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Our review of Inkheart , published June 23rd, 2009, is also available. Every story ever written is just waiting to become real! Ever since Harry Potter first snagged the Philosopher's Stone, publishers have been churning out book after book, series after series, in the hopes that Hollywood is waiting in the wings to snatch up the next big thing.

The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend.

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe said there has been "something really incestuous" about the idea of him dating co-star Emma Watson.

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I'm a school librarian. During the past 30 years, I've worked with children and young adults from ages 3 to 18 , and I've read a lot of books.

WorldNetDaily has never liked the Harry Potter books, accusing them of leading children into the occult.

In life, there are some words you just do not want to hear. Words that make your heart sink, your spirit crumble and your blood curdle.

Peter Bradshaw: An entertaining picture, as comforting as nursery food and as devoid of artistic depth as a sports event Wednesday, 01 July 2009 Here we go again, back for more wizard adventures at Britain's most exclusive private school.

Or at least mark your calendar, especially if you're a Twilight buff, because the blood suckers and teen scream queens are heading back to the Great White North - or at least the dark delicious rainforest that we like to call British Columbia - as the cast of the blockbuster vampire movies returns to Vancouver Aug.

Our countdown to " Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince " continues. Today, it's our exclusive interview with the star of the magical franchise, Daniel Radcliffe, who is not quite ready to leave the halls of Hogwarts butdoes admit he is starting tolook toward life beyond its familiar corridors.

Caption: Emma Watson who plays Hermione Granger filming on the Pembrokeshire Coast set of 'Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows' Pembrokeshire, Wales .... WATSON'S CAREER MAKEOVER PLANS EMMA WATSON has a contingency plan if her movie career ever falters - she dreams of becoming a make-up artist.

Screenwriter Steve Kloves promises,"There is something we added that you can look forward to" in"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," which opens July 15.

Later this month "muggles" and "wizards-in-training" all across the globe will celebrate the premiere of the latest film in the "Harry Potter" series, and Laurie McDonald of Chandler's Restaurant in South Deerfield has arranged a very special opening night event to mark the occasion.

THE undoubted high point of Julya TMs films at Ludlow Assembly Room is the screening of the latest instalment in the Harry Potter series on its national release, but there is also plenty of comedy, drama and romance on offer through the summer.

Radcliffe was more than ready for the romance."By the time I made this film I'd done a nude scene on stage and a few kissing scenes, so I was totally blase," he says.

A year ago, the Brevard County Schools ran a robust summer program here, with dozens of schools bustling with teachers and some 14,000 children practicing multiplication, reading Harry Potter and studying Spanish verbs, all at no cost to parents.

An Elegy for Easterly By Petina Gappah Faber and Faber 224 pp., $22.00. Today's Zimbabwe shows that you don't need a war to destroy a country.

As we approach the 4th of July weekend, we prepare to celebrate our many precious freedoms - two of those essential ones being freedom of speech and expression.

Peter Bradshaw: This new Harry Potter picture will cast a spell on its fanbase. But the broomstick's losing altitude HP3 has a new director on board: Alfonso Cuaron, widely understood to be introducing a darker, more grown-up feel to the Harry Potter adventures.

NIGHY JOINING HARRY POTTER CAST? Caption: Bill Nighy Chelsea Flower Show 2009- Press and VIP preview day London, England .... NIGHY JOINING HARRY POTTER CAST? Actor BILL NIGHY is trading in his pirate's hat for a magician's wand - he's reportedly set to join the cast of HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS.