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  • June 2008

    • 'Hermione' Conjures $6M Chanel Deal

      newser  |  Daily Mail (UK)  |  Jun 16, 08 11:02 AM CDT

      'Hermione' Conjures $6M Chanel Deal

      Harry Potter star Emma Watson has inked a $6 million deal to replace actress Keira Knightley as the new face of Chanel's perfume Coco Mademoiselle, the Daily Mail reports. The 18-year-old actress, who already makes $4 million a movie to play the precocious Hermione, "has been excitedly telling friends that she is going to be taking over from Keira." More »

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      Great Britain  • endorsement  • Harry Potter  • advertising campaign  • model  • Chanel

    • Rowling's Potter Prequel Conjures Up $49K for Charity

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jun 11, 08 5:01 AM CDT

      Rowling's Potter Prequel Conjures Up $49K for Charity

      JK Rowling’s handwritten “prequel” to the Harry Potter books has sold for $49,000 at a charity auction to benefit the PEN writers organization, Reuters reports. In the 800-word story, which takes place before Harry’s birth, the boy wizard’s father and Sirius Black use magic to elude police in a high-speed chase. The work also manages to brush aside rumors that an eighth Potter book is in the works. More »

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      auction  • Harry Potter  • charity  • JK Rowling  • wizard

    • Rowling Casts Spell at Harvard

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Jun 6, 08 7:10 AM CDT

      Rowling Casts Spell at Harvard

      Harry Potter birth mom JK Rowling yesterday urged Harvard graduates at their commencement to use their imaginations on more than wizards and muggles to envision—and create—a better world. She recalled the rewarding time she spent when she was younger working for prisoners of totalitarian regimes for Amnesty International. "Those who choose not to empathize" with people suffering "enable real monsters," she said. More »

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      Harry Potter  • Harvard  • JK Rowling  • Amnesty International  • commencement speech  • political prisoner  • wizard  • Albus Dumbledore

  • May 2008

    • JK Rowling Pens Potter Prequel

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 29, 08 3:49 AM CDT

      JK Rowling Pens Potter Prequel

      Harry Potter fans mourned when JK Rowling ended the enormously popular schoolboy wizard saga with the seventh and final book last year. But now she has written a surprise short prequel likely to trigger a bidding frenzy. Rowling has donated an 800-word handwritten manuscript to the British bookseller Waterstone's to be auctioned for charity. More »

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      Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • Harry Potter Lexicon  • witches

    • Harry Potter Actor Killed in Vicious London Knife Fight

      newser  |  Daily Mail (UK)  |  May 24, 08 9:18 PM CDT

      Harry Potter Actor Killed in Vicious London Knife Fight

      Robert Knox, a young British actor set to appear in an upcoming Harry Potter movie, was stabbed to death outside a London bar early today, the Daily Mail reports. The teen, who had finished filming his part as Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby, was killed defending his younger brother following an apparent dispute over a stolen cellphone. He is the 14th teenager murdered in the city this year. More »

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      murder  • crime  • London  • Harry Potter  • stabbing  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince  • knife

    • Judges Back Rowling in Case Over Son Pics

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 7, 08 3:12 PM CDT

      Judges Back Rowling in Case Over Son Pics

      A British court approved JK Rowling’s request to ban publication of a photograph of her son, Reuters reports, reversing a lower circuit's ruling. "If a child of parents who are not in the public eye could reasonably expect not to have photographs of him published in the media, so too should the child of a famous parent," the ruling read. More »

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      celebrity  • media  • Harry Potter  • paparazzi  • JK Rowling  • photographs  • photographers

    • Don't Get Comfy, Harry Potter

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 5, 08 4:27 PM CDT

      Don't Get Comfy, Harry Potter

      Both are fantasists who've sold zillions of books, but in a recent poll of American children, the classic wins out: Dr. Seuss' works are more popular than JK Rowling's. Three million-plus kids weighed in on an educational software company's website, and Rowling's Harry Potter books trail works by EB White, Judy Blume, and Harper Lee, among others, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      children  • book  • Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • reading  • Dr. Seuss  • Harper Lee

    • After 10 Years, Harry Potter Off NYT Best-Seller List

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 1, 08 6:35 PM CDT

      After 10 Years, Harry Potter Off NYT Best-Seller List

      As the next edition of the New York Times Book Review goes to press, an era ends—books from author JK Rowling's Harry Potter series, for the first time in 10 years, are nowhere on the best-seller list. More »

  • April 2008

    • Harry Potter Full of Gibberish, Judge Says

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Apr 17, 08 7:59 PM CDT

      Harry Potter Full of Gibberish, Judge Says

      The judge in the Harry Potter copyright case gave the man who compiled The Harry Potter Lexicon a one-up against JK Rowling today when he announced that her books were full of gibberish, the Telegraph reports. He said he tried reading one to his grandkids and found it "extremely complex" and suggested that a guidebook would be handy. He won't issue his ruling for several weeks and urged both sides to settle out of court. More »

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      trial  • Harry Potter  • copyright  • JK Rowling  • copyright infringement  • plagiarism  • Harry Potter Lexicon

    • Embattled Potter Fan Moved to Tears in Court

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 15, 08 5:21 PM CDT

      Embattled Potter Fan Moved to Tears in Court

      The Harry Potter fan whose attempt to put into print his encyclopedic companion brought a lawsuit from author JK Rowling, broke down in tears in a Manhattan court today discussing how much the books mean to him, the AP reports. Steven Vander Ark became distraught when asked how the lawsuit had affected his relationship with the world of Potter fans. More »

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      Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • Harry Potter Lexicon  • Steven Vander Ark

    • Rowling Slams Potter Reference Project in Court

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 14, 08 3:21 PM CDT

      Rowling Slams Potter Reference Project in Court

      Author JK Rowling today slammed a planned print version of a fan's Harry Potter Lexicon as exploiting her ideas, the New York Times reports. “My readership parting with their or their parents’ hard earned cash for this—I think it’s a travesty," Potter's creator complained in court. Rowling praised the original Web incarnation, but objects to publishing a book for profit. More »

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      Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • Harry Potter Lexicon

    • 'Potter' Star to Bare All on Broadway

      newser  |  Variety  |  Apr 9, 08 11:35 AM CDT

      'Potter' Star to Bare All on Broadway

      Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will strip down for American audiences on Broadway in a challenging dramatic role that has already wowed Brits. In a major departure from his famous boy wizard role, the 18-year-old stars in the dark psychosexual drama Equus as a troubled adolescent accused of blinding horses. The part calls for a 10-minute nude scene. The play is scheduled to start a 22-week Broadway on September 5, Variety reports. More »

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      Harry Potter  • theater  • Broadway  • nudity  • Daniel Radcliffe  • Equus  • West End theater

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Rowling Blasts Unauthorized Spinoff

      newser  |  New York Daily News  |  Feb 29, 08 2:15 PM CST

      Rowling Blasts Unauthorized Spinoff

      As part of her ongoing effort to keep a fan from publishing a Harry Potter encyclopedia, J.K. Rowling is suggesting that the book would violate the wizarding world's moral and ethical standards, reports the New York Daily News . “I am very frustrated that a former fan has tried to co-opt my work for financial gain,” she wrote in a letter to a federal judge. More »

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      Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • Harry Potter Lexicon  • encyclopedia  • Steven Vander Ark

  • January 2008

    • JK Rowling to Speak at Harvard Commencement

      newser  |  Harvard Crimson  |  Jan 18, 08 4:54 AM CST

      JK Rowling to Speak at Harvard Commencement

      Harvard students will get a Hogwarts send-off at their spring commencement this year, reports the Crimson, with Harry Potter author JK Rowling as the keynote speaker.  "Perhaps no one in our time has done more than JK Rowling to inspire young people to experience the excitement and the sheer joy of reading,” said the university's president. More »

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      book  • Harry Potter  • Harvard  • JK Rowling  • reading  • author  • commencement speech  • Harvard Crimson

    • Reshuffling Yahoo Casts Off Another Exec

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 16, 08 1:58 PM CST

      Reshuffling Yahoo Casts Off Another Exec

      Another key media honcho is leaving Yahoo, the latest casualty of the company’s effort to narrow focus and scale back peripheral operations. Vince Broady was a senior VP and headed Yahoo’s entertainment division. The New York Times Miguel Helft blogs that his departure is no surprise, given a December reshuffling that left him without a clear role. Dozens of Yahoo execs have left recently. More »

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      Yahoo  • media  • Harry Potter  • Jerry Yang  • Star Wars

  • December 2007
  • November 2007

    • Harry Charms Students Into Success

      newser  |  Time  |  Nov 22, 07 5:42 AM CST

      Harry Charms Students Into Success

      The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry it is not, but a suburban Nottingham school is using Harry Potter’s magic to get results. Primary students chose JK Rowling’s enchanted novels as their curriculum theme, a system school officials launched to raise lagging test scores. Subjects are laced with riffs on the books, and activities plunge students into Harry’s supernatural world. More »

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      England  • Harry Potter  • school  • JK Rowling

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