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Rowling: Reporter Put Note in Daughter's School Bag

She and Sienna Miller tell UK ethics panel about media 'siege'

(Newser) - The media ethics panel set up in Britain in the wake of the News of the World phone hacking scandal is getting an earful today from some high-profile witnesses:
  • JK Rowling: The Harry Potter author complained that a journalist once slipped a note into her 5-year-old daughter's school bag
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JK Rowling: I Almost Killed Ron

She wanted to kill one of the trio 'out of pure spite'

(Newser) - Talk about your unforgivable curses. JK Rowling has revealed that she came very close to tossing an Avada Kedavra Ron Weasley’s way somewhere in the middle of the Harry Potter series. “I did seriously consider killing Ron,” Rowling tells Daniel Radcliffe in an interview on the Harry ... More »

Celebs With 2012 Guinness World Records

Apparently, a lot of people live streamed the royal wedding

(Newser) - The Guinness Book of World Records is not just for regular joes who go on epic bar crawls or paddleboard rides . No, it's also for celebrities—and according to Perez Hilton , Gossip Cop , and MTV , a whole slew of them made their way in to the 2012 edition:
  • Lady
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Cyberscams Surface Over New Potter Site

Security firm warns of bogus membership accounts being sold

(Newser) - Potter fans beware: Cybercriminals are looking to hex users of JK Rowling’s new website, Pottermore, a security firm warns. The site, which offers ebooks and new material, is currently in beta, with limited accessibility—and some hackers are trying to sell early-access accounts for up to $100, the Telegraph... More »

Harry Potter's Real Magic Was on Way We Read

More than a popular book, Potter transformed literature, says critic

(Newser) - With the release of the eighth and final movie in the Harry Potter franchise, stories about the famous young wizard may be over, but the series' legacy—both cultural and literary—will live on, writes John Granger in the Washington Post . "[JK] Rowling transformed our idea of what stories... More »

JK Rowling Banishes Agent in Potter Feud

Agent who discovered author weighs legal action

(Newser) - Call it Harry Potter and the Spurned Literary Agent of Doom. Christopher Little, the agent who discovered JK Rowling, pulling her first Harry Potter book from the slush pile and turning her into one of the world's most successful authors, is considering suing Rowling over her newest magical venture,... More »

Rowling Explains 'Pottermore'

And no, it's not a new book

(Newser) - JK Rowling has revealed details about her mysterious "Pottermore" website , and sorry, but it's not an eighth Harry Potter book. Rather, it's an "online reading experience" where fans can experience the existing story in a new way, and where, Rowling says, she will share "additional... More »

JK Rowling Creates Mysterious New Website

But her PR agency says it's not a new book

(Newser) - The mysterious Pottermore.com was the single end to an online scavenger hunt spanning 10 Harry Potter fansites yesterday, but author JK Rowling isn’t quite ready to reveal exactly what Pottermore will be. The site says only "Coming soon" for now. With the last Harry Potter movie hitting... More »

JK Rowling Gets OK to Raze $1.6M Home

...so she can make the garden of her $3.3M house larger

(Newser) - So, this is how rich JK Rowling is: The Harry Potter author bought the $1.6 million house next door to her $3.3 million mansion … for the sole purpose of demolishing it … in order to make her garden bigger. Rowling, who the Telegraph notes is worth upward... More »

Berlusconi Sought Naomi's Number

Gordon Brown's wife recounts PM's antics at state dinner

(Newser) - As if things weren't bad enough for Silvio Berlusconi, now he's got the wife of a former world leader gossiping about him: Sarah Brown, missus to former British PM Gordon Brown, has a new book out in which she recounts the randy Italian chasing around after model Naomi Campbell's phone... More »

New Harry Potter Film Debuts in London

It's the first part of the two-part finale

(Newser) - American audiences have to wait another week, but the second-last installment of the Harry Potter movies premiered in London tonight. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I sets up the grand finale, which isn't out until July 2011. Not that reviews will mean a whit to devoted fans, but... More »

JK Rowling May Write More Harry Potter Books

Ending series was a 'bereavement,' author tells Oprah

(Newser) - JK Rowling may yet write more adventures for Harry Potter and friends, the world-famous author tells Oprah Winfrey . The Hogwarts crew is "in my head still," Rowling said, and new tales "could definitely" move her pen. After all, Rowling said, writing Potter was always more an act... More »

Highest-Paid Authors in US

James Patterson, Stephenie Meyer lead the way

(Newser) - A tribute of sorts to Harry Potter: JK Rowling isn't putting out new Potter books, but sales of existing ones still put her in the top 10 of the year's highest-paid authors. (She came in 10th with $10 million.) Read the full Forbes list here , but here's the top... More »

JK Rowling Sued for Plagiarism

Potter scribe named in suit brought by late author's estate

(Newser) - JK Rowling is being accused of copying material for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth book in her record-breaking series. Her name was recently added to a multimillion-dollar suit against her publisher, Bloomsbury, brought by the estate of the author of another wizard-themed book. The suit alleges... More »

Judge People By Fave Author

Misfits like JD Salinger, smart geeks like JK Rowling ...

(Newser) - If you don’t want to waste the time really getting to know someone, just ask about his or her favorite author. That tells you all you need to know, Lauren Leto suggests, before running down the stereotypes:
  • JD Salinger: Kids who don’t fit in (duh).
  • Stephenie Meyer: People
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Quidditch Scores Big on College Campuses

Inability to fly on broomsticks doesn't stop undergrads

(Newser) - Heads up, NCAA: Quidditch has cast its spell on America's campuses. Technically known as Muggle Quidditch—due to the lack of actual flying brooms—the game looks like "a mixture between ultimate Frisbee and dodgeball," one player tells the Chicago Sun-Times . And if it sounds like a fringe... More »

Broke Aussie Author Inspires Bidding Frenzy

Rebecca James' debut has publishers seeing next JK Rowling

(Newser) - The publishing world is in a frenzy over a debut novel whose Australian author is drawing comparisons to JK Rowling (Harry Potter? Perhaps you've heard of it.). “Beautiful Malice was one of the most extraordinary manuscripts I’ve read in a very long while,” one editor with... More »

Most Hypocritical Book Bannings

(Newser) - Banning a book is a move laden with ironies that can make the banner seem dull-witted in the long run. For National Banned Books Week, 11Points.com lists "the most hypocritical, ignorant, and, based on the content of the books, ironic" bans:
  • Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury: The sci-fi
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Dumbledore Sparks Fight for Real-World Justice

Nonprofit Harry Potter Alliance uses books as inspiration

(Newser) - Harry Potter’s battle against injustice in the wizarding world has prompted fans to take the fight to the Muggle universe, the Los Angeles Times reports. Inspired by moral teachings of Albus Dumbledore, Harry’s mentor, the nonprofit Harry Potter Alliance has registered voters, collected some 13,000 books to... More »

Spoiled Harry a Hero for 'Entitled Generation'

Books lack moral weight as Potter gets off easy

(Newser) - Harry Potter is a fitting hero for a generation of readers: his powers arrive on a silver platter, and from there it’s “all zapping bad guys, no taking out the trash,” writes Kyle Smith in the New York Post. While heroes like Luke Skywalker face obstacles to... More »

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