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Can J.K. Rowling conquer TV with new BBC series?
This writing thing might work out after all for J.K. Rowling - the BBC wants to make a series out of her latest novel. Rowling, the U.K. novelist who became a billionaire from the "Harry Potter" series, will have her first adult novel, "The Casual...
Tags: Authors, BBC, Harry Potter (fictional character), Literature, United Kingdom
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Harry Potter Author J.K. Rowling's Billionaire Status
.K. Rowling is down a few hundred-million galleons. The Harry Potter author, estimated in recent years by Forbes to be worth $1 billion and therefore one of only a few dozen British billionaires, is no longer worth 10 figures, according to the bean-...
Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Fiction
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After Universal strikes gold with a wand, Disney pulls out a light saber
After a year in which Universal Orlando rode the popularity of Harry Potter to record heights, Walt Disney World is pinning its fortunes this summer on the one intellectual property with which the boy wizard is most often compared: Star Wars.
Disney next...Tags: Tickets, Beverly Hills, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Amusement and Theme Parks, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Wizarding World of Harry Potter timeline
It's been more than 3 years since Universal Orlando and Warner Bros. announced on May 31, 2007, that they were forming a partnership to produce Wizarding World of Harry Potter, "a theme park within a theme park" to be built at Universal's Islands of...Tags: DVDs and Movies, Amusement and Theme Parks, Dining and Drinking, Celebrities, Jurassic Park (movie)
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A guided tour of Hogwarts at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Towering above the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is Hogwarts, the signature structure of the new Universal Orlando attraction at Islands of Adventure. In the Potter books and films, the castle is home to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,...Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Movies, Nature, Entertainment, Sculpture
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Embarking on a Wizarding World of Harry Potter tour at Universal Orlando
For months, I have skulked around the edges of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, peeking over fences, peering through cracks in the construction walls, standing on ledges to get better camera angles, slithering up the exit of Dueling Dragons and...Tags: Travel, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Harry Potter (fictional character)
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Wizarding World of Harry Potter will open in spring 2010 at Universal Orlando
Sentinel Staff WriterA sprinkling of details — including a broad opening date — about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter was revealed by Universal Orlando on Tuesday. "Universal has given me the great honor in revealing to the world that the Wizarding World of...Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Universal Studios Orlando, Movies, Entertainment, Islands of Adventure
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Islands of Adventure: Wizarding World of Harry Potter turns 2
Where were you two years ago? I was smack in the middle of Hogsmeade, watching throngs of Islands of Adventure guests stream into the theme park for the official opening day of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. My chief memory of that day is the image...
Tags: Universal CityWalk, Islands of Adventure, Fiction, Daniel Radcliffe
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Mother-Son Book Club
We are a group of mothers and sons in Riverside who have met since summer 2002. Our sons were all friends entering fourth grade, and one of the moms suggested starting a book club for the boys. We all thought she was crazy because we didn’t think...
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The Magic Castle's Milt Larsen: Why humans need magic
Milt Larsen is a master of two kinds of magic. There's the abracadabra kind that his magician parents brought him up on, and the sort he began practicing with his late brother, Bill — the magic of preserving buildings, including the Variety Arts...
Tags: Patt Morrison, Media Industry, Music, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Halloween
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Dave Golonski's cultural timeline
January 1993: Bill Clinton was inaugurated as the 42nd president of the United States. April 1993: Dave Golonski is elected to the Burbank City Council during the city’s general election. At 34 years old, he receives 5,833 votes out of 9,961 cast....Tags: O.J. Simpson, Harry Potter (fictional character), NASA Mars Exploration Program, Elections, Primaries
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J.K. Rowling denies plans for 'Harry Potter' Marauders prequel, talks Dumbledore's 'coming out'
Pop2itAt the Bath Literature Festival on Friday, "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling was asked whether she'd ever consider writing a prequel to the beloved wizard novels. Perhaps she'd like to tell the tale of James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter...
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