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Are you Team Stark or Team Targaryen? Do you pledge your loyalty to the Browncoats or the Time Lords? Root for your favorite fictional group with these custom hockey jerseys. More »
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You've seen Voldemort do it, now it's Harry's turn. After coaxing Ralph Fiennes to read some particularly titillating Harry/Voldemort slashfic, Bravo's Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen manages to convince Daniel Radcliffe to read a bit of steamy Ron/Harry fan fiction. More »
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If someone forced you at gunpoint to condense the Harry Potter series into a minute, you could do way worse than this yell-happy rendition of the Boy Who Lived's foibles. This frenzied synopsis is currently in the running at the Virgin Radio Fake Film Festival, so vote if you enjoyed it. I appreciate how the filmmakers devoted way too many precious seconds on that gross Voldemort baby. Big ups to Avery. More »
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A ticket to a 3D movie can cost $15. Tickets to a Friday night showing cost $10.50 at one theater and $12 at the cineplex down the block. A seat for a matinee costs $5. That's quite the variation! But if tickets do not cost the same from time to time and from theater to theater, why measure movie success in terms of money? Let's take a look at how box office gross is reported, some alternative metrics of movie success, and the growing importance of the international movie market.

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Daniel Radcliffe could have done pretty much anything, coming off the mega-successful Harry Potter series — so why did he choose to do another supernatural movie project? We asked him, in our exclusive interview about his new horror movie The Woman In Black. The Boy Who Lived also told us which famous superhero he's always dreamed of playing. More »
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Think there were too many characters turning into flaky bits and floating off into the sky in the Battle of Hogwarts? Concept artist Andrei Riabovitchev has released some stills from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 that show a slightly different Voldemort departure. Plus, check out a few close-up shots of some giants!

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So you've landed in an evil boarding school. Chances are your parents thought they were doing the right thing: giving you a great education, sending you to the top disciplinarians who will set you on the proper path in life. But there's something wicked going on behind the cute uniforms and impressive alumni list, and you might not survive until graduation. So what's a life-loving student to do? We look to the best in evil boarding school survivalism. More »
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Even if you don't know a Golden Snitch from a frumious Bandersnatch, it's absolutely impossible to remain churlish at life when this duo is around. If anybody knows who could have done this, drop us a line and we'll credit Fluffy and 'Arry accordingly. On an unrelated note, Cerberus is the new vampires is the new zombies is the new selkies is the new tengu. More »
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A couple of days ago, the esteemed Charlie Jane Anders looked at the dearth of new, sustaining pop culture heroes and villains. That, with the exception of Harry Potter, we haven't seen a new character with the perceived permanence of a James Bond or a Captain Kirk or Spider-Man — and she blamed it on a lack of a pulp media. Ah, but she was looking in the wrong place. More »
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Every few years, beautiful two-foot-tall snowy owls migrate south in impressive numbers from the Arctic, in what bird watchers call an "irruption." But this year, the regal-looking birds (which belong to the same species as Harry Potter's Hedwig) are showing up farther south and in greater numbers than ever before. More »
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Over a decade into the 21st Century, our imaginations are captivated by creations of the 19th and 20th. Sherlock Holmes rules television and movies. We're eagerly awaiting new movies about James Bond, Captain Kirk, Superman, Batman and Spider-Man. Where are the 21st Century mass-media heroes and villains? Why isn't anybody even trying to create them? More »
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If young adult novels teach us anything, it's that the fated hero who battles back evil will be a child with a pure heart. Given that those meddling kids are always thwarting their plans for world domination, wouldn't it be easier if those would-be world conquerors loaded the dice of fate and ensured that someone less than worthy got the mark of destiny? Maybe an adult who care more about models and bottles than the wonders of magic? More »
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Talk show host Andy Cohen (the man who can make big name celebrities do anything) just made all the Harry Potter fetishists' dreams come true. When Ralph Fiennes stopped by the Watch What Happens Live pajama party, Cohen made Voldemort read a little bit of Potter fanfic. It's utterly glorious. More »
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Usually, when a political figure is photographed in disreputable company, he tries to cover it up. But when pictures surfaced of Russian blogger and protestor Aleksei Navalny meeting with Voldemort, the Terminator, a "gray" alien, and even that notorious lout Bender, he displayed them proudly on his blog. More »
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Now that Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley have been dubbed the highest grossing on-screen couple, it makes sense to turn to Hogwarts for dating advice. The magically gifted ladies are happy to oblige, with one girl from each house giving her advice on approaching that cute girl in your potions class and the hazards of kissing with braces. More »
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It's sort of amusing how up-front Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone director Chris Columbus is about wanting his new book series, House of Secrets, to be the new J.K. Rowling. Actually, the basic plot doesn't sound very Potter-ish — it's about kids living in a fantasy writer's spooky house, trying to save their parents from some horrible darkness. More »
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Marvel has announced that its crowning superhero film, The Avengers, will be available in 3-D as well as 2-D next May. But the exciting part is that they've invented time travel, so they can go back in time and give Joss Whedon 3-D cameras to shoot the whole thing in. More »
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This year has been a wild ride for lovers of science fiction and fantasy. Some hugely expensive, massively hyped projects have failed, but also some new mega-hits have been born. Hollywood is struggling with sagging movie ticket sales and TV ratings, and book publishers are facing a rapidly changing world. It's a tough time — and you have to learn fast to survive. More »
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I never understood why they celebrated Christmas in the Harry Potter novels — I always assumed wizards would go apeshit on Merlin's Birthday or Talking Flag Day or some other arcane bacchanalia lost to the ages. But that's neither here nor there. Anyway, Canadian crafter Gabrielle offers an easy step-by step on how to build a golden snitch to hang from that special location you like to hang stuff. More »
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We're mostly thrilled that Charles Yu's awesome novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe is getting a big Hollywood movie deal. We're a bit concerned, though, that it's being spearheaded by Chris Columbus, maker of the first two Harry Potter movies and Percy Jackson, among many other things. Will the film version be overly sentimentalized? More »
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Some people look to religion or well-thought-out systems of ethics when choosing the rules to live their life by — and some people are more comfortable relating to pop culture. Science fiction and fantasy movies provide plenty of wise mentors, who tell the heroes exactly what they needed to know. More »
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What do you get the geek who has every awesome collectable? something extraordinary. That's why we've gathered together a collection of all the best toys to give your friends and loved ones. And yes, that is the floating guard eyeball from Big Trouble Little China. More »
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We've got some great clips this week! Jedi General Krell shows his true colors on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Peter David pens late Halloween party on Young Justice, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold comes to an end with a comical finale starring Pee-wee Herman. Minor spoilers ahead!

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When you really want to show people you care about them, the best present is one that they can spend hours exploring. And nothing sucks people in quite like a really feature-heavy DVD or Blu-ray box set, full of special features, alternate versions and commentary tracks. More »
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Doctor Who has earned a place in history with its longevity and the breadth of the show's amazing creative imagination. And a big reason why the world is still delighted by the exploits of the dotty British time traveler is because Doctor Who has constantly renewed itself, jettisoning everything except the basic concept of an alien in a time-traveling Police Box. More »
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There's been talk about a Doctor Who movie for years, including the idea that former star David Tennant could come back to play the time-traveling eccentric on the big screen. But now, Variety reports that there's a Who movie in development for real — and it won't be connected in any way to the current series. More »
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Do you dislike J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter epilogue? Think you can do better? Prove it to us with your own original epilogue, and we'll reward you with your own Deathly Hallows: Part 2 DVD! More »
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Is there anything cooler than an awesome diorama? It's like fan art that you can walk around. The most awesome dioramas tell a story and burst with amazing details — and tons of awesomely weird humor. More »
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This month, many of us are trying to pound out a novel. The ultimate dream is to break into the publishing world with a debut that makes people sit up and take notice. And there's some good news on that front — some of science fiction and fantasy's most beloved writers have made a splash with their very first published novels. More »
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The author of the Harry Potter books has finally admitted that she had murderous plans for poor old Ron Weasley. Why? Well that's simple: A.) because she can; and B.) because she was in a bad mood. More »
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Now that the Harry Potter movies have come to an end, there's no more new Hogwarts footage, except for the deleted scenes from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Get all moony-eyed over Hermione and Ron one last time with the very last Hogwarts film you'll EVER see. More »
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Halloween! It's the time of the year when some of us get dolled up in our finest regalia, and others have trouble remembering it's October. More »
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We love to imagine crossovers in which our favorite heroes and monsters from different storylines meet up — but it's even better when science fiction and fantasy collide. Magic and high technology! Space and the uncanny realms! Lightsabers and sorcery! More »
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Heights Workshop in Houston, Texas has brought out the crazy cat lady in us all. Laura Marshall commissioned one woodcutter to build a 9-foot tall recreation of the Weasley burrow, for her cats. Behold the "yard art." (And no, it's not the euphemistic kind of cat house.) More »
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The great thing about science fiction and fantasy is that they're full of surprises — you just never know what the universe will have in store. Like, sometimes, a totally random, surprising, shocking death. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5846555&view=rss&microfeed=true It's Banned Books Week, and the American Library Association has a list of the most frequently "banned or challenged" books of each year, from 2001 to 2010. And the list is pretty interesting reading — the Harry Potter books were on top of the list in 2001 and 2002, then dropped to number two in 2003, only to vanish off the list in 2004. (Obviously all that sorcery paid off eventually.) More »
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Baby Sirius Black needs a home! Berry, the German Shepherd dog who played the pup version of the animagus Sirius Black, is up for adoption. Hurry now to save Padfoot! More »
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A British poll resulted in Severus Snape being voted everyone's favorite Harry Potter character, with Hermione in second place — and poor Albus Dumbledore was stuck in eighth place. More »
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Want to go to Hogwarts for real? Well, the studio tour in London, The Making of Harry Potter, is as close as you're even going to get. More »
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