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The sexual awakening of Hermione

By Joy Press — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

How "Harry Potter" star Emma Watson is navigating the tricky transition from adorable child actor to mature adult

Would you like some books with that tote bag?

By Laura Miller — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

This year's Book Expo America attendees snatched up totes, celebrity autographs -- oh yeah, and some books.

Dumbledore? Gay. J.K. Rowling? Chatty.

By Rebecca Traister — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

What happens when authors like J.K. Rowling can't stop telling their own stories?

Goodbye, Harry Potter

By Laura Miller — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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?

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"

By Stephanie Zacharek — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

Patches of magical beauty rescue this sprawling adaptation of the fifth book in J.K. Rowling's beloved series.

Potterpalooza

By Rebecca Traister — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

Heroes and hormones

By Laura Miller — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

A.S. Byatt and the goblet of bile

By Charles Taylor — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

The Fix

By Karen Croft and Amy Reiter — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

Hillary chats about brides, Simon and Garfunkel chat about a reunion and Cameron and Drew guzzle champers like they're on "Ab Fab"!

Harry Potter, teen rebel

By Laura Miller — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

The Fix

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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?

The Fix

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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?

The Fix

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

Russell Crowe plays gladiator indoors, Bill helps Hill work her party, and the Dems create "Bushenstein." Plus: Girls go wild over Playboy!

Britney: Read it and weep

By Amy Reiter — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

Spears pens, like, a special book for her fans; Gloved One's hand out; "John Doe" kicks butt. Plus: The spy who ran scared.

"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone""

By Andrew O'Hehir — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"

Read by Jim Dale — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

Listen to an excerpt from the third book in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling.

Blue Glow

By Joyce Millman — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2000

Here we go again

By Amy Reiter — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

A list of their own

By Kera Bolonik — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

Harry Potter fans detect devilish discrepancy

By Garth Johnston — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

Did J.K. Rowling goof or has she another trick up her sleeve?

Hot set! Banderas and Jolie get horizontal

By Amy Reiter — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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!

Paula keeps her pants on

By Amy Reiter — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

She thought her publicist was talking to Penthouse about doing an article, OK? Plus: Christina and Britney, best friends 4ever! Sort of.

Fans hate director picked for Harry Potter film

By Laura Miller — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

"Home Alone" helmer called "worst kind of hack."

Everybody loves Ted

By Amy Reiter — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

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.

Gobsmacked II

By Amy Reiter — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT

Rupert Everett muses on transubstantiation; Trevor-Rees Jones dabbles in exploitation; Julia Roberts half-naked before the nation. We're gobsmacked!