More than 60 academics from across the world gather in Scotland to examine the literary merits of the Harry Potter novels.

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Experts study Harry Potter novels

Get ready for this: J.K. Rowling is in the midst of penning a “Harry Potter” encyclopedia, confirming the long-standing rumor on her official website.

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Rowling penning ‘Potter’ encyclopedia

Get ready for this: J.K. Rowling is in the midst of penning a “Harry Potter” encyclopedia, confirming the long-standing rumor on her official website.

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Harry Potter fans will get a chance to see sets from the films when a new studio experience opens its doors in Hertfordshire on Saturday.

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The last Harry Potter film takes home best film and best director from the Empire Awards, while The Inbetweeners Movie wins best comedy.

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Potter wins top Empire film prize

Trails only final ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Dark Knight.’

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‘Hunger Games’ Rakes In $155M

Author JK Rowling announces she plans to publish her first novel for adults, which will be “very different” to the Harry Potter books she is famous for.

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If the People’s Choice Awards are any indication, then Katy Perry and “ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 ” may be the population’s most beloved pop cultural creations of 2011. The “Fireworks” singer — who, in the wake of her split from Russell Brand, opted not to attend the ceremony , held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live and broadcast on CBS — snagged six trophies, including Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Tour Headliner, Favorite Song of the Year (for “E.T.”) and Favorite TV Guest Star for her cameo on “How I Met Your Mother.” Read full article > >

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People’s Choice Awards 2012: Katy Perry, ‘Harry Potter’ dominate the meaningless trophies

Why didn’t Harry Potter Google the info he needed?

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The number of DVDs sold slides by 7.2% during 2011, while the final chapters of the Harry Potter saga are the best-selling titles of the year.

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Sales of DVDs decline during 2011

“ The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ” is one of this season’s buzziest movies, as hotly anticipated by its partisans as any installment of “Harry Potter” or “Twilight.” Like Harry and “Twilight’s” Bella Swan, the title character of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling novels has grown into a literary cult figure of freakish devotion. Read full article > >

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David Fincher’s ‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ is satisfying and underwhelming

We’ve covered the Golden Globe nominations pretty thoroughly today in Celebritology, focusing on the key surprises in both the movie and television categories , as well as nods earned by former cast members from “The Wire.” But now we must turn our attention to the snubbed, the overlooked and the bypassed — those actors, directors, films and TV shows that, for whatever reason, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association did not see fit to nominate this year. Here are the 10 — including, yes, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” — we found most perplexing. Vote for the most egregious snub in the poll that appears below, and feel free to post a comment or tweet using the hashtag #globesfail to express your unhappiness with those absent from the nominees list. Read full article > >

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Midway through ‘Harry Potter’ series.

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J. K. Rowling Nearly Killed Ron Weasley

Make-believe is here to stay. And by that I mean the woods and the witches and the magic spells. The trolls, the wizards, the dwarfs. The thundering hooves, the drawbridges, the dungeons, the emptying of wallets in Orlando. All of it now marketed to us with a wry, modern spin. Insert here my hack, quasi-academic theory about the disappointment of our everyday, 21st-century lives and how this causes otherwise sane grown-ups to seek solace in “realms,” from Harry Potter to “Game of Thrones.” Read full article > >

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TV review: ‘Once Upon a Time’ has magic to spare

Publisher Bloomsbury says it has seen a rise in sales following the release of the latest, and final, Harry Potter film.

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Potter-mania boost for Bloomsbury