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"GroundReport (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
J K Rowling, the creator of the Harry Potter Series earned more than any Other celebrity, and became the most richest celebrity in the list of 100 richest of powerful released in June, 2008 by Forbes America Magzine. Forbes “estimates celebrity earnings, then factors in media metrics like Google hits, press mentions as compiled by Factiva, TV/radio mentions from Lexis/Nexis and the number of times...
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Women's Voices for Change (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dreams can make money, too: Forbes magazine loves to release lists of people who make ton more money than you. In the new "Celebrity 100" list of the world's most powerful celebrities, a goodly number of midlife women make the cut – topped, of course, by Oprah: Ratings for the self-made billionaire's flagship production, The Oprah Winfrey Show, may have diminished, but her earning power appears...
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The Lay Scientist (Free subscription) | yesterday
So, while I was trawling Technorati after my last post, to see if anyone else was talking about Harry Potter and Witchcraft, I came across this video . Yes, it's genuine. "The film posted below shows that Harry Potter is not simply a fun fantasy diversion for our children, but rather that Harry Potter portrays witchcraft and the occult with stunning accuracy, and it is aggressively recruiting our...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Harry Potter author JK Rowling earned more than anyone else on any of Forbes' lists, with a total of $300m dollars (£150m).
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Harry Potter magic propels author to top of Forbes billionaires list.
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Uncool (Free subscription) | yesterday
via Seeking Solace . Books I've read are in bold , books I started but never quite finished are in italics . 1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6 The Bible (read all of New Testament and a few books of the OT) 7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty...
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
Harry Potter author JK Rowling earned more than any other celebrity, beating US talk show host Oprah Winfrey, in a survey of world's richest celebrities.
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What was I THINKING? (Free subscription) | yesterday
Look, it's a reading challenge! Because, you know, I love books. Reading soothes me. Now, this list of the new classics comes from Entertainmant Weekly, so I admit that I'm a bit dubious as to the content in some of these books. However, in perusing the list to see what I'd already read, I saw that they had chosen some of my favorites that I would indeed include as "new classics" so what the heck
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thoughts (Free subscription) | yesterday
Early this morning I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and so finished reading the entire seven-book Harry Potter series. I’ve read them all before, of course, but I wanted to do it one shot. It took about a month. A few observations from reading the whole series at once: Exposition Mania It’s amazing how J.K. [...]
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Bluestalking Reader (Free subscription) | yesterday
My boys both have birthdays next week. No, they're not twins. They were born two years and a day apart. When I say that to people they inevitably ask, "Did you plan that?" Oh, sure. Yeah. We thought it would...
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the cucking stool (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last July was a busy month. Senate Democrats threatened Republicans with all-night sessions: Forcing his Republican colleagues to put up or shut up on the notion of an up-or-down vote, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) just moments ago announced that he will immediately file a cloture motion on the Reed-Levin troop redeployment bill and, if Republicans follow through with a filibuster,
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Bookninja (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stuart Jeffries wonders why Britain spends more on retail books than any other European country, yet stats show an inordinate number of people aren’t reading. The answer seems quite simple to me: JK Rowling is buying and hording books in a solid gold cave furnished with cinder block shelves that use midlist novelists as plywood [...]
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Tangled Up in Blue Guy (Free subscription) | yesterday
So which books have you read from this list? Cut and paste, and then bold the books you’ve read while unboldng the ones you’ve not. Italicize the ones you want to and parenthesize the ones you have started and intend to finish: 1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper...
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MetaxuCafe Litblog Network (Free subscription) | yesterday
Age guidance on children’s books is in the news a lot at the moment after a suggestion in April by the Publishers Association to put a reading age on all children’s books. Philip Pullman and JK Rowling have both campaigned against the age stamps appearing on their novels. More than 700 writers have now put their names to a statement made by Philip Pullman on the site No to Age Banding. “We are all...
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ASA Citation (Free subscription) | yesterday
What do you know about the world of magic? We believe in magic when we are children, but with time all our beliefs and dreams disappear in the world of reality. It is quite possible to return such fantasy by means of writing. For example, writing a literary essay… You should read a fantasy book and [...]
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icelebz | 06/18/2008
Daniel Radcliffe is toning up his butt in preparation for his Broadway debut. The 'Harry Potter' actor - who starts his run on the New York stage in September - wants to make sure he is in top physical condition for his role in 'Equus', in which he appears naked. The 18-year-old star has reportedly purchased a Skorcher Butt Machine, which specializes in shaping rears. Read Full Story
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ad_manity | 03/31/2008
Oscar Wilde once wrote that there are no good or bad books; "books are either tedious or charming." In an age where book banning and censorship occur with shocking regularity, it is not only nice to know—it’s essential to know that libraries provide access to controversial materials. In fact, they do not simply shelve such items, they even celebrate them every year for a week in September at a nationwide
