Harry Potter star Rupert Grint says he enjoyed a change of scene from the young wizard's adventures when he starred alongside Shia LaBeouf in "The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman," one of the competitors at this year's Berlin film festival.
Former winner Hilary Mantel made the long list for Britain's prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction announced on Wednesday, while authors from India, Malaysia and South Africa were also nominated.
Winners from the 21st annual MTV Movie Awards:
And so it ends. The eighth and final Harry Potter movie represents the closing of one of the most remarkable pop-culture phenomena of the modern era. The final installment is a milestone, as much an event as a movie.
After Mila Kunis accepted a YouTube video invitation from Sgt. Scott Moore to accompany him to the Marine Corps Ball this fall, a female Marine is trying the same approach.
Harry Potter's saga is ending, but his magic spell remains.
Daniel Radcliffe will miss being an action hero. Emma Watson will miss being a role model. Robbie Coltrane will simply miss getting to play a good guy.
Emma Watson has a lot of sympathy for Kate Middleton.
The minister of magic proclaims that dark times have arisen in the opening moments of the new "Harry Potter" film _ and the turmoil that follows lives up to that billing.
