High expectations for boy wizard miracle just didn’t materialize By Jeffrey Jolson HOLLYWOOD,CA (Hollywood Today) 7/19/09 – Harry Potter waved his magic wand to conjure up $160 million in opening box office. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and company earned themselves a little place in movie history, once again. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” zapped [...]

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Gabrielle Pantera interviews author Anna Davis and reviews her Firtzgerald-inspired novel of London in the Roaring Twenties *** Three Stars HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 7/19/2009 – “My heroine is a gossip columnist in London,” says The Jewel Box author Anna Davis. “The two men she falls for are both rather influenced by Fitzgerald. I enjoy writing love [...]

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Star of ‘The O.C.’ misses New York film premiere By Matthew B. Zeidman LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Today) 7/18/09 – Mischa Barton was unable to attend the New York premiere of “Homecoming,” a “Misery”-esque indie thriller featuring the “O.C.” beauty and “90210” cast member Jessica Stroup, as she remained hospitalized in Los Angeles Thursday night. “I think [...]

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Comedian was Pepsi commercial extra By Matthew B. Zeidman HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 7/18/09 – Nearly a month after pop star Michael Jackson’s untimely death, comedian Kathy Griffin has added another chapter to the bizarre aftermath, telling television tabloid Extra that she was working as an extra on the set of the 1984 Pepsi commercial [...]

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Records Smash for Potter Magic By Jeffrey Jolson HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 7/17/09 — Daniel Radcliffe told Hollywood Today that “Harry Potter is almost over, the dream is coming to an end, though Harry Potter 7 is still going on.” Co-star Emma Watson disagreed, saying “Harry will never die.” “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” [...]

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Actor not seriously injured in fender bender By Matthew B. Zeidman LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Today) 7/14/09 – Actor LeVar Burton, best known for his role as Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” was involved in a minor car accident in West Los Angeles on Monday evening. According to a statement [...]

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