The
two questions Rowling wants you to ask about Harry Potter
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London:
If you are an ardent fan of Harry Potter and are enchanted
by the element of mystery and adventure spanning the series,
author J.K. Rowling's latest confession might just get your
adrenalin pumping. According to Daily Mail, JK Rowling gave
her first public reading at the Edinburgh International
Book Festival in Scotland where she revealed that two vital
questions that she had never been asked about the series
might help to unfold its mystery. "There are two questions
I don't think I've ever been asked and that I should have
been asked, if you know what I mean," she was quoted as
saying. She told the gathering that they should be asking
themselves "not 'why did Harry live' but 'why didn't Voldemort
die?"'And the second question they should think about is:
"Why didn't Dumbledore kill, or try to kill, Voldemort?,"
she added.
Scandals
did rock my soccer, says Beckham (Go
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London:
He might have attributed his lacklustre performance
at Euro 2004 due to low levels of fitness, but David Beckham
has now confessed that the media speculation over his private
life was the real reason. The England captain missed a penalty
kick as England lost to France and another in the quarter-final
penalty shoot-out defeat against Portugal. "A lot of things
were said about me last season that were not true. Looking
back on it, I can see that maybe I was taking what was happening
on and off the pitch with me onto the pitch in Portugal
and that my performances may have suffered slightly," He
was quoted by BBC as saying.
Hugh
Grant takes Jemima to dinner with his dad (Go
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London:
Things seem to be hotting up on the Hugh Grant and Jemima
Goldsmith front with the former taking Jemima to his home
for a meeting with his father James. According to British
reports, the 'Notting Hill' star drove the recently divorced
Jemima, ex-wife of Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan, to Cornwall
after which they went for dinner with James to the Atlantic
House Hotel at New Polzeath. The trio ordered a set three-course
meal of soup, fish and dessert for 17.50 pounds a head and
Jemima reportedly shared a fabulous rapport at the dinner
with the Hollywood star's father. "It was a little awkward
at the start but they were soon laughing and joking. Hugh's
dad really hit it off with Jemima, and Hugh seemed pleased
about that," The Sun quoted a fellow diner as saying. "He
had obviously arranged the dinner to give his old man the
chance to check out Jemima," he added.
Liz
Hurley to launch invisible bra (Go
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London:
British beauty Liz Hurley is hoping to find the answer
to every woman's complaint with lingerie, she is coming
up with the invisible bra, which will not be seen under
tight fitting clothes. According to the Daily Mail, the
invisible lingerie will be a part of Hurley's up-coming
clothing range, the first collection of which will feature
a swimwear and bikini line. She has reportedly been working
on the designs since months now and is being helped by top-notch
designers like Donatella Versace. The lingerie collection
is set to be launched by the end of the year. "The sky is
the limit and she's hoping one day to have her own clothing
empire. She has come up with some really clever designs
such as invisible lingerie that you can't see under tiny
tight- fitting clothes," the report quoted a source as saying.
"It's what she's been dedicating all her time and energy
to at the moment. Liz has spent the past six months tucked
away drawing her own designs and speaking to some of the
fashion world's bestknown designers," the source added.
You
can now spend a night in Elvis' bedroom (Go
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London:
There is good news for Elvis Presley fans, for "The
King's" apartment is now open for people to stay. According
to the BBC, Presley's Memphis apartment has been opened
to the public for the first time to coincide with his 27th
death anniversary today. The owners of the former Lauderdale
Courts housing project have restored the home shared by
Presley and his parents between 1949 and 1953. It will be
open two weeks a year for tours, while the rest of the time
it will be available to rent. It is now a public-private
venture, run by and renamed Uptown Memphis, and has undergone
a 36 million dollar renovation to create 347 apartments
fitted with air conditioning and a television hidden in
a cabinet. According to operations manager Alexandra Mobley,
"It's a one-of- a-kind-in-the-world thing, so I think people
will pay what they think is appropriate to stay here".
Bruce
Willis takes to hitting on strange women (Go
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New
York: Hollywood hunk Bruce Willis has not been very
lucky with women ever since he has broken up with his girlfriend
Brooke Burke, despite the fact that he has reportedly been
hitting on every woman who crosses his path. According to
the New York Post, a woman in Los Angeles recently turned
down the "Diehard" actor, after he asked her out on spotting
her in a parking lot. "I was looking all over the passenger
seat for my phone and my driver's side window is open. The
next thing I know a big black SUV pulls up and this guy
shoves his baldhead in my window and says, 'I'm Bruce Willis.
Do you want to go to dinner with me?' I was like, 'Well
I got to get my phone back. Get out of my space!," the report
quoted the woman as saying. The actor was also turned down
by a bunch of PR women after he tried to get talking with
them in a nightclub and was seen leaving a New York nightclub
with a young girl, whom he met the same evening.
Aliens
capture the box office (Go
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New
York: Aliens have succeeded in capturing the throne
in the battle of the box office last week. The science fiction
flick `Alien vs. Predator' notched up a whooping 38.2 million
dollars to be cast this week's numero uno leaving `Princess
Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement',which grossed 23 million
dollars at a distant second. According to Exhibitor Relations
Inc., top 10 estimated earnings of last week were as under:
1. Alien vs. Predator, 38.2 million dollars 2. The Princess
Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement, 23 million dollars 3. Collateral,
16 million dollars 4. Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie, 9.3 million dollars
5. The Bourne Supremacy, 8.3 million dollars 6. The Village,
7 million dollars 7. The Manchurian Candidate, 6 million
dollars 8. Little Black Book, 3.7 million dollars 9. I,
Robot, 3.5 million dollars 10. SpiderMan 2, 3.4 million
dollars
Aguilera
says goodbye to piercings (Go
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Washington:
Christina Aguilera has grown up for she has decided
to do way with body piercings that she had during her wild
teenage years. "I have grown up now and have no need to
dress like that anymore. I want my music to speak for me
rather than the dress or lack of dresses I wore. I've even
ditched all my piercings -- it's a new me," Star magazine
quoted her as saying.
Charlize
Theron is Christian Dior's new face (Go
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Sydney:
Oscar-winner Charlize Theron is the new face of Christian
Dior's best-selling perfume J'adore. According to the Herald
Sun, the South African-born actress has signed a three-year
deal reportedly worth seven million dollars.
