J.K Rowling's new Harry Potter story set to become mini-movie
J.K. Rowling has penned a brand-new Harry Potter story which is being turned into a mini-movie. The film will be shown at a new theme park called The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter in Orlando, Florida. All the regulars, including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are shooting the movie at Leavesden, Herts, before starting two films based on final Potter novel The Deathly Hallows. A source said: "They are also working on extra sequences and clips which will be part of the rides. J.K. R

Release Date Set for Harry Potter 7: Part I
When Warner Bros. Pictures made the big announcement that the studio was splitting up J.K. Rowling's final "Harry Potter" book into two parts, they said that "Part I" would open Holiday 2010, with "Part II" to be released in Summer 2011. We now have an official date for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I and it's November 19, 2010. So far, it's the only movie scheduled for that date. To be directed by David Yates ("Half-Blood Prince" and "Order of the Phoenix"), the Steve Kloves-scripted ada

Potter fairytales to be published
A collection of fairytales penned by Harry Potter author JK Rowling is to be published to raise money for a children's charity. The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which Rowling first mentioned in The Deathly Hallows, will go on sale on 4 December. A handwritten copy of the book was sold at auction for £1.95m last year. Rowling wrote and illustrated seven copies of the book, but offered only one for sale. It was thought the book would never be published.

J.K. Rowling Testifies in Harry Potter Suit
J.K. Rowling faced a Manhattan judge Monday in a bid to squash the publication of Harry Potter Lexicon, an unauthorized encyclopedia devoted to the fantasy world she created. "I really don't want to cry," said the British-born author, 42, who added that she was forced to cease progress on a new novel because her concern over this legal matter had "decimated my creative work," reports the BBC. Rowling also reportedly denied the case was about money and said she considered the prospective volume by au

J.K. Rowling Urges Harvard Grads to "Imagine Better"
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling encouraged Harvard University graduates to "imagine better" in a commencement speech at Thursday. "We do not need magic to transform our world," she said. "We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. "Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation," Rowling said. "In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity; it is the power that enables us to empathi

Rowling offers glimpse into Harry prequel
The secret of what happened before boy wizard Harry Potter went to Hogwarts will be revealed through the unusual channel of a charity auction next month. Author JK Rowling has penned an 800-word outline of a prequel to the seven book series that has made her into a billionaire which will be sold at the auction on June 10 by bookseller Waterstones. The outline, which ends with the line "From the prequel I am not working on -- but that was fun!" is one of 13 story outlines written for the auction by fam

Did Sarah Palin try to ban Harry Potter?
According to an article at Religious Intelligence, John Stein, the former mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, is stating that Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin had tried during her term as mayor to have the Harry Potter series banned from the library. Here’s more: According to Mr Stein, Ms Palin once asked Mary Ellen Baker, the Wasilla Public Library Director, “how she could go about banning books,” based on the belief that voters had objections to them. Ms Baker, who was appalled by the question, resigned

Sarah Bernhard: Sarah Palin would be Gang Raped by Blacks in Manhattan
Sarah Bernhard has reportedly stated that John McCain's running-mate Sarah Palin would be 'gang-raped by black men in Manhattan'.... <a href="http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212173345.shtml"><b>More</b>

Palin to Skip VP Spot, Go Straight to President [Freudian Slips]
What's really on the mind of ice-cold snow huntress Sarah Palin? Well, heck, she didn't serve all that time on the PTA and running the lawless roads of Wasilla just to take some podunk job as the Vice President of these United States of America. And she'll be darned if she'll just sit around and wait for Old Man McCain to kick it. At a recent stump stop, she revealed her bold plans for a "Palin and McCain administration." Clip after the jump. Read More:

Sandra Bernhard issues 'gang rape' warning to Sarah Palin
Sandra Bernhard issued a blistering warning to Sarah Palin during a performance of her new one-woman show. The Republican V.P. nom would be "gang-raped by my Big Black brothers" if she enters Manhattan, Bernhard said. Palin is said to be making a campaign stop in New York next week. "[The gang rape comment] is part of a much larger, nuanced, and yes, provocative (that's what I do) piece from my show about racism, freedom, women's rights and the extreme views of Governor Sarah Palin, a woman who doesn't bel

Sarah Palin Loved the SNL Skit, But Didn't Listen to It
By now, the entire world has seen the hilarious SNL skit of Tina Fey channeling Sarah Palin. What? You haven't? Well, then, click here to see it for yourself. It's brilliant. It was the only funny thing in last week's premiere of Saturday Night Live. Even Sarah Palin loved it. No shit. She laughed her ass off, which proves she has a sense of humor. Except - get this - she tells Fox News' Sean Hannity that she didn't actually LISTEN to the skit. "I watched with the volume all the wa

Sarah Palin Loved the SNL Skit, But Didn't Listen to It
By now, the entire world has seen the hilarious SNL skit of Tina Fey channeling Sarah Palin. What? You haven't? Well, then, click here to see it for yourself. It's brilliant. It was the only ... 7 Like0 DislikeThe Sarah Palin Song (Video)!! Sarah Palin isn't just a wife, or mom of five, or governor or running mate of John McCain. Oh no - she's a celebrity now! And famous enough that someone wrote a song about her.....She's th ... 6 Like0 DislikeNo Marriage For Tara Reid & Julien Jarmoune What of those r

J.K. Rowling wants Harry Potter to be naked in the next movie
Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling has revealed that she wants Harry to to be completely naked in the next Potter movie - after seeing Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry Potter, strip off on the London stage for his role in ‘Equus’ - and she also joked that it would be interesting to see her character in the nude. Daniel is quoted as saying: “When Jo came to see ‘Equus’, she popped backstage afterwards and said, ‘In the next film, Harry’s going to be naked all the time!’ Radcliffe, 18, a

Sandra Bernhard Talks to Talk on Sarah Palin
Sandra Bernhard is still suffering verbal diarrhea, and has her own show in Washington D.C. where she talks about everything in her very blunt NSFW manner.  The video clip below gives you a little idea of what she's up to. Seems now Kabbalah enthusiast Sandra is taking on Vice President nominee Sarah Palin. "Now you got Uncle Women, like Sarah Palin, who jumps on the s--t and points her fingers at other women. Turncoat b---h! Don't you f--kin' reference Old Testament, bitch! You stay with your new

Interview: Isaacs Conjures Lucius Malfoy's Return to Harry Potter
Fans of the malevolent Lucius Malfoy will miss his patented brand of platinum blonde magic in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the next installment of the enchanting film series opening November 21st, but actor Jason Isaacs promises he'll be back hurling all kinds of harrowing hexes at the students of Hogwarts in the final two(!) films based on the concluding novel, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Looking virtually unrecognizable without his Malfoy makeup while on a rare outing in L.A., Is

'Yeah. Not Sarah Palin. I Just Play Her On TV Sometimes.' [A Call To The Bullpen]
Boomp3.comOpting to go without her trademark glasses, Emmy nominee Tina Fey still had to fight off the Sarah Palin comparisons and questions while leaving LAX baggage claim. Even the limo driver assumed that she was the wildly popular vice presidential candidate. Fey explained that she just played the Alaskan air huntress in a sketch and that she was becoming a bit tired of the comparisons. “She hunts moose and doesn’t know a thing about password protection," Fey said. "I made Saturday Night Live watcha

Did Sarah Palin Really Ask Her Children If She Should Take The VP Nomination?
How much of a team player is Sarah Palin? Well, she's willing to lie as much as anyone else in the McCain campaign. About anything. At any time.Appearing on Fox last night, Sarah Palin told Sean Hannity a heartwarming story of how she asked her teenage daughters for their opinion before accepting the vp offer. "So ask the girls what they thought and they're like, 'Absolutely, let's do this, Mom,'" Palin recounted of her daughters, Bristol and Willow. Yet, according to the campaign-provided timelin

Pastor Thomas Muthee: Sarah Palin credited witch hunter Pastor Thomas Muthee
Sarah Palin’s speech in the church of the Wasilla Assembly of God on June 8, 2008, credited Pastor Thomas Muthee for her success. What happened was Pastor Thomas Muthee prayed over Sarah Palin in 2005 and asked God to “make a way.” Pastor Thomas Muthee Pastor Thomas Muthee has been described as witch hunter because he claimed a Kenyan woman named Mama Jane was responsible for a series of car accidents. Pastor Thomas Muthee believed Mama Jane was responsible because her home was near the site of

Patrick Wilson on Sarah Palin: ‘I Can’t Go There.’
Patrick Wilson is living in a Watchmen world. The Florida-born actor has been gamely employed since playing a pedophile in the indie thriller Hard Candy opposite Ellen Page. But on March 6th (barring a current legal battle between Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox doesn't delay its release), an adaptation of the most celebrated graphic novel of all-time, will hit theaters featuring Wilson in a plum role as the superhero Nite Owl. But until Watchmen hits, Wilson's got some promotin' to do, namely for Lakevie

David Kernell Photo: Rep. Mike Kernell Son Sarah Palin Anonymous Hacker?
Pictures of David Kernell, the son of democratic state representative from Tennessee Mike Kernell, have surfaced online.... <a href="http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212173241.shtml"><b>More</b>

Joan Rivers - Comics Line Up To Pay Tribute To Carlin
Joan Rivers and Denis Leary will be among the comics paying tribute to the late George Carlin when he's honoured with a posthumous Mark Twain Prize for Humour in ...

Sarah Palin: Bill Maher says Free Levi @ www.FreeLevi.org
Sarah Palin said that Bristol Palin, 17, and Levi Johnston, 18, had always intended to get married. So their parenthood fell in line with their intentions. However, many major media, quoting anonymous sources, said Levi Johnston bawked at the idea of getting married at such a young age. Bill Maher has read all about this and he took his own initiative to do something. The story gets better. Don’t go away… Sources said Bristol Palin absolutely refused to get married before her baby was born.

Comics Line Up To Pay Tribute To Carlin
Joan Rivers and Denis Leary will be among the comics paying tribute to the late George Carlin when he's honoured with a posthumous Mark Twain Prize for Humour in November (08). Carlin died in June (08) just after he was named this year's (08) prize recipient - and America's top funnymen and women are lining up to honour him at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Others set to perform at the star-studded tribute include Garry Shandling, Lily Tomlin, Jon Stewart, Bill

Steven Seagal Hates Light, Loves Energy Drink, And Has No Idea Who Sarah Palin Is
When we heard that Best Buy was trotting out three folks by the name of Richard Dean Anderson, Tanya Roberts, and Steven Seagal, to promote some new Geek Squad thingamajig, it was all hands on deck at MTV News. We knew we HAD to be there. The event did not disappoint. Watch below as Steven Seagal… –nearly ditches the event because of the lighting –says his energy drink, Lightning Bolt, is “probably the most healthy energy drink in the world” –discloses his plan to sell

Comics line up to pay tribute to George Carlin
Joan Rivers and Denis Leary will be among the comics paying tribute to the late George Carlin when he's honoured with a posthumous Mark Twain Prize for Humour in November.Carlin died in June just after he was named this year's prize recipient - and America's top funnymen and women are lining up to honour him at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.Others set to perform at the star-studded tribute include Garry Shandling, Lily Tomlin, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher and Margaret Cho.