J.K. Rowling News

Cynthia McFadden will interview author J.K. Rowling about her highly anticipated novel 'The Casual Vacancy.' The interview airs on GOOD MORNING AMERICA, WORLD NEWS WITH DIANE SAWYER and NIGHTLINE on WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26th, on the ABC Television Network.

J.K. Rowling, one of the world's most successful authors, embarks on a new adventure in her first novel in seven years. She invites 'Nightline' co-anchor Cynthia McFadden to Scotland for a rare interview and exclusive preview of The Casual Vacancy.

J.K. Rowling, one of the world's most successful authors, embarks on a new adventure in her first novel in seven years. She invites "Nightline" co-anchor Cynthia McFadden to Scotland for a rare interview and exclusive preview of The Casual Vacancy. This is Rowling's first U.S. network television interview to discuss one of fall's most anticipated novels. Her bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books has sold over 450 million copies worldwide.

Sonar Entertainment has acquired the rights to SHANNARA, the bestselling fantasy book series by Terry Brooks and is partnering with Farah Films to produce a series based on the books. Dan Farah of Farah Films, Sonar Entertainment CEO Stewart Till and Terry Brooks will executive produce.

Entertainment Weekly gives fans an exclusive first look at an extended conversation between actor Daniel Radcliffe and HARRY POTTER scribe J.K. Rowling. The full version of the chat will be included in Warner Bros' upcoming HARRY POTTER WIZARD'S COLLECTION set, due out on September 7th.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to New York. The BIC preview concert in Millennium Park, concerts by Barbra Streisand, Olivia N-J and Levi Kreis, 'Man Of La Mancha,' 'Dreamgirls,' 'A Class Act' and so much more!

Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announces a live webcast with worldwide bestselling author J.K. Rowling on October 11, 2012 and the launch of the Harry Potter Reading Club, an online destination created to share the magical world of Harry Potter with a generation of new readers.

Theatricality does not come on a scale much grander - and available to an audience much wider and larger, natch - than by way of the heady and hallucinogenic images concocted by visionary, Academy Award-winning British director Danny Boyle for the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony tonight. A hill, a heath, dozens of sheepherders and milkmaids below a large, looming tree set the scene for the start of the big, big show - and it was definitely very, very big. All of this countryside accoutrement signaled the entrance for Sir Kenneth Branagh, with sharp top hat and lit cigar, portraying noted industry king Isambard Kingdom Brunel, as he physically and metaphorically ushered in the new age in this culturally and historically-inspired phantasmagoria - setting the proceedings into high gear with a particularly impassioned and spine-tingling reading of one of the most moving and memorable passages from all of literate in a thrilling Prospero moment from Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST. And that was just the first five minutes!

'Going to any new country we never had a show before is an honor. We're loving America at the moment; it goes the same for the Philippines.' - Jeff Turner, co-creator and star of 'Potted Potter'

When I first heard the title Potted Potter – The Unauthorized Harry Experience – A Parody by Dan and Jeff, my American mind immediately thought of the slang term we use for inebriated and figured Jefferson Turner and Daniel Clarkson's two-person, 70-minute presentation would be some kind of irreverent adult spoof of J.K. Rowling's septet of Harry Potter novels.  But no, “potted,” to our Brit friends, merely means abridged, and the show, which actually doesn't involve much parody, is really more of a wholesome family entertainment; not that there's anything wrong with that, as we say on the Upper West Side.

The nominees are in for the 2012 MTV MOVIE AWARDS with The Hunger Games and Bridesmaids neck-in-neck with eight nominations each, including the categories 'MOVIE OF THE YEAR,' 'BEST CAST' and 'BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE.'

Do you remember your college theater days? How many friends from your drama club have you kept in contact with? Ask these questions to University of Michigan alumna Lauren Lopez; we bet her quick answer would be 'mostly all of them.' For Lopez and her former college theater buddies, who include GLEE star Darren Criss, nothing's more fun than setting up their own theater company, StarKid Productions.

Dan and Jeff, the british duo behind the hilarious Potted Potter, promise that even non-Harry Potter fans can enjoy their show. I opted to put this theory to the test, and went to review the show having never read a single book in the popular franchise. By the end of the night, I was playing Quidditch with the rest of the audience and laughing until I cried. Potted Potter is a treat for young and old, Potterites and non.

A complete recap of all of the HBO/Cinemax 2012 programming highlights for the coming year has been released by the networks.

Lifetime has green lit the two-hour original movie-backdoor pilot Sworn to Silence, starring Neve Campbell (Scream, Party of Five), it was announced today by Nancy Dubuc, President and General Manager of Lifetime Networks.

ABC Family's '25 Days of Christmas,' cable's biggest programming event of the year, returns with 25 continuous days of holiday-themed entertainment for the whole family. From December 1 - 25, viewers can ring in the holidays with original movies, holiday specials and returning favorites

Maxine Heppner with Across Oceans presents the world premiere of my heart is a spoon, a new dance-media work exploring the emotional and physical range of rage while riffing on the visually arresting world of Japanese manga, choreographed and directed by Artistic Director Maxine Heppner, performed by visiting Japanese dancer Takako Segawa with Canadian performer Gerry Trentham.

ABC Family's '25 Days of Christmas,' cable's biggest programming event of the year, returns with 25 continuous days of holiday-themed entertainment for the whole family. From December 1 - 25, viewers can ring in the holidays with original movies, holiday specials and returning favorites