We love it when actors yap when their handlers aren't around!

Harry Potter himself, actor Daniel Radcliffe, says there's sex and drug references in the new, upcoming Harry Potter flick.

The mommys and daddys aren't going to like that, Daniel!

The wizard said in an interview, "There is a fair amount of sexual energy and there are some drug parallels. We have a couple of what David Yates, the director calls our 'Trainspotting moments'."

For those of you who haven't seen Trainspotting — it's an edgy, drug-fueld movie about heroin junkies in Scotland.

Not exactly a kids' film!

Warner Bros. is breaking some new ground. They've made a Trainspotting for kids!

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On Thursday, Harry Potter mastermind J.K. Rowling delivered a hard-to-top commencement address titled The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination at a graduation event at Harvard.

You can read the entire address here.

Her words took our breath away.

“We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better,“ Rowling told the newly minted Harvard alums.

Moving. Inspirational. So heartfelt.

Now if only she'd stop suing everyone!

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J.K. Rowling has just filed a lawsuit against the publisher of the London Star Map, PerezHilton.com has learned.

The celebrity map reportedly has details of the Harry Potter author's London residence and clear instructions on how to get there, something Rowling considers 'a gross invasion of privacy'.

In a statement, J.K. Rowling said, "The sole aim of London Star Map is self-evidently to incite, encourage and enable members of the public to track down and locate the exact location of private residences of various recognisable "celebrities" so that they can visit those residences." Rowling continued, "I'm a very private individual who regards my family's privacy and safety as having paramount importance. "

That sucks!

Doesn't seem right to make it that easy for creepy stalkers to find the object of their affections!

Then again, she has a lot of money to have a nice house in a safe home and lots of security people working for her!

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British actor Tom Felton - the bleached blonde bully in the Harry Potter flicks- is also a budding musician.

Groan.

Felton has an album in the works and he's even opened himself up to criticism by already posting some home-made vids of him singing on YouTube.

Click here to watch his "medley."

You like?

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Hell hath no fury like an author scorned!

During yesterday's court case in the ongoing Harry Potter dramz, JK Rowling tried her best to persuade the judge to block the release of The Harry Potter Lexicon, written by former middle school librarian Steven Vander Ark.

Rowling said, "I believe the floodgates will open. Are we the owners of our own work?"

Rowling was asked by U.S. District Judge Robert Patterson Jr. if she thought anyone would read the book and its facts about the wizard world for "entertainment value."

Rowling responded, "Honestly, no. I think there are funny things in there, and I wrote them."

Ouch!

Unfortunately, it will be a few weeks before the lawyers finish filing all the legal documents and possibly even longer before a verdict is received since the judge is deciding, not a jury. This means we won't find out the outcome for some time to come.

It seems the judge might be on Vander Ark's side.

During one part of the case, he explained how he read half of the first book of Rowling's Harry Potter series to his grandchildren once, and even he was a bit confused.

He added, "I found it extremely complex," and suggested there is a worth in having a book like Vander Ark's that explains the often misunderstood or unknown names and words in the novels.

Let's see how this ends.

Hopefully they can settle out of court.

Reports are that both Rowling and Vander Ark suffered "great personal distress" throughout the first two days of trial. And if you consider the appeals and everything that is likely to take place, this might get dragged out for years.

We say, mediate and resolve quickly!

The lawyers on both sides are the only ones happy in this case.

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Hermione from the Harry Potter films, Emma Watson, turned 18 on Tuesday and received the best birthday gift anyone could ever ask for — access to the $20 million fortune she's earned acting in the HP movies.

That little witch won the lottery!

Watson has a good set of parents.

They made her sit through a series of lessons in money management given by Coutts bank (who also advise the Queen of England) in hopes that she'll learn a thing or two and won't blow through all that cash.

How refreshing! Child star parents who are responsible and don't mismanage their kid's earnings!

Wonder what will be her first big purchase with her new money????

Emma's Potter pal, Daniel Radcliffe, is worth an estimated $48 million.

It's sure profitable to be a wizard these days!

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British actor Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter movies) won't be moving to LA anytime soon because he 'can’t be bothered with airhead actresses'.

According to Rupe, he met Lindsay Lohan last summer and wasn't impressed as, "she talked about herself a lot." Grint went on to recall that, "She (La Lohan) said she was going to win an Oscar before she turns 25. I just kept thinking, ‘But you can’t act’.”

It's getting heated up in here!!!

Tell it like it is, Rupert!

Many people feel the same way as you.

Lindsay was 'honored' with TWO Razzies this year for her shiteous acting skills! She can just blink and pretend they're Oscars!

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The librarian-author at the heart of the Harry Potter encyclopedia lawsuit controversy, Steven Jan Vander Ark, broke down sobbing on the witness stand on Tuesday.

The 50-year old librarian was described by courtroom observers as "school boy charming" and an obvious Harry Potter die hard. On the witness stand, the librarian portrayed J.K. Rowling as 'his idol, his true literary love, who had been unaccountably bewitched by the evil, money-grubbing forces of publishing, like one of Voldemort’s vassals.' He couldn't understand how Rowling one day was singling out his Harry Potter Lexicon Web site, out of “hundreds of thousands” of Potter fan sites on the Web, for praise and then the next is accusing him of plagiarism for wanting to turn it into a book.

The report goes on to recount that when the librarian was asked by his lawyer if he considered himself part of the Harry Potter community:

“I did,” he said, his face reddening, as he turned away from Ms. Rowling, who was sitting 10 feet away at the plaintiff’s table, listening intently. Then he burst out crying. “Sorry,” he said, regaining his composure. “It’s been difficult because there’s been a lot of criticism, obviously, and that was never the intention.”

Pussy!

Rowling reacted to the librarian's testimony through an e-mail message from a spokeswoman, saying, “A fan’s affectionate enthusiasm should not obscure acts of plagiarism.”

Can't they find a way to work together?

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This is enough drama for a book!

As we mentioned yesterday, Harry Potter author J.K Rowling appeared in a New York City courtroom on Monday to fight the planned release of a 400-page Harry Potter Lexicon, an A-Z guide derived from a fan website.

Sources inside the court report that Rowling became quite emotional on the stand and came close to tears.

When asked what the Harry Potter books meant to her she had to ask for a glass of water to regain her composure and said, “I really don’t want to cry because I’m British. It means setting aside my children and everything. These characters meant so much to me, and continue to mean so much to me, over such a long period of time. It’s very difficult for someone who is not a writer to understand. The closest I can come is to say to someone, ‘How do you feel about your child?'"

How's the other side going to top THAT testimony?!

Rowling put on a show!

Good luck to the other side. Hope y'all have the cash to fight this legal game! Mommas fight for their children and J.K., who is worth a billion, has plenty to throw into the battle.

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