Rupert Grint, Harry Potter's Friend Ron Weasley, had Swine Flu

Rupert Grint, who plays Harry Potter's faithful sidekick Ron Weasley in the movie frandchise, had a mild case of swine flu, and although he is alright now, he had to rest for a couple of days and not be around...

J.K. Rowling book sells for $4M: dumb?

I'm fairly confident the book's not a four million dollar read, but at least it's going to charity."British writer J.K. Rowling continues to work magic, with a handwritten book of her fairy tales selling for...

Harry welcomed into church

"It's been a couple of weeks since the record-breaking publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and while most of the familiar elements - midnight queues, speed-reading reviewers, claims that JK...

What's Harry up to now?

Updated 07/31/2007 - Rowling tells fans what happened to characters after final Potter instalment - "Just because J.K. Rowling has stopped writing about Harry Potter and his friends and foes doesn't...

Latest Potter breaks records around world

"The latest Harry Potter book continues to break records around the world while in the UK, Waterstones sales were more than double those of the previous volume of the boy wizard's adventures. In the first seven...

Spanish translation of latest Potter book hits the internet

Fans of Harry Potter have translated "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" to Spanish and put it online for anyone to read. The translations are available in different formats, including a blog with one chapter...

Betting their Sickles: Potter fans take odds on Book 7

There's bound to be some hefty withdrawals from Gringott's Wizarding Bank this weekend: HP fans (and casual odds-watchers) are betting on who will die and who will survive in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,...

Rowling to NY Times: Back off of Harry!

A New York Times review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that went up online overnight has been blasted by Potter author JK Rowling. "Rowling, who has amassed a personal fortune from her popular tales of...

Hacker claims to have spoiler on last Harry Potter book

Updated -  June 22, 2007 Experts investigate 'Harry Potter hack'"Mark Loveless, a former hacker and now a security architect at Vernier Networks, told SCMagazine.com that the report is almost certainly a...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Nerd

The ability of the Harry Potter franchise to make news is undeniable, whether due to impending movie (TRAILER!!) and book arrivals--to be released mere weeks apart--or due to the nude stage debut of its young...

Potter VII: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"

The title of the highly anticipated finale of the Harry Potter series is "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". The title was announced on Thursday by Scholastic Inc., the book's U.S. publisher.The book is still in progress and now publication date has been set."I'm now...

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