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...fictional sport, concocted by J.K. Rowling in her popular Harry Potter novels, has become a reality on college campuses across the country...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Club Quidditch Team Works Budget Magic | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

Seemingly overnight, Robert Pattinson went from playing Voldemort's roadkill in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to being the immortal half of one of the hottest screen couples of all time. He spoke with TIME about how he landed the role of Twilight's Byronic vampire Edward Cullen, what it's like to be a generational crush and how to walk unmolested along the streets of Vancouver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Robert Pattinson | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...issues of "The Daily Prophet" or Professor Umbridge’s Educational Decrees and Ministry of Magic memos do not receive more than a few seconds of screen time, but their authenticity is what allows film audiences to suspend their disbelief and fully embrace the world of Harry Potter, if just for the duration of a movie. This exhibition makes it clear that these details are the difference between watching a show about wizards and believing that magic is part and parcel of daily life...

Author: By Shaomin C. Chew, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Accio! Museum of Science Summons HP | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...addition to adherence to the magical atmosphere created by the Harry Potter series, the exhibition also offers a number of interactive activities and games; instead of the usual basketballs and hoops, they involve Quaffles and rings...

Author: By Shaomin C. Chew, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Accio! Museum of Science Summons HP | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...Harry Potter" may be an exhibition based on a popular childrens’ series, but like any successful show, it transports visitors—not back into time, in this case—but into its own separate world. What is appealing about this exhibition is that it, like any reconstruction of a different era or presentation of some scientific theory, is complete—the clothes, food, paintings, and other trappings of the Harry Potter universe seem pulled straight from the day-to-day life of an alternate, wizarding world. In making Harry Potter come alive, "Harry Potter...

Author: By Shaomin C. Chew, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Accio! Museum of Science Summons HP | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

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