jeopardize the big Soto Cano base outside Tegucigalpa.

Half-Blood, All Brilliant: The Sixth Harry Potter Movie Enchants and Enthralls

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 08.20.2009 | Entertainment


Gregory Weinkauf

There's so much wonderful style, wit and even genuine pathos holding this stuff together that only an idiot could deny the many charms of this franchise.

'Potter' Crushes Box Office Competition, Breaks Records

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 08.19.2009 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Harry Potter continues to work box-office alchemy, turning his latest movie adventure into an overnight blockbuster. The sixth in...

Big Brother 11: Deride the Wild Surfer

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 08.17.2009 | Entertainment


Tallulah Morehead

CBS decided to withhold the real story of what is going on in the Big Brother House, particularly about the racism, the inept racism I must add, of surfer dude Braden, who was evicted on Thursday's live show.

Harry Potter Now UK's Top Tourist Attraction

GlobalPost | Posted 08.16.2009 | World


By Vivian Ho | GlobalPost LONDON -- Stonehenge has one serious challenger for most popular tourist attraction of England: Harry Potter, boy wizard,...

Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince's Happiness Lessons

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 08.16.2009 | Home


Gretchen Rubin

I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone's project will look different, but it's the rare person who can't benefit. ...

'Harry Potter' Strikes Gold With Midnight Show

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 08.15.2009 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Harry Potter has conjured up a record-breaking witching hour. The latest adventure of the teen wizard, "Harry Potter and the Half...

Harry's Finest Moment... Cut from Film

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 08.15.2009 | Entertainment


Leah Anthony Libresco

We must face not only the physical death suffered by one of Harry's mentors but the death of our ability to blindly idealize our leaders, to accept them as unquestionably good.

5 Ways People Are Taking Harry Potter Waaay Too Seriously

Cracked.com | Posted 08.15.2009 | Comedy


Readers everywhere have fallen in love with the tale of a magical boy who escapes a decade of child abuse only to wind up in a facility with a worse c...