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Japan Getting Harry Potter Park

Rob Quinn — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:24:00 CDT

Hogwarts is coming to Honshu. Universal Studios is planning to open a Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park in Osaka by late 2014, reports the Guardian . The park, like the one in Orlando and the one under construction in Hollywood, will feature rides, a Hogwarts castle, and a Hogsmeade...

Harry Potter E-Books Debut

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:24:05 CDT

Finally, e-reader users can be reunited with Harry Potter. For the first time, e-books of the entire series went on sale today on the Pottermore website, with the first three books costing $7.99 apiece and the last four $9.99 each. The books are compatible with most e-readers, but...

Hogwarts Bully Gets 2 Years for Rioting

Rob Quinn — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:59:54 CDT

Jamie Waylett's face is familiar to millions thanks to his role as a school bully in the Harry Potter movies, so police didn't have much trouble tracking him down after he was caught on camera holding a petrol bomb and swigging from a looted bottle of champagne during last year's...

8 Famous Books Still Only on Paper

Dustin Lushing — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:50:45 CST

The e-book market has spiked from 0.6% in 2008 to 6.4% in 2010, or $878 million in sales, yet you still won't be able to find certain hugely popular books in the new format. The Street rounded up a list of eight classics that can be found only...

JK Rowling Lands Deal for New Adult Book

Kevin Spak — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:34:28 CST

JK Rowling is back, but if you're hoping for more adventures starring a certain boy wizard—or anything along the lines of those books—you're out of luck. Little, Brown and Company announced today that it had acquired the rights to publish a new book by Rowling, but this one...

Daniel Radcliffe: Snobby Oscars Never Liked Potter

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:36:05 CST

Daniel Radcliffe is "slightly miffed" that none of the Harry Potter films have won an Academy Award, whereas children's movie Hugo was nominated for Best Picture and 10 other categories this year. "I don't think the Oscars like commercial films, or kids' films, unless they're directed by Martin Scorsese," Radcliffe...

Daniel Radcliffe: I Was Drunk in Harry Potter Scenes

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:00 CST

Everyone's favorite boy wizard has made a startling confession: He sometimes acted in Harry Potter scenes drunk. "I went into work still drunk," Daniel Radcliffe tells Heat magazine. "I can point to many scenes where I'm just gone. Dead behind the eyes." He never drank at work, but was still...

Woman in Black Offers Old-School Thrills

Matt Cantor — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:33:05 CST

The boy wizard is back—but this time, he's a 19th-century gentleman. Daniel Radcliffe is generally successful playing a spooked lawyer in The Woman in Black , a throwback haunted house thriller. What the critics are saying: The film "makes the most of its old-fashioned virtues," writes Manohla Dargis in the...

Pippa's Future Home: Hogwarts?

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:22:05 CST

Pippa could become the second Middleton with access to a castle. Her Royal Hotness is back together with a noble ex-fling, George Percy, a rich earl who is heir to the Duke of Northumberland. That dukedom just happens to include Alnwick Castle, otherwise known as Hogwarts in the Harry Potter...