Harry Potter

"Harry Potter" Actor Killed In Bar Brawl

AP | Posted 06.02.2008 | Entertainment


LONDON — A British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter" film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London on Satur...

Harry Potter Star Daniel Radcliffe Seeks Mystery Australian Girl

Reuters via Yahoo | Posted 04.29.2008 | Entertainment


Daniel Radcliffe, the actor behind the boy wizard Harry Potter, is hunting for a mystery Australian girl who cast a spell on him at a film awards part...

Emma Watson Replaces Scarlett "Too Old" Johansson In Film

Huffington Post | Posted 04.26.2008 | Entertainment


Emma Watson, aka Hermione from the "Harry Potter" films, landed a plum role in an upcoming movie after Scarlett Johansson was deemed overage: "Harry ...

Harry Potter Fan Weeps On Stand During Rowling's Suit

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.03.2008 | Entertainment


%meta(topic:ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:other;%) NEW YORK (AP) _ A Harry Potter fan who wants to publish an encyclopedic guide to the pop...

J.K. Rowling Takes On Fan's Harry Potter Book In Court

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 04.22.2008 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — J.K. Rowling testified before a packed courtroom in a lawsuit to block publication of a Harry Potter lexicon, telling a judge that th...

The Bible Voted America's Favorite Book

Reuters | Posted 04.17.2008 | Living


When it comes to literary pursuits in the United States most people agree on at least one thing -- the most popular book is the Bible, according to a ...

JK Rowling Says She Contemplated Suicide

AP | Posted 04.01.2008 | Entertainment


Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling said she contemplated suicide as she suffered from depression before her rise to success, according to an interview w...

Last "Harry Potter" Book To Become Two Films

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Harry Potter was the center of seven novels, but he'll star in eight films. The final book in the wildly successful series will be...

JK Rowling Bashes 'Harry Potter Lexicon'

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — As the creator of the Harry Potter books sees it, her kindness to fans might come back to haunt her. In papers filed for a lawsuit in...

JK Rowling Hints At Eighth Harry Potter Book

Daily Mail | RHODRI PHILLIPS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has strongly hinted for the first time that she could write an eighth book in the series. Rowling, 42, admits she ha...

Amazon.com Has Best Season Ever

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday its 2007 holiday season was its strongest to date, with Nintendo Wii game systems and the "Harry Potter and the Order o...

JK Rowling Breaks Down In Fly-On-The-Wall Documentary

Daily Mail | Elizabeth Sanderson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Her books have brought a £600 million fortune and a fame she can find hard to handle. But now JK Rowling has come out of her own chamber of secrets ...

POY Vey! Time's Snoozy 2007 Noms

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Tomorrow's the big day: On the "Today" show tomorrow morning, Time's Rick Stengel will announce who the vaunted "Person of the Year" is for 2007. To w...

Harry Potter, Landlord? Actor Lists $4.3 Million NYC Condo For Rent

New York TImes | JOSH BARBANEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


When the final book in the Harry Potter series came out last summer, a stretch of Mercer Street in Lower Manhattan was closed off and turned into "Har...

Harry Potter's Hermione Shows She's All Grown Up

This is London | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Dressed in a black frock, lashings of red lipstick and tousled hair, Emma Watson made it clear last night she's transformed - as if by magic - into a ...

Quidditch Takes Off On College Campuses

USA Today | Craig Wilson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


The broomsticks they hold between their legs can't help them fly. The Snitch is not a winged golden ball but a young man who sprints across the field ...

Sotheby's Displays Rowling's "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" Ahead Of Auction

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Sotheby's auctioneers displayed a rare copy of J.K. Rowling's book "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" on Tuesday, ahead of a charity auction on December ...

Harry Potter To Go Nude On Broadway

BBC | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has confirmed he will make his Broadway debut next year when the play Equus goes to New York. The 18-year-old comp...

Harry Potter's Pearls Of Wisdom

Stacey Lawson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Stacey Lawson

Like Harry, it seems that Americans, both individually and collectively, are being asked to reckon with the light and dark inside of us.

JK Rowling Finishes First Post-Potter Book

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


J.K. Rowling has completed her first book not to feature teen wizard Harry Potter _ an illustrated collection of magical fairy stories titled "The Tal...

Potter Sales Quadruple Amazon.com's Net Profit

Bloomberg | Heather Burke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Amazon.com Inc., the world's biggest Internet retailer, said quarterly profit quadrupled as customers bought the final Harry Potter novel and purchase...

Conservatives Attack Gay Dumbledore, Claim Vindication For Jerry Falwell

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


On Friday, British author J.K. Rowling revealed for the first time that Albus Dumbledore, one of the central heroes in the record-breaking Harry Potte...

JK Rowling: Hogwarts Headmaster Is Gay

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling f...

Alohomora! J.K. Rowling Gives U.S. Potter Reading

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling made a rare U.S. appearance, reading at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood in front of scores of wand-clutching would-be ...

Harry Potter Helps Keep Scholastic In The Black

Publisher's Weekly | Jim Milliot | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows came through for Scholastic in the first quarter ended August 31, helping to drive up revenue 75%, to $586.9 mill...