Esteemed stage actor relishes Dumbledore role

Michael Gambon was in the midst of shooting his fourth film as Professor Albus Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" films when the series' author, J.K. Rowling, brought forth an unexpected revelation about his character.

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‘Half-Blood Prince’ is strong warm-up for finale

Call it the calm before the storm, but “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” goes out of its way to balance its own dark doings — to say nothing of the dire events to come in the two upcoming movies based on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” — with more character and atmosphere than we’ve seen in the last few movies.

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I like the books as much as the next person, but this is taking it a bit far.

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Try not to crash MSN.

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President Bush Awards 50 Points to Slytherin

In an unexpected change in foreign policy, US President George W. Bush has awarded fifty points to the fictional house of Slytherin, a group known mostly for its troubled past, including its' enabling the rise of "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named," Lord Voldemort.

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Dumbledore is gay! Is not. Is so! Is not...

In a recent New York Times article on Dumbledore's homosexuality, critic Edward Rothstein said that J.K. Rowling, Dumbledore's creator, is mistaken about her creations sexuality.

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JK Rowling may be a saint to millions of children and their parents, but today she is a sinner to a large slice of middle America. The 42-year-old Harry Potter author has become a hate figure to Christian evangelicals in the US since she outed Albus Dumbledore as gay.

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Harry Potter fans, relax. Gay-rights activists, hold your applause. Social conservatives, stop your complaining. J.K. Rowling declaring Albus Dumbledore gay doesn't make it so.

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When J.K. Rowling announced at Carnegie Hall that Albus Dumbdledore—her Aslan, her Gandalf, her Yoda—was gay, the crowd apparently sat in silence for a few seconds and then burst into wild applause. I'm still sitting in silence.

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Between the book launch wait lines and extended Halloween costume hunts, being a parent of a Harry Potter fan has always required a hefty commitment. But after J.K.

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Following JK Rowling's announcement that Dumbledore is gay comes this line of Dumbledore Pride shirts.

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Prepare for some hand-wringing from one corner and some hand-clapping from another... sigh. I think that this makes Rowling's world more realistic, and I'll leave it at that.

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So what? Dumbledore is gay. Brace yourself for Republican wrath.

Here we go again...can't wait for another imbecilic politician to do a "Murphy Brown," this time on Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling..

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J.K. Rowling, author of the world-wide best-selling Harry Potter series, met some of her American fans Friday night and provided some surprising revelations about the fictional characters who a generation of children have come to regard as close friends.

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In front of a full house of hardcore Potter fans at Carnegie Hall in New York, Rowling, sitting on the stage on a red velvet and carved wood throne, read from her seventh and final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," then took questions.

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Here are some of my predictions for the final book: 1) Dumbledore is dead. He's not coming back. 2) Snape is a goodie. I suspect Snape will be the one to defeat Voldemort, and Snape will be proven to be the true hero. Harry's just a spare part.

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Amazon.com's Harry-est Town in America promotion features which towns in America, on a per capita basis, are pre-ordering the most copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from Amazon.com.

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Author JK Rowling explicitly clarified tonight on her final appearance at Radio City Music Hall in New York City that Dumbledore is "definitely" dead.

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The Dumbledore Paradox

It's that time of year again: J.K. Rowling is getting further into the writing of the latest "Harry Potter" book and (like clockwork) has released tantalizing information about what we can expect.

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