Harry Potter

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• At Cannes, Emma Watson says 'Harry Potter' feels long ago

  Watson is reveling in her post-" Harry Potter " freedom at the Cannes Film Festival .The 23-year-old actress stars in Sofia Coppola 's "The Bling Ring," which premiered Thursday at the French Riviera festival. Watson plays a celebrity-obsessed Los Angeles   Read more »

• Universal Orlando announces Harry Potter expansion

  of Harry Potter and magic, rejoice: Universal Orlando is expanding its Wizarding World of Harry Potter with a new themed area based on the books' fictional scenes in Diagon Alley and London.Universal Orlando announced Wednesday that the new themed environment   Read more »

• Watch new 'Ender's Game' trailer

  to make the novel: The sudden proliferation of movies based on young-adult novels, many of them set in schools ("Harry Potter"), training camps ("Percy Jackson") or violent competitions ("The Hunger Games"). In that sense, "Ender's Game" seems a few decades   Read more »

• Harry Potter show, Hudson Valley Fair top kids weekend events

  at a nature center; a farm will put kids to work in the field â and make them like it; and a humorous take on the story of Harry Potter will have you laughing harder than a Tickling Charm. Itâs all happening in the Hudson Valley. Find the details here.   Read more »

• Royals William, Kate and Harry have magic day out

  -- Britain's young royals are having a magical day out with a visit to the studio where the "Harry Potter" movies were filmed.Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry are touring Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden near London, home to the Making   Read more »

Around the web

• British children's on-screen reading overtakes books

  boy looks at a computer with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling in London (photo/Agencies) For the first time, British children are reading more on computers and other electronic devices than they are reading books, magazines, newspapers and comics, according 2:46 AM from SINA English Read more »

• Celebrity news: Streisand to perform in Israel; first edition ‘Harry Potter’ on the auction block

  A leading Israeli university says it will present singer Barbra Streisand with an honorary doctorate when she visits Israel next month. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem said Monday it was granting the singer the degree because of her concern for human ri 12:18 AM from Boston.com Read more »

• Faces of perfection

  loves Harry Potter, another’s wild about The Avengers, and the third has a thing for Ender’s Game. Kate Dubinski looks behind the profiles of perfection on Canada’s top math team from Central secondary school. Some of us lose ourselves in books, in letters, 5/20/13 from London Free Press Read more »

• Cody Simpson Visits ‘The Making Of Harry Potter’ In London

  I gave it a go. We had a little wand battle, which was a bit of fun. Also, they got me on this broom stick in front of the green screen, and it looked like I was flying through the Harry Potter world, which was crazy.” Watch the episode via YouTube below. 5/20/13 from Popdirt.com Read more »

• Ben Gregor: How To Make Your Kid A Star

  your kid likes acting and singing and wants to be famous? You want them to be the next Harry Potter? Justin Bieber? Well, as a film director I have to say that the first thing you need to do is... STOP! What you and they have right now is very precious - enthusiasm. 5/20/13 from The Huffington Post: UK Edition Read more »