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Although a cause of death has yet to be determined, sheriff's officials said it appears his death was not the result of foul play.

Dave Legeno, seen here playing the role of Fenrir Greyback in "Harry Potter: The Half-Blood Prince," was found dead in Death Valley on Thursday, July 10, 2014.

The 50-year-old British actor, who played werewolf villain Fenrir Greyback in "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince," and both parts one and two of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows" died while hiking near Death Valley, California, said the Inyo County Sheriff's Office.

The Demons Never Die star wrote: "Saddened to hear of the death of David Legeno .

It may seem hard to believe, but when Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to the world, he was especially proud of the fact that it didn't really support apps.

The internet! There's so much out there, especially when it comes to food and drink stuff - here are a few things that hit the radar recently.

Jodie Foster is carving out a nice, new career as a TV director. Though she hit a bump with her last feature directorial, the Mel Gibson drama, The Beaver , she rebounded today with an Emmy nomination for her comedy series helming work on the third episode of Jenji Kohan's Orange Is the New Black entitled "Lesbian Request Denied".

All right, everyone. Pack it up. Time to go home. The Oscar race is over. Or at least that's the way the new trailer for Angelina Jolie's second directorial effort , "Unbroken," makes it seem.

The first official trailer for the Oscar winner's upcoming drama "Wild" was released Thursday.

If you asked mystery fans to name the most important novel of the past decade, most would say, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - and they'd be right.

The film, which is based on Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption , chronicles the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who enlisted in the US Army Air Forces during WWII.

Coverage of the death of Louis Zamperini at age 97 on July 2 dramatically boosted sales of Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand's non-fiction book about the Olympian and World War II hero.

Potterheads or fans of Harry Potter and other characters written by J.K. Rowling can heave a sigh of relief because the Web site is up and running again after briefly crashing due to the author's new Harry Potter update about Dumbledore's Army on Tuesday, July 8, 2014.

Zombies have never been more popular in our culture, and Alexandre Philippe is here to find out why, chatting with the likes of George A. Romero, Simon Pegg, World War Z author Max Brooks and Walking Dead makeup artist Greg Nicotero about the mass appeal of the living dead.

No book on economics in recent times has received such a glowing initial reception as Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the Twenty-First Century."

Costco faced protests after deciding to take the book " America : Imagine a World Without Her" by Dinesh D'Souza out of its stores.

Unbroken , Laura Hillenbrand's testament to the spirit of Louis Zamperini, jumped to the #2 slot after Zamperini's recent death, returning to Apple's iBooks Bestseller list for the week ending July 7. John Green's The Fault in Our Stars continues for another week at #1.

Daniel Radcliffe is not expecting to reprise his role as Harry Potter, despite the publication of JK Rowling's follow-up story about the wizard's later life.

Amazon.com Inc has proposed that Hachette authors keep 100 percent of revenue from digital book sales while both sides work to resolve a contractual dispute that has kept some Hachette books off its website for months, the Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying.