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Harry Potter stories: 102 news summaries

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(Newser) - A new book by JK Rowling, patterned on one mentioned in the final Harry Potter installment, is set to be released tomorrow, Reuters reports. Profits from The Tales of Beedle the Bard will go to Rowling’s charity for Eastern European children. In addition to a global print run... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • charity • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • book • The Tales of Beedle the Bard

 Meyer: the New JK Rowling  

Vampire author gaining on Rowling's popularity

Nov 28, 08 9:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Have we finally found the next JK Rowling? Even Brits are starting to admit Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer is coming close, the Daily Telegraph reports. The 34-year-old Mormon author of a series of swoon-worthy novels about teen vampires has a similar “out of nowhere” story, and her book and... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • author • book • vampire • Twilight • Stephenie Meyer

Dawkins to Battle the Harry
Potter 'Delusion'

Atheist author will write children's book to wean kids from magic

Oct 25, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Evengelical atheist Richard Dawkins will take on Harry Potter in his next book, the Daily Telegraph reports. The God Delusion author is working on a book aimed at teaching children not to put their faith in "anti-scientific" fairytales. The professor plans to examine what effect raising children on stories... More »

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Harry Potter • religion • myth • children's books • atheism • atheists • Richard Dawkins • Bill Maher Grid

GLOSSIES

 10 Writers Who Turn 
 Books Into Bucks 

Top earner JK Rowling made $300 million off Potter franchise in past year

Oct 4, 08 2:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - So you think people don't read books anymore? Tell that to JK Rowling, No. 1 on Forbes' list of top-earning authors. The woman behind the Harry Potter juggernaut raked in $300 million in the past year, thanks in part to the movies based on her books—which have sold 375... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • Stephen King • book • Oprah's Book Club • John Grisham • Forbes magazine • Nicholas Sparks • James Patterson • Tom Clancy • Danielle Steel • Dean Koontz • Ken Follett • Janet Evanovich

'Hari Pattar' Beats Some Wizard Kid in Legal Battle

Bollywood flick OK'd in court

Sep 23, 08 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - No one is going to confuse Hari Puttar for Harry Potter, an Indian court ruled today, dismissing a Warner Bros. lawsuit against the upcoming Bollywood flick Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors. The court said Potter fans wouldn’t confuse Puttar, a Home Alone-like tale devoid of... More »

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Harry Potter • Bollywood • lawsuit • Warner Brothers • Hari Puttar

 Harry Potter Portal 
 Is Possible: Experts 

It's a trick of the light

Sep 23, 08 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Potter's invisibility cloak might be a real stretch, but scientists are now closer to making hidden portals like the one in an apparently solid wall that Harry uses to reach the train to Hogwarts, Nature reports. Objects made with so-called metamaterials—electrical devices that react oddly to light—can... More »

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Harry Potter • science • invisibility • metamaterials

Rowling Gives $1.8M to Beleaguered  Labour Party

Admires Brown's efforts to fight child poverty

Sep 20, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Beleaguered British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has at least one big fan: JK Rowling gave a whopping $1.8 million to the Labour party at its annual meeting today, the Guardian reports. The Harry Potter author, who is estimated to be worth a little over $1 billion, said she gave... More »

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Harry Potter • Gordon Brown • JK Rowling • Labour Party • Conservative Party • Britain • election

  Naked Harry Hits Internet 

Two days in New York was all it took

Sep 11, 08 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just two previews into his bare-all Broadway debut, and naked photos of Daniel Radcliffe —best known to the world for playing a certain boy wizard —have already leaked online, the New York Daily News reports. Radcliffe managed to play the role for five months in London without... More »

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Harry Potter • pornography • Broadway • Daniel Radcliffe • Equus

 Rowling Wins Copyright Case 

Judge rules publishing Potter encyclopedia would cause creator 'irreparable harm'

Sep 8, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A fan-written "Harry Potter lexicon" will not be published, a federal judge in New York ruled today, finding for author JK Rowling that the reference guide was an infringement of copyright. The ruling held that the book would cause Rowling irreparable harm as a writer, the BBC reports. The... More »

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Harry Potter • copyright law • intellectual property • JK Rowling • copyright • court • Britain • copyright infringement

Potter Diehards Putting Hex on Warner Bros.

Irked by delayed film release, faithful fire off petitions, death threats

Sep 8, 08 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Warner Brothers’ postponement of the release of the sixth Harry Potter film enraged some diehard “Potterheads,” inspiring a wave of angry emails, picketing, and mocking YouTube clips directed at the studio, the Wall Street Journal reports. When president Alan Horn decided to push the picture from November to... More »

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Harry Potter • release • Warner Brothers • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • Alan Horn

Hari Puttar? Warner Bros. Sues Over Bollywood Flick

Bollywood producers deny Hari Puttar cribs steals from wizarding juggernaut

Aug 26, 08 5:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The newest Harry Potter adventure doesn’t see the young hero once again battle Voldemort—instead, the Times of London reports, it’s Hollywood vs. Bollywood. Warner Bros. is suing the Indian producer of Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors, alleging it too closely resembles JK Rowling’s wizard tales.... More »

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Harry Potter • Bollywood • lawsuit • Warner Brothers • Hari Puttar

 Potter Flick Pushed to Summer


Aug 15, 08 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Potter won't be working movie magic in November. In a surprise move, Warner Bros. has pushed back the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to July of 2009, MTV reports. The studio says the move isn't because of any problems with the film. It simply needs a... More »

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Harry Potter • movie premiere • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • Warner Brothers • Daniel Radcliffe • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • Alan Horn • Entertainment Weekly

Potter Fans Like Sneak Peek of Young Voldemort

Trailer for Half-Blood Prince makes its online debut

Jul 30, 08 9:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Potter fans seem captivated by the new movie trailer that focuses heavily on a young Voldemort, MTV reports. The trailer for Half-Blood Prince will be in theaters Friday, but it's already made its online debut to generally positive reviews along the lines of "dark and creepy." The... More »

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Harry Potter • Voldemort • movie trailer • blockbusters • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

 'Hermione'
 Conjures $6M
 Chanel Deal 

Emma Watson replaces Keira Knightley in perfume campaign

Jun 16, 08 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Harry Potter • model • Britain • Chanel • actor • endorsement • advertising campaign • Emma Watson

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

800-word tale features Harry's father

Jun 11, 08 5:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • auction • charity • wizard

 Rowling Casts Spell at Harvard 

Fight the monsters, she urges

Jun 6, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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

 JK Rowling Pens Potter Prequel 

800-word manuscript to be auctioned for charity

May 29, 08 3:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • witches • Harry Potter Lexicon

Harry Potter Actor Killed in Vicious London Knife Fight

Knox had finished filming on new movie

May 24, 08 9:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Judges Back Rowling in Case Over Son Pics

UK outlets can't publish photos in ruling seen
as blow to paparazzi

May 7, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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

 Don't Get Comfy,
 Harry Potter 

Dr. Seuss, EB White win popularity contest over Rowling

May 5, 08 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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Harry Potter • Dr. Seuss • JK Rowling • children • reading • book • Harper Lee • Laura Numeroff • EB White • Judy Blume • Katherine Paterson

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