From Publisher's Weekly:
The new artwork is by Kazu Kibuishi ... creator of the bestselling graphic novel series Amulet (Scholastic/Graphix). “Initially I didn’t want to see it done,” Kibuishi told PW, “because I love the original covers so much. I’m a huge fan. But after thinking about it for a while, I figured if someone were going to do it, I ( Read more... )

On Pottermore, that is.
In the real Chamber you have to know how to speak Parseltongue, of course.

If you need help knowing what to do, this page has tips:
A Finders Guide to Pottermore Chamber of Secrets
For a clue about the Weasley Letters at the Burrow, go here:
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Rick Santorum drops out. Social conservatives fly their sweater vests at half-mast.
~ J. D. Crowe on Twitter

The Tea Party is not going to coalesce around Romney. Most of us will vote for Romney, but we will not be out there with signs for him or in his campaign.
~ Judson Phillips, Leader of Tea Party Nation, in a statement to The Daily CallerGOP ( Read more... )

Thanks to Serpentine, snapes_witch and suo_gan and for keeping me in the loop!

BBC: J. K. Rowling Announces Title of First Adult Novel
Author JK Rowling has announced her first adult novel will be called
The Casual Vacancy.
...The story is centred on the death of Barry Fairweather, whose unexpected passing shocks the local villagers of Pagford.
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Breaking NEWSFLASH: I wasn't expecting this today, and in fact I've been holding these quotes for a week and wasn't sure if my title was a bit premature, but now it seems that Santorum really is dropping out of the race today!!! I must have been having a premonition. I will update this again after he makes his goodbye speech.
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This week marks the 50th anniversary of the 1962 movie version of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
President Obama showed the movie at the White House on Thursday night, and also taped an introduction for the remastered movie that was shown on USA Network Saturday night.
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“If the Democrats said we had a war on caterpillars and every mainstream media outlet talked about the fact that Republicans have a war on caterpillars, then we’d have problems with caterpillars. It's a fiction ( Read more... )

Deathly Hallows won Best Picture and David Yates, Best Director, at the 2012 Jameson/Empire Awards, given by Empire Magazine and based on voting from the fans themselves. What a concept - listen to the fans! And go shove it Oscars/Golden Globes/SAG/ and Baftas.

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Gary Oldman also won for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, and was interviewed backstage:
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