Feb
12
Daniel Radcliffe wants film set death
February 12, 2013 | 5 Comments
Daniel Radcliffe wants to die on a film set.The 'Kill Your Darlings' actor knows he has to work hard to be disassociated from Harry Potter - the role which made him famous and which he played in eight movies from the age of 11 - but is determined to h...
Jan
10
Emma Watson mistaken for child at airport
January 10, 2013 | 5 Comments
Emma Watson, 22, may look young for her age, but a child? The Harry Potter star was stopped by security at New York's JFK airport because officials mistook her for a minor traveling alone. Emma was returning to the States to continue her university studies. It's unclear how old the security guards assumed she was, [...]
Jan
5
Emma Watson's teenage fame struggle
January 5, 2013 | 4 Comments
Emma Watson struggled with fame as a teenager.The 22-year-old actress - who gained worldwide success playing brainy boffin Hermione Granger in the 'Harry Potter' film series - found growing up in the limelight a difficult experience and is grateful sh...
Nov
26
Daniel Radcliffe loves being recognized
November 26, 2012 | 1 Comment
Daniel Radcliffe is delighted when people know his real name.The 23-year-old actor is finally moving past his lead role in the 'Harry Potter' franchise and is relieved fans are starting to recognise he is a person in his own right, and not the trouble...
Nov
26
J.K. Rowling sells Edinburgh house
November 26, 2012 | 1 Comment
J.K. Rowling has sold her house for almost $4 million.The Edinburgh home where the 'Harry Potter' author wrote four of her best-selling novels has been snapped up after just three weeks on the market, fetching far more than her original asking price.J...
Oct
4
J.K. Rowling's novel upsets Sikhs
October 4, 2012 | 27 Comments
J.K. Rowling’s latest novel, The Casual Vacancy, arrived in bookstores last Friday and appears to be rubbing some people the wrong way. Rowling — now the 12th richest woman in the U.K. due to the success of her epic wizard Harry Potter book series — already offended many of the small Tutshill, Gloucestershire village residents [...]
Sep
27
J.K. Rowling considering new Harry Potter book
September 27, 2012 | 20 Comments
Author J.K. Rowling's new adult book, The Casual Vacancy, hits shelves today and although it's a stretch from the Harry Potter series she created, she isn't ruling out the possibility of revisiting that wizard world once again. "Harry Potter truly liberated me in the sense that there's only one reason to write, for me -- [...]
Jul
11
Hunger Games: Mockingjay to be split in two
July 11, 2012 | 3 Comments
Lionsgate announced this past Tuesday that Mockingjay, the final installment in The Hunger Games trilogy, will be split in two parts. This follows the same pattern as the Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hobbit films, meaning that the movies will be released a year apart. The first part is set to be released November 21, 2014 and [...]
Mar
21
Harry Potter star sentenced to two years in prison
March 21, 2012 | 8 Comments
Jamie Waylett, the actor who played bully Vincent Crabbe in six of the Harry Potter films, has been sentenced to two years behind bars for his participation in the London riots last summer. Waylett, 22, was arrested in early October after he was identified on video footage drinking from a stolen bottle of champagne while [...]
Feb
25
J.K. Rowling to pen first adult novel
February 25, 2012 | 3 Comments
Now that the Harry Potter franchise has officially wrapped up, author J.K. Rowling is ready to move on to something new -- she has just signed a deal to write her first novel targeted toward adult readers. Although information on the book's plot and publication date are scarce, more details are expected to be unveiled [...]

