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Harry Porterfield, Venerable TV Newsman, Out At WLS-Channel 7

Anchor and reporter Harry Porterfield, a celebrated Chicago TV fixture for 45 years, the last 24 at WLS-Ch. 7, is leaving the ABC owned-and-operated station at the end of this month, the latest casualty of the revenue crunch that’s squeezing t…

Dead-eyed Potter

Xan Brooks yearns for the day that school is out for Harry, forever


Harry Potter voted ‘Best Fantasy Franchise’

Harry Potter has been voted the Best Fantasy Franchise in a new Internet poll.
Harry Potter won 73 per cent of votes in the poll, conducted by websites Moviefone and Bebo.
‘Lord of the Rings’ bagged just 16 per cent votes, ‘Twilight’ took eight per cent and ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ received three per cent, reports Contactmusic.
Meanwhile, [...]

Harry And Louise Back On TV, Supporting Health Care Reform (VIDEO)

WASHINGTON — Harry and Louise are coming back to television screens across the country to talk about overhauling health care. This time, they’ve switched sides.

TV ads featuring the fictional couple played a big role in derailing Presid…

Gretchen Rubin: Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince’s Happiness Lessons

I’m working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone’s project will look different, but it’s the rare person who can’t benefit….

J.K. Rowling tells Danielle Radcliffe ‘no more Harry Potter books’

Danielle Radcliffe has revealed that J.K. Rowling told him that she won’t be writing any more Harry Potter books.
The actor is happy to hear it because he thinks he needs to re-consider playing Harry Potter if in case Rowling adds to her list of seven novels which have all been adapted to films.
“I saw JK [...]

Harry potter and the half blood prince

NEW YORK (AP) — Speak to many 12-year-old fans about the various filmmakers behind the “Harry Potter” films and you’re likely to realize that the auteur theory is alive and well.
Yes, the belief that a movie is ultimately authored by its director applies even to the billion-dollar franchise spawned by J.K. Rowling’s best-sellers. The films [...]

Potter may topple Bond as top-grossing movie franchise of all time

The ‘Harry Potter’ film series seems set to topple James Bond movies as top-grossing franchise in box office history.
The last five ‘Harry Potter’ films are said to have raked in a total of 4.48 dollars billion around the globe, while the James Bond movies stand at 5 billion dollars over the course of 22 films.
According [...]

Watson’s Granger role voted ‘Most Beloved Character in Harry Potter Franchise’

Emma Watson’’s Hermione Granger role has been voted the ‘Most Beloved Character in the Harry Potter Franchise’ in a new poll.
Fans of the wizard tales said that the bushy-haired academic is their favourite member in the Harry Potter gang, reports Contactmusic.
Fans are convinced that the British actress will have the most successful career after [...]

Emma Watson embarrasses Harry Potter co-stars with table tennis skills

British actress Emma Watson has thrashed her Harry Potter co-stars at table tennis so often that they are now too frightened to play her.
Rupert Grint kept a ping-pong table in his room during shooting of ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’, reports the Sun.
However, the 19-year-old, who plays who plays Hermione Granger, is so good [...]

Scott Mendelson: Huff Post Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

By any normal standard, this is a wonderfully involving and entertaining tent pole popcorn entertainment. But this is still the weakest Harry Potter film of the series.

‘Harry Potter’ director David Yates says finale to be best yet

Harry Potter director David Yates has said that the finale of the series adapted from J.K. Rowling’s novels, which is currently being shot, will be the best of the lot.
The finale “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” will be split into two movies.
Part one should be out in late 2010 while part two is [...]

Emma Watson had crush on Harry Potter co-star Tom Felton

Harry Potter star Emma Watson has confessed that she never had feelings for Danielle Radcliffe or Rupert Grint, instead she had a crush on Tom Felton, who plays Draco Malfoy in the wizard films.
“I have to confess, I had a bit of a crush on Tom Felton in the earlier films, but never on Daniel [...]