Harry Potter - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/harry_potter/?source=rss&aim=harry_potter en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT Iranian prosecutor: Banish Barbie! Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/29/barbie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/29/barbie/index.html?source=rss After tireless attempts to stop Barbie's Iranian invasion, will she be exiled for good? Law, torture and Harry Potter Andrew Leonard Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/20/law_and_harry_potter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/20/law_and_harry_potter/index.html?source=rss This is not a joke: A flawed legal regime afflicts the Potter-verse. Can "Harry Potter" math save our schools? By Farhad Manjoo Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/11/15/rowling_video/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/11/15/rowling_video/index.html?source=rss All is forgiven, J.K. Rowling. J.K. Rowling's Crucio curse Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/current_tv/2007/11/15/farhadmanjoo2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/current_tv/2007/11/15/farhadmanjoo2/index.html?source=rss Farhad Manjoo explores why the author should allow publication of a fan's Harry Potter Lexicon. Only Harry Potter can save Pakistan! Andrew Leonard Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/08/harry_potter_and_pakistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/08/harry_potter_and_pakistan/index.html?source=rss Karachi school kids think You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters have seized control. But where's Dumbledore? I'm addicted to Harry Potter fan fiction! By Cary Tennis Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/02/addicted_to_fanfiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/02/addicted_to_fanfiction/index.html?source=rss Every moment I'm alone, I'm secretly reading the stories, the forums, the recommendations. I can't stop! Dumbledore? Gay. J.K. Rowling? Chatty. By Rebecca Traister Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/10/23/dumbledore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/10/23/dumbledore/index.html?source=rss What happens when authors like J.K. Rowling can't stop telling their own stories? Harry Potter and the rebounding stock market? Andrew Leonard Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/25/dow_future/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/25/dow_future/index.html?source=rss A magic quarter for Amazon has investors hoping for a rebound after a dreary Tuesday. Will their futures prophecy come true? Hasta la vista, Harry Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tt/best/2007/07/24/best/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tt/best/2007/07/24/best/index.html?source=rss A few final, spoiler-free thoughts on Harry Potter from the members of Salon's reader community, Table Talk. Goodbye, Harry Potter By Laura Miller Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/07/20/harry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/07/20/harry/index.html?source=rss Does J.K. Rowling's final installment, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," provide the magical ending to the beloved series her readers so desperately long for? For Harry Potter fans about to rock, we salute you By Elisabeth Donnelly Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/07/14/wizard_rock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/07/14/wizard_rock/index.html?source=rss A global network of Potter-influenced bands inspired kids like 8-year-old Darius to make their own wizard rock. Will fans keep the music alive? Harry Potter and the art of screenwriting By Rebecca Traister Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2007/07/11/goldenberg_qa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2007/07/11/goldenberg_qa/index.html?source=rss Michael Goldenberg talks about the pleasures and pitfalls of adapting "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" for the big screen. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/07/10/harry_potter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/07/10/harry_potter/index.html?source=rss Patches of magical beauty rescue this sprawling adaptation of the fifth book in J.K. Rowling's beloved series. Potterpalooza By Rebecca Traister Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/06/01/phoenix_rising/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/06/01/phoenix_rising/index.html?source=rss For the Quidditch players, wizard rockers and would-be witches who gathered at a New Orleans Harry Potter convention, this is the dawning of their summer of love -- and loss. Maher's New Rules: Hogwarts By Kerry Lauerman Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/latenight/2007/02/27/maher/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/latenight/2007/02/27/maher/index.html?source=rss An exclusive clip from "Real Time With Bill Maher" 607 days 'til we can legally play "tonsil Quidditch" Lynn Harris Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/23/radcliffe_countdown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/23/radcliffe_countdown/index.html?source=rss "Harry Potter" hottie Daniel Radcliffe turns 18 on July 23, 2007. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/11/17/potter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/11/17/potter/index.html?source=rss Harry and his friends are growing up, but this latest Potter film may leave you struggling with your own childhood demons. Heroes and hormones By Laura Miller Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/07/17/rowling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/07/17/rowling/index.html?source=rss Harry learns more about his mysterious nemesis -- and the brutal reality of being 16 -- in J.K. Rowling's tricky, but ultimately satisfying, penultimate volume in the "Harry Potter" series. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2004/06/03/prisoner_azkaban/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2004/06/03/prisoner_azkaban/index.html?source=rss Hippogriffs, Dementors and Harry, oh my! Director Alfonso Cuaron finally decants the essence of J.K. Rowling's work and brings us one of the greatest fantasy films of all time. Blahbusters By Charles Taylor Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/05/28/blockbusters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/05/28/blockbusters/index.html?source=rss Don't buy the frantic pleadings of the Hollywood media machine -- summer blockbusters have become a colossal bore. A.S. Byatt and the goblet of bile By Charles Taylor Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/07/08/byatt_rowling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/07/08/byatt_rowling/index.html?source=rss The author's recent New York Times Op-Ed shows that she doesn't understand why so many of us love Harry Potter. Maybe it's just too much fun. Harry Potter, teen rebel By Laura Miller Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/06/23/harry_potter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/06/23/harry_potter/index.html?source=rss No, Hogwarts isn't a hotbed of drugs, smoking and sex (at least not yet). But J.K. Rowling's rich and huge new installment unmistakably brings our bespectacled hero into adolescence. No "heroines," owls, birthdays or pumpkins -- they might offend somebody By Laura McClure Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/05/16/ravitch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/05/16/ravitch/index.html?source=rss In her new bestseller "The Language Police," historian Diane Ravitch rips into the p.c. cops who are ruining America's textbooks in the name of "sensitivity." The Fix By Karen Croft Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2003/03/17/fix_mon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2003/03/17/fix_mon/index.html?source=rss Kylie Minogue shows off her underwear, Tony Soprano smiles, Celine Dion cleans up and John Kerry talks about his balls. The trouble with Harry By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/11/15/harry_potter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/11/15/harry_potter/index.html?source=rss Despite terrific special effects and funnier gags, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" finds a way to make J.K. Rowling's marvelous series into a deadly bore.