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The same person who has been for the past three years - Carlos Slim!

According to the Forbes Rich List for 2012, the Mexican tycoon has once again held onto the number one position, with an estimated worth of $69 billion!

Meanwhile, Microsoft's Bill Gates came in second place with $61 billion, while Warren Buffet had the third spot with $44 billion!

Other notable money bags this year include the youngest billionaire to make the list, 'Spanx' founder Sarah Blakely, Facebook's Mark Zuckberg in the 35 spot with a net worth of $17.5 billion, and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling dropping off the list as she's fallen below the $1 billion mark, due to Britain's high taxes, and her donation of $150 million to charity!

Wow! So selfless!

Can't fault her for that!

Check out the top 50 on the Forbes 2012 Rich List…AFTER THE JUMP!

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This. Is. AWESOME!

We are super excited to report that J.K. Rowling's new agency, The Blair Partnership, announced today that the author will be publishing her first book since completing the Harry Potter series - which will be intended for adults and published by Little, Brown in the United States!

According to the statement:

We are pleased to announce That our client, J.K. Rowling, will be releasing a new novel for adults. Further details will be announced later in the year. The Blair Partnership is a literary agency. We are in the business of taking care of authors, their talent, their careers and their success.

And Rowling explains:

“Although I’ve enjoyed writing it every bit as much, my next book will be very different to the Harry Potter series, which has been published so brilliantly by Bloomsbury and my other publishers around the world. The freedom to explore new territory is a gift that Harry’s success has brought me, and with that new territory it seemed a logical progression to have a new publisher. I am delighted to have a second publishing home in Little, Brown, and a publishing team that will be a great partner in this new phase of my writing life.”

Wow! As sad as we are to hear that she's living the wizarding world behind for now, we're so curious - AND EXCITED - to see where her career takes her…and what the new novel will be about!

What direction do U think J.K. Rowling is going to take?

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Tags: adult, announcement, author, exciting, harry potter, j.k. rowling, literary agency, little brown, novel, series, the blair partnership

Wow. We honestly have NO idea what to make of this!

Although it's safe to say that critics and readers alike were completely enamoured with the final installment of J.K. Rowling's wildly successful Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, there has been a great deal of debate regarding the public's feelings regarding the novel's - and its subsequent film adaptation's - epilogue.

However, according to journalist Greg Palast, who befriended the author years ago, there was an original, wildly different conclusion to the series, which deters from the final text around the last confrontation between Harry and his nemisis, Voldemort, and then continues off in a much stranger direction than what made it into print!

According to Palast:

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Woohoo!!

There's hope yet, Potterheads!!

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling revealed on The Oprah Winfrey Show that she hasn't closed the book just yet on the Harry Potter series.

The billionaire author told Oprah, "I could definitely write an eighth, ninth, tenth. I'm not going to say I won't. I don't think I will … I feel I am done, but you never know."

AHH!! SOOO exciting!! We really hope she's tempted to write an eighth book!!

What do U think??

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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling sat down to give a rare interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show, set to air Friday, in which she discusses coping with the fame her world-wide beloved series brought her, the pressure to please so many fans, and according to Scholastic, Inc., "the possibility of ever writing another Harry Potter book in the future."

Rowling reveals:

"You ask about the pressure. At that point, I kept saying to people, yeah I'm coping … but the truth was there were times when I was barely hanging on by a thread."

Wow! We can't say we blame her, though!

We couldn't even imagine trying to satisfy so many expectations with each new book!

We're psyched! This interview is going to be epic!

What do U think?? Will U watch Rowling on Oprah?

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Hopefully, it will be more exciting than the new Twilight book coming out!

While at the White House yesterday, J.K. Rowling delighted the audience with a reading from her first Harry Potter novel and by answering some questions from her young fans. One such question was if she had any plans to write another Harry Potter book. She answered:

“I’m quite sure in the not-too-distant future, I will bring out another book.”

That sounds like a "yes" to us!

What would U Potter fans like it to be about?

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What a bummer!

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and Twilight author Stephenie Meyer were tapped to present an Oscar together, but no dice!

Rowling is unable to present due to "scheduling conflicts", and Meyer, being the strict Mormon she is, is prohibited from working on Sundays.

Sorry, Hollywood!

Apparently religion trumps the Academy Awards!

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