July 31, 2008
LONDON, England --
A book of fairy tales written and illustrated by Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling is being published for charity.
The Children’s High Level Group says it hopes to raise 4 million pounds ($8 million) through sales of “The Tales of Beedle the Bard.” Rowling co-founded the charity, which supports institutionalized children.
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July 3, 2008
LONDON, U.K. --
Harry Potter is about to find himself on the wrong side of the tracks.
In an interview with Empire magazine on his upcoming film, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the sixth installment in the Potter odyssey, star Daniel Radcliffe compared aspects of the movie to the 1996 heroin drama “Trainspotting.”
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May 29, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Plus, how long does Gwyneth spend in the gym each day? Who else is coming back to the 90210 zip code? And a “Harry Potter” prequel for sale.
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May 24, 2008
LONDON, England --
A British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming “Harry Potter” film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London on Saturday, police said.
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April 23, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Mark Wahlberg’s funky bunch is growning and one Jonas Brother has a crush on a “Harry Potter” star.
Plus, Paris and Benji celebrate an anniversary with laser guns. The “Semi-Pro” bear attacks. And a real life Sarah Marshall fights back!
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April 21, 2008
SYDNEY, Australia --
Daniel Radcliffe may play the world’s most powerful wizard on the big screen, but his love life in the real world is more Muggle than magical.
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April 14, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
J.K. Rowling said Monday that her efforts to halt a publisher’s “Harry Potter” lexicon have been crushing her creativity.
Rowling said she has stopped work on a new novel because the lawsuit in federal court has “decimated my creative work over the last month.”
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April 13, 2008
NEW YORK, N.Y. --
Author J.K. Rowling is eager to tell a judge this week that one of her biggest fans is in fantasyland if he believes a “Harry Potter” encyclopedia he plans to publish does not violate her copyrights.
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April 8, 2008
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Harry Potter is headed to The Great White Way.
Daniel Radcliffe, the star of the “Harry Potter” movies, will make his Broadway debut on Sept. 5, playing the disturbed stable boy in a revival of Peter Shaffer’s play, “Equus,” it was announced Tuesday.
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March 24, 2008
LONDON, England --
J.K. Rowling said she contemplated suicide as she suffered from depression before her rise to success, according to an interview with a student journalist.
The Harry Potter author said she had suicidal thoughts in her mid-20s, when she was a single mother and struggling to establish a literary career.
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March 13, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
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 made into two films, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
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December 14, 2007
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Pam’s Mistakes: Not On Your TV: In sad reality television show news, it appears one of our favorites, Pam Anderson won’t be bringing us the magic of her crazy life in the form of a reality show. The bombshell said on her official Web site, “I was considering…only to promote and have people see what it’s like to create a show and be on stage starring in a big Vegas production… not my family life… I know I’ve mad a lot of mistakes.” Now where are we going to get our Tommy Lee - Kid Rock bar brawl fix? If you have a change of heart Pam, our DVR is ready and waiting.
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December 12, 2007
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“It’s the ‘American Graffiti’ for this set,” Yates told MTV. “I’m looking forward to developing the relationship between Ron and Hermione, and Ron and Lavender. There’s a nice triangle there.”
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December 12, 2007
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LOL Harry Potter: Not as funny as canned champagne, but according to Daniel Radcliffe the next “Potter” film, “Half-Blood Prince,” could be quite humorous. He told MTV News, “If we pull [it] off [right], it should be the funniest of the films so far.“Director David Yates says the reason is that the film is about “sex, drugs, and rock and roll! The little wizards are all grown up now.
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December 11, 2007
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (December 11, 2007) — Sean Penn’s “Into The Wild” received a leading seven nominations for the Critics’ Choice Awards, announced Tuesday by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
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December 5, 2007
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It’s a foregone conclusion that “The Golden Compass” is a great looking movie, but I couldn’t tell you what it was about for a lick ‘o beans. Based upon the book “Northern Lights” — the first installment of the “His Dark Materials” fantasy trilogy written by Philip Pullman — the film is chock full of the best special effects that a reported $180 million budget can buy. But unless you are even vaguely familiar with the mythology found in the novels, then you’re going to need a real compass to find your way around the densely convoluted story.
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November 9, 2007
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (November 9, 2007) — “The Bourne Ultimatum” was among leading nominees for the 34th annual People’s Choice Awards, organizers said Thursday.
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November 1, 2007
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LONDON, U.K. (November 1, 2007) - J.K. Rowling has completed her first book not to feature teen wizard Harry Potter — an illustrated collection of magical fairy stories titled “The Tales of Beedle the Bard.” Only seven copies of the book are being printed, Rowling said Thursday. One will be auctioned next month to raise money for a children’s charity, while the others have been given away as gifts.
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October 22, 2007
NEW YORK, NY. --
In response to Rowling’s comments, GLAAD issued the following statement to Access Hollywood:
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January 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent is headed to Hogwarts.
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September 2, 2007
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Still, it was a sharp turnaround from summer 2005, when attendance plunged 11.5 percent compared to the previous summer and critics predicted the movie industry would continue to decline as consumers turned to home theaters, video games and other entertainment choices.
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August 27, 2007
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
For all of the show’s celebration of youth, it was 53-year-old John Travolta who seemed to cause the biggest stir with the 6,000-plus member audience, generating screams and a standing ovation as he walked to the stage to accept the Choice Summer Movie: Comedy/Musical for “Hairspray.”
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August 27, 2007
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
For all of the show’s celebration of youth, it was 53-year-old John Travolta who seemed to cause the biggest stir with the 6,000-plus member audience, generating screams and a standing ovation as he walked to the stage to accept the Choice Summer Movie: Comedy/Musical for “Hairspray.”
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August 20, 2007
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Nicole Kidman and Ralph Fiennes will star in “The Reader,” reports Variety.
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August 19, 2007
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (August 19, 2007) — “Superbad” was super good at the box office, proving that a no-name cast could hold its own amid A-list summer blockbusters.
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January 6, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Does Leonardo DiCaprio have a new lady in his life?
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