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When The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug opens this weekend, it will be the fifth installment in the Lord of the Rings series.

The ultra-mysterious London-based electronic musician Burial set the Internet on fire Wednesday when he unexpectedly released his latest EP "Rival Dealer" -- a three-track, 28-minute record that shows a major shift in the musician's work, which samples lines from a speech given at the 2012 Human Rights Campaign San Francisco gala, by transgender ... (more)

Universal Studios theme park executives offered a few details Thursday on the new Harry Potter-themed area, which is scheduled to open at the Orlando park next year along with an 1,800-room resort and eight new restaurants in the CityWalk dining and entertainment area.

This artist rendering provided by NBC Universal shows the new Harry Potter-themed area of the Universal theme park in Orlando, Fla., planned for 2014, which was inspired partly by the fictional Diagon Alley from the Harry Potter books and movies.

A CHARITY based in Downton has earned A 2,500 from the auction of a book specially signed by Harry Potter author JK Rowling.

An e-Reader allows a person to transport a whole library of books in a handheld device, and books can be downloaded from the Bedford Public Library at no cost.

Kathunk! Thud swoosh thunk! Jiminy kathunk zowie! That is the sound of my 2014 reading list, created from books which I've checked out but not finished , piling higher and higher towards the planets and such.

The last time Willie Nelson was in the Bay Area, he pulled his white van through a huge crowd at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park, hopped onstage with his beat-up guitar and sang a perfect set of hits to a crowd as diverse as San Francisco used to be.

Lionsgate announced today that it has acquired the feature film rights to internationally acclaimed author Dr. Reza Aslan's provocative New York Times bestseller Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.

Lionsgate announced today that it has acquired the feature film rights to internationally acclaimed author Dr. Reza Aslan 's provocative New York Times bestseller Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.

Were Paul Blake the kind of person who took "no" for an answer, Broadway would never have seen White Christmas , and it would never know what Beautiful is.

What was the best book of 2013? Depends on the metrics you use. If you're going with fancy literary prizes, then it's probably Eleanor Catton 's novel " The Luminaries ," which won the Man Booker Prize , or James McBride 's novel " The Good Lord Bird ," which won the National Book Award for fiction .

Only Fools and Horses star David Jason and schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai have both won prizes at the Specsavers National Book Awards.

Not even Harry Styles or George Clooney can compete with Kate Middleton and her husband Prince William, at least in the UK.

Just because it's the end of the year, doesn't mean there is a lack of comedy shows.

The MSNBC host will write a monthly column for the D.C. newspaper, editorial page editor Fred Hiatt announced on Wednesday.

In a memo to WaPo staff this morning, editorial page editor Fred Hiatt made the announcement.

EXCLUSIVE : Spike TV has put in development Basket Case , a drama with a comedic bent based on the best-selling novel by author and journalist Carl Hiaasen, with Rob Reiner on board to direct and executive produce.

The actor is expected to be back for the latest Lee Child adaptation, which will be based on his novel Never Go Back The Jack Reacher sequel's source material is called Never Go Back... but don't tell that to Tom Cruise.

A drama teacher has lent his voice to the first Harry Potter character created since J.K. Rowling's final book was published.