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2 hrs ago | KKLA-FM Glendale

Magic in Media

This is because the Bible has strictly commanded the Church to reject all forms of witchcraft and many Christians feel this should include the entire fantasy genre, from major movies down to the smallest fairy tale.

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Related Topix: J.K. Rowling, Authors, C. S. Lewis, Vocal

6 hrs ago | RTE.ie

Twilight leads Teen Choice Awards

The final instalment of the hugely popular vampire franchise, based on Stephenie Meyer's novels, received a total of seven nominations for the ceremony, including Choice Romance Movie, Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie, Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy for Robert Pattinson and Taylor Stewart and Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy for Kristen Stewart.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Vampire News, Drama Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Entertainment, Twilight, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, Celebrities, Authors, Stephenie Meyer, Robert Pattinson, Iron Man 3

7 hrs ago | KRCR

Proof of heaven popular, except with the church

Eben Alexander shouted and flailed as hospital orderlies tried to hold him in place.

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Related Topix: Proof of Heaven, Grove City College

7 hrs ago | The Charlotte Observer

Jerry Lewis repeats his distaste for female comics

Comedian Jerry Lewis poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Max Rose at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 23, 2013.

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment, Bossypants

8 hrs ago | Slate Magazine

Pottermania

On a recent trip to London, my 9-year-old, Violet, wanted to visit the places that composed what she referred to as "the real Harry Potter." It turns out there is a whole industry - bus tours , cab tours, boat tours - of visiting hallowed spots in London that are featured in the books and movies and devoted to pilgrims like her, and these pilgrims ... (more)

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, J.K. Rowling, Authors

12 hrs ago | Chicago Sun-Times

Derek Hough likely to leave 'DWTS,' strut his stuff elsewhere

As Derek Hough basks in the glow of having won his fourth "Dancing With the Stars" mirrorball trophy, this time with Kellie Pickler, there's a lot of backstage buzz at "DWTS" that the talented performer will again exit the show - likely this time for good.

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Related Topix: Footloose, Music!, Drama Movies, Celebrities, Kevin Bacon, Authors, J.K. Rowling, New York, The View, Entertainment, Television

13 hrs ago | Worcester Telegram & Gazette

People,Places and Things

Singer Kellie Pickler named new 'Dancing' champion LOS ANGELES - Kellie Pickler came into the final 'Dancing With the Stars' episode in second place but finished in first.

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Related Topix: Kellie Pickler, Reality TV, Entertainment, Dancing With the Stars, Television, Zendaya Coleman, Harry Potter

Wed May 22, 2013

The Guardian

Angela Merkel is Forbes' top woman again

Forbes has now ranked German chancellor Angela Merkel as the most powerful woman in the world seven times.

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Related Topix: Angela Merkel, J.K. Rowling, Authors, Dilma Rousseff, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Charitable Organizations, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, Michelle Obama, US News

Denver Post

Do new books by Dan Brown, David Sedaris and Amanda Knox qualify as "beach reads"?

There's also usually a heady biography , a salacious tell-all , a can't-miss thriller and a talker .

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Related Topix: Wild

Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

Jesse Walker on Dan Brown's Inferno

I once watched Oprah Winfrey try to explain what a meme is. When I say meme , I don't mean one of those captioned photos that people post on their Facebook feeds; I mean Richard Dawkins' notion of an idea that replicates itself and mutates the way a gene replicates itself and mutates.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Dan Brown, Authors, Vocal, Social Software

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Obama to honor Carole King at White House concert

In the East Room on Wednesday night, Obama is presenting the 71-year-old singer-songwriter with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

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Related Topix: A Natural Woman, Pop/Rock, Carole King, Boston, MA, Entertainment

WCSH-TV Portland

Author Mitchell Zuckoff publishes "Frozen In Time"

Mitchell is the author of six books and a professor of journalism at Boston University, where he teaches feature writing and narrative journalism.

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Related Topix: Lost in Shangri-la, Boston University, New York, New York Government

ABS-CBN News

Dan Brown calls Manila 'gates of hell' in novel

While travel magazines have recently been citing the Philippines as a tropical paradise, American author Dan Brown seems to think otherwise based on his much-anticipated new novel.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Dan Brown, Authors, Vocal

How Stuff Works

How Our Brains Miss the Obvious

One of Leonardo Da Vinci's strangest paintings, "The Adoration of the Magi" was commissioned for the altar of the monastery of San Donato a Scopeto, near Florence, in 1481.

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Related Topix: Painting, Arts, Italy, World News, Celebrities, Dan Brown, Authors, Vocal, UC San Diego

Fox News

Retailers Tracking Your Every Move

When it comes to your privacy, there is one industry that make it their business to know your secrets.

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Related Topix: Target, Retail, The Power of Habit, Business News

WKRC-TV Cincinnati

How Many Hardcover Books Were Sold In 2012?

FIRST EDITION COPY OF "HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE" THAT CONTAINS AUTHOR J.K. ROWLING'S NOTES AND ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS WENT ON SALE YESTERDAY IN A CHARITY AUCTION.

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Related Topix: Harry Potter, Easy-Listening, J.K. Rowling, Authors

Christian Science Monitor

Bernard Waber, author of 'Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile,' dies at 91

Waber was behind children's books such as "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile," "The House on East 88th Street," and "Ira Sleeps Over." Some of his best known books featured a crocodile named Lyle, who surprises a family named Primm when they discover him in the bathtub of their house on the Upper East Side of New York .

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Related Topix: Obituaries

The Miami Herald

Supreme Court Notebook: Sotomayor at Yale

Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the author of a unanimous decision delivered at the Supreme Court on Monday, but Sotomayor was hundreds of miles from Washington when the court convened.

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Related Topix: US News, Clarence Thomas, Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayor

Tue May 21, 2013

RTE.ie

Dan Brown to set book in Ireland?

The author of The Da Vinci Code was in the capital on Monday as part of the Dublin Writers Festival.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Dan Brown, Authors, Vocal, Celtic, Da Vinci, Italy, World News, Angels & Demons

Reuters

Rare "Harry Potter" first edition fetches record auction price

A unique first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" annotated by author J.K. Rowling has sold for a record 150,000 pounds at a London charity auction, Sotheby's said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Harry Potter, Philosopher's Stone, Ambient, Easy-Listening, J.K. Rowling, Authors, Retail, Auctions, Sothebys Holdings