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J.K. Rowling has put down her pen, the films and video games have made a fortune and the actors have moved on, but Harry Potter refuses to go quietly -- or at least Warner Bros won't let him. "The Making of Harry Potter", which opens Saturday, is the latest spin-off from the best-selling books about the boy wizard, promising a chance to re-live his adventures with a trip through the set of the blockbuster movies. Located in 14,000 square metres of hangar space adjoining Leavesden studios o...

Lindsay Lohan thanked a judge Thursday for lifting her formal probation after a long string of court appearances, but the US actress was told to "stop the nightclubbing" and behave more maturely. The perennially troubled star told judge Stephanie Sautner, whom she has seen repeatedly over the last year or two over a drunk-driving offense and a jewelry theft: "I just want to thank you for being fair. "What you've done has really opened a lot of doors for me," said the 25-year-old, dressed i...

A performance featuring Adam Lambert and British rock group Queen at Sonisphere 2012 has been canceled, the BBC reported. “It is with very heavy hearts and much regret that we announce the cancellation of Sonisphere Knebworth 2012,” Queen announced on its official website on Wednesday. An official statement from festival organizers is expected on Thursday. After much speculation in the media, Lambert confirmed the date in February. “As many suspected, I can finally confirm: I have...

Taylor Swift gets punked by Justin Bieber while Miley Cyrus pranks Khloe Kardashian in the hilarious new trailer for MTV’s revival of it comedy show “Punk’d.” Young Hollywood stars like Chloe Moretz, Zac Efron, Dianna Agron and Liam Hemsworth pick up where former host Ashton Kutcher left off five years ago when the series ended. Guest hosts, including Bieber, “Twilight’s” Kellan Lutz and Bam Margera will rotate every week. And, they’ll get to help set up the prank. In th...

Two years ago, Demi Lovato put her career on pause to seek treatment for "emotional and physical issues," and the 19-year-old singer/actress has said she still's battling those dark moments in recovery. The teen star left the Jonas Brothers tour early in 2010 to seek help, and she recalls in the MTV documentary "Stay Strong," which aired Tuesday on the network, that she "was not eating, and purging, and self-harming. It was really difficult to be able to stop....I had so many issues underneat...

Glee co-stars Chris Colfer, Jane Lynch and Matthew Morrison discussed gay rights on the red carpet of the Los Angeles premier of 8, a play based on the trial over the constitutionality of California's gay marriage ban, Proposition 8. 8, which was written by Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black, raised more than $2 million in its Los Angeles premier, more than double what it raised during its Broadway premier. (Watch the reading here.) In the reading, Lynch portrayed Maggie Gallagher, the former ...

A big-screen version of classic Dr. Seuss children's book "The Lorax" rang up a massive $70.7 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales over the weekend, the biggest movie debut so far this year. The popularity of the 3D animated "Lorax" far exceeded industry forecasts and helped lift total box-office receipts ahead of last year for the ninth weekend in a row. Danny DeVito provides the voice of the small orange Lorax who guards the trees in the film based on Seuss' 1971 book about preservi...

Disney kids and "Dancing With the Stars" go together like peanut butter and jelly, so it wasn't surprising to hear that "Shake It Up!" star Roshon Fegan would be on Season 14 of ABC's hit reality dance competition. And it looks like the 20-year-old, and his professional partner Chelsie Hightower, may have a pretty good chance at taking home the Mirror Ball. Most widely recognized for his roles on Disney Channel, this musical artist, songwriter, producer and actor -- quadruple threat! -- cu...

Justin Bieber is putting more pen to paper with a new book, due out this fall, US Weekly reports. The 17-year-old musician will give fans another inside look at his life through exclusive photos and quotes as he takes them behind-the-scenes on his tour and shows them what goes into recording an album. “I’m so excited to be working on another book with HarperCollins,” Justin shares. “Being able to share my story with my fans through these books is an absolute privilege. I can’t wa...

On Thursday, some reports claimed that Brown has been accused of "robbery by sudden snatching" for allegedly taking a fan’s iPhone after she snapped his photo outside a Miami nightclub. However, Juan Sanchez of the Miami Police Department says the reports are premature. “Mr. Brown has not been arrested nor accused by the Miami Beach Police Department of any crime, as reported by some websites,” Sanchez said in a statement. “A report was filed by the victim, which the Department is inv...

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has been chosen to host an episode of the popular US sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" next month -- a decision that has some up in arms. The show's producers said on Twitter that the former child star -- commended by a judge Wednesday as "back on track" after repeated run-ins with the law -- would host the program on March 3, with Jack White as the musical guest. Lohan -- who made headlines when she posed nude for Playboy last month, reportedly earnin...

Actors Josh Hutcherson and Avan Jogia discuss the importance of gay allies with Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) club leaders. The 20-year-old Jogia is the founder of the Straight But Not Narrow campaign, which features videos of young, straight and mostly male celebrities speaking out in support of their gay friends. Hutcherson is a co-star of the lesbian moms film The Kids Are All Right. In the nearly five-minute video, Jogia and Hutcherson talk with young students who wanted to make a differ...

If you still weren't feeling the love on Valentine's Day, this story should help: Six-year-old Avalanna Routh, who is battling cancer, got the chance to meet her dream date, none other than pop star Justin Bieber. Routh has a rare form of brain cancer called AT/RT, the New York Daily News reports. Last year, the nurses at the 6-year-old's Boston treatment center threw her a pretend wedding in which she "married" a cutout of the 17-year-old pop star. Thanks to a Facebook page called "Get Av...

The Vow, starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, is an upcoming drama/romance directed by Michael Sucsy. After a car accident puts Paige (McAdams) in a coma, her husband, Leo (Tatum), struggles to win her heart again after the severe memory loss from the coma leaves her searching for clues from a past life. What do you think of the on-screen duo of Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum? Rachel recently starred in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Midnight in Paris. Channing is also in t...

For more than a decade, Daniel Radcliffe was known the world over as the owlish waif in the massively successful "Harry Potter" films -- based on the equally popular book series by JK Rowling. Now, the young actor is turning a page. A child prodigy no more, the 22-year old Radcliffe now is stepping out in grown-up film roles. His first post-Potter film, which opens this week, is the neo-Gothic horror movie "The Woman in Black." Radcliffe told AFP that he fell in love with the script, wh...