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NEWS ABOUT: Harry Potter

Harry Potter stories: 102 news summaries

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 'Harry' Charms 
 Kid Reporter 

Radcliffe exudes class at premiere

Jul 13, 09 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Daniel Radcliffe didn't need his onscreen counterpart's wand to charm a very cub reporter at the New York premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. As journos pressed in on all sides, Radcliffe zeroed in on the nervous 11-year-old Scholastic News reporter, New York reports. He continually—but politely—... More »

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entertainment • Harry Potter • celebrity • movie premiere • reporter • Daniel Radcliffe • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Watson Waves Goodbye to Harry Potter

Seeking 'normal' life, Hermione gets ready
for Ivy League

Jul 11, 09 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 10 years at Hogwarts, Emma Watson is ready to move on to the Ivy League, the New York Daily News reports. The Harry Potter actress, who’s been playing the boy wizard’s pal Hermione Granger since she was 9, is taking a break from acting—and movie shoots,... More »

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Harry Potter • Ivy League • Daniel Radcliffe • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • Emma Watson • actress

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Potter Star Feared 
 Swine Flu Would Kill Him 

Plus, celebrities get engaged, movies get planned

Jul 7, 09 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Grint survived swine flu to play Harry Potter’s sidekick another day, but he didn’t think he would, reports AFP. “It was quite scary when I first found out I had swine flu,” he says. “I thought: ‘Am I going to die?’ But it... More »

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entertainment • Harry Potter • celebrity • Baywatch • celebrity engagements • Jenna Fischer • View-Master • swine flu • Rupert Grint • Anna Kournikova

 Harry Potter Charms Wii 


Jul 7, 09 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gamers don't have to go to Hogwarts to fly on a broomstick, stir up potions or win a wand duel. They can pull off virtually the same stunts by picking up Wii controls in the latest game created for the popular console. Electronic Arts' Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince... More »

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Harry Potter • Nintendo Wii • virtual reality • Hogwarts • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • flying • Wii • broomsticks • potions

(Newser) - The actor who plays schoolboy sorcerer Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter movies has a "mild case" of swine flu, the Daily Mail reports. Twenty-year-old Rupert Grint left the latest Potter film set for a few days, but plans to attend next week's premiere of Harry Potter And ... More »

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Harry Potter • World Health Organization • Tamiflu • swine flu • Rupert Grint

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 McConaughey Preggers Again 

Plus, Matthew McConaughey is expecting again, and more

Jun 22, 09 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Baby No. 2 is on the way for Matthew McConaughey and girlfriend Camila Alves, Us reports. “Yeah, we pulled off the greatest miracle in the world one more time, Camila and I are expecting our second child, bringing more life into the world, making more to live for,”... More »

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entertainment • Harry Potter • Brad Pitt • celebrity • gossip • Madonna • love child • celebrity pregnancy • Matthew McConaughey • celebrity baby • Mercy James • Michael Gambon

 Michelle, Daughters 
 Slip Into London 

First family visits parliament, then hits the pub

Jun 9, 09 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama flew back to the US Sunday, but Michelle, Malia, and Sasha began a secret trip to London yesterday, reports the Daily Mail, visiting Big Ben and Parliament before tucking in for fish and chips at a traditional pub near the American embassy. Michelle also made an unofficial visit... More »

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Harry Potter • London • Michelle Obama • United Kingdom • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • Sarah Brown • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Obama family

 Potter Kids Need 
 to Rebel: 'Malfoy' 

Film needs more controversy from young actors, says co-star

Jun 8, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The young stars making magic in the Harry Potter series are far too nice, says co-star Jason Isaac. “The problem with Harry Potter,” the actor who plays Lucius Malfoy, father of Potter rival Draco, tells the Telegraph, “is that there is so little controversy.” They “... More »

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Harry Potter • child actors • film • Daniel Radcliffe • Emma Watson • Rupert Grint • Jason Isaacs

Potter Producers Nix Raunchy Fashion Pics
for Watson

W shoot deemed too racy for their Hermione

Jun 7, 09 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - At a recent shoot for W magazine, Emma Watson was certainly not asking, "What would Hermione wear?" But the Harry Potter producers put the kibosh on racy shots, a source tells the Times of London, and a tamer approach was agreed on. "As far as they are concerned,... More »

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Harry Potter • producers • Emma Watson • photo shoot • W magazine

 10 Most Promising 
 Summer Blockbusters  

Blockbusters that will make the summer even hotter

Apr 26, 09 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - In Hollywood, May flowers don’t bring Pilgrims; they bring summer blockbusters. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the season’s most promising flicks:
  • May 21: Christian Bale stars in Terminator Salvation, a prequel that tries to hew closer to the first two hit films instead of
... More »

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Harry Potter • Hollywood • John Travolta • Adam Sandler • Judd Apatow • Christian Bale • Denzel Washington • Seth Rogen • movies • blockbusters • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • summer movies

 Pot Bust Burns 
 Harry Potter Bully 

Actor was growing cannabis

Apr 8, 09 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Potter actor Jamie Waylett was arrested after police found nearly $3000 worth of marijuana plants in his bedroom, the Sun reports. Cops first pulled over Waylett, who plays bully Vincent Crabbe, and discovered eight bags of pot in his car. They then raided the house where he lives with... More »

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Harry Potter • celebrity • marijuana • arrest • Jamie Waylett

 Jacko Invites 
 Harry Potter 
 Kids Backstage 

Also, singer will arrive at shows via boat

Mar 24, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - In what might not be the best PR move, Michael Jackson invited the young stars of the Harry Potter films backstage for the opener of his London summer concerts, the Sun reports. “He was utterly enchanted by the magic of JK Rowling’s novels,” a source says. “... More »

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Harry Potter • London • concert • Michael Jackson • Howard Stern Grid

Watson 'Twitter-Jacked'
With Yale Hoax

'I'm not going to Yale,' says Brit actor

Mar 6, 09 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Harry Potter muse Emma Watson has turned positively witchy, trashing statements that she's headed to Yale, reports the Boston Globe. Turns out a Twitter note gushing "I got into Yale!" wasn't posted by Watson. In fact, she doesn't have a Twitter account, according to her website. Now fans... More »

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Harry Potter • Harvard • actor • Yale • Twitter • Emma Watson • tweet • Bill Maher Grid

'Angry' Knife Nut Guilty of Killing Potter Actor

He said 'Yeah, sweet'
when Rob Knox died; sentencing tomorrow

Mar 4, 09 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A British court found a young knife enthusiast guilty today of murdering an actor from the next Harry Potter film, the Guardian reports. Karl Bishop, 22, stabbed the 18-year-old actor Rob Knox five times with a pair of kitchen knives last May, as Knox tried to protect his brother... More »

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

(Newser) - JK Rowling cleared up any fuss about her Harry Potter villain’s French name today, as she accepted that country’s Legion d’honneur for her contribution to the arts, Reuters reports. “I can assure you that the decision did not come from any anti-French sentiment,” Rowling... More »

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Harry Potter • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • JK Rowling • literature • knighthood • Voldemort • Legion d'honneur

Pope Names Bishop Who Lauded 'Punishing' Katrina

Hurricane destroyed nightclubs, abortion clinic, notes pleased Austrian

Feb 2, 09 5:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Days after welcoming back to the church a bishop who denies the Holocaust existed, Pope Benedict has sparked controversy again for promoting a controversial Austrian ultra-conservative cleric. Gerhard Maria Wagner claims the Harry Potter series spreads satanism and that Hurricane Katrina was punishment for New Orleans' lax morals. More »

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Harry Potter • Hurricane Katrina • Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican • Catholicism • Tsunami • clergy • bishop • controversy

 Potter Stunt Double 
 Feared Paralyzed 
 In Set Blast 

Stuntman plummets to ground while rehearsing flying scene

Jan 29, 09 4:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter stunt double has been seriously injured in an accident during the filming of the final boy-wizard movie, the Daily Mirror reports. The 25-year-old man was rehearsing a flying sequence using a harness when an explosion sent him plummeting to the ground. He told colleagues he couldn't... More »

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Harry Potter • accident • Daniel Radcliffe • stunts • stuntman

 'Harry' Invites 
 Obama Girls 
 to Hogwarts 

Actor offers to give first daughters a tour

Jan 28, 09 10:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Malia and Sasha Obama just moved into the White House, and they may soon get a tour of an even more exciting place: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry Potter himself—or, rather, actor Daniel Radcliffe—invited the first daughters to visit the set and said he “would... More »

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Barack Obama • Harry Potter • Michelle Obama • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • Daniel Radcliffe • first daughter • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama

 More Americans 
 Reading Fiction: NEA 

Study indicates literary decline might be reversing

Jan 12, 09 1:37 PM CST
(Newser) - The percentage of Americans reading fiction has increased for the first time in years, a new study by the National Endowment for the Arts indicates. The reported 50.2% of the population who picked up a book for pleasure marks a turnaround from a statistical decline in literary culture over... More »

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Harry Potter • Internet • literature • reading • libraries • book • National Endowment for the Arts • Oprah's Book Club • Twilight

book review

 Rowling Gives Us More Magic 


Dec 4, 08 7:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Harry Potter's saga may be done, but author JK Rowling's new book proves she's still a master storyteller. Her "charming" Tales of Beedle the Bard reveals anew that Rowling is a "genius with words, blessed with wisdom, a sly wit and an effortless prose style," writes Deirdre... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • publishing • fairy tales

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