This year's Book Expo America attendees snatched up totes, celebrity autographs -- oh yeah, and some books.
By Laura Miller Jun 3, 2008
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What happens when authors like J.K. Rowling can't stop telling their own stories?
By Rebecca Traister
October 23, 2007
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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?
By Laura Miller
July 20, 2007
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Patches of magical beauty rescue this sprawling adaptation of the fifth book in J.K. Rowling's beloved series.
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 10, 2007
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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.
By Rebecca Traister
June 1, 2007
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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.
By Laura Miller
July 17, 2005
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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.
By Charles Taylor
July 8, 2003
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Hillary chats about brides, Simon and Garfunkel chat about a reunion and Cameron and Drew guzzle champers like they're on "Ab Fab"!
By Karen Croft and Amy Reiter
June 27, 2003
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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.
By Laura Miller
June 23, 2003
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Ozzy invites Prince William home, Norwegians invited to do it outdoors, and fat people invited to let it all hang out. Plus: Renee as Janis?
June 20, 2003
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Is Al Gore going to be the next Phil Donahue? Is the Hulk the hero we all need? And what is all the fuss about bellybuttons on Capitol Hill?
June 19, 2003
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Russell Crowe plays gladiator indoors, Bill helps Hill work her party, and the Dems create "Bushenstein." Plus: Girls go wild over Playboy!
June 17, 2003
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Spears pens, like, a special book for her fans; Gloved One's hand
out; "John Doe" kicks butt. Plus: The spy who ran scared.
By Amy Reiter
September 20, 2002
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The long-awaited movie is faithful to J.K. Rowling's book, but the fantasy isn't very fantastic and the evil just isn't dark enough.
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 16, 2001
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Listen to an excerpt from the third book in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling.
Read by Jim Dale
October 31, 2001
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Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2000
By Joyce Millman
October 18, 2000
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A Clinton fan tears off her shirt right after the president signs it; Britney Spears spotted in sync with Justin Timberlake; and Martha Stewart gets carried away with a trespasser. Plus: Fabio's a Gore man, Meg Ryan's a Quaid woman.
By Amy Reiter
August 22, 2000
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Has Harry Potter changed the course of the New York Times Book Review -- and the children's book market -- for good or for evil? It depends on whom you ask.
By Kera Bolonik
August 16, 2000
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Did J.K. Rowling goof or has she another trick up her sleeve?
By Garth Johnston
July 24, 2000
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But Melanie says she and Antonio are burnin' up the sheets every day; will Hollywood make Harry Potter an American? Plus: Yuck! Jeweler claims Michael Jackson gooped-up $1.45 million wristwatch!
By Amy Reiter
July 12, 2000
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She thought her publicist was talking to Penthouse about doing an article, OK? Plus: Christina and Britney, best friends 4ever! Sort of.
By Amy Reiter
May 18, 2000
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"Home Alone" helmer called "worst kind of hack."
By Laura Miller
March 30, 2000
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The crowd goes wild for Ted Turner at the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation annual banquet and celebration of the First Amendment. The world is indeed full of wonders. Plus! Jennifer Love Hewitt's secret clerical obsession.
By Amy Reiter
March 20, 2000
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Rupert Everett muses on transubstantiation; Trevor-Rees Jones dabbles in exploitation; Julia Roberts half-naked before the nation. We're gobsmacked!
By Amy Reiter
March 14, 2000
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Hollywood's favorite girl-gripe is back! Also: Dino De Laurentiis gets cranky about Clarice; Chrissie Hynde's gonna use her knife; and Paul MCartney shakes his bootie on the bar at Hogs and Heifers.
By Amy Reiter
March 13, 2000
Would you like some books with that tote bag?
Dumbledore? Gay. J.K. Rowling? Chatty.
Goodbye, Harry Potter
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
Potterpalooza
Heroes and hormones
A.S. Byatt and the goblet of bile
The Fix
Harry Potter, teen rebel
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone""
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
A list of their own
War Room
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald