HARRY POTTER BATTLES GUINEA PIGS TO CLAIM U.K. NUMBER ONE

October 9th, 2009 Heavyweight actor ROBBIE COLTRANE dreads the day the HARRY POTTER movie franchise ends - because he has no idea where his next job will come from. The Scottish star shot to international fame with his role as Hagrid in the blockbusting wizard movies, but admits he fears for the future when shooting on the last installment - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - ends.

September 25th, 2009 'Harry Potter' author JK Rowling joins TwitterNEW YORK — The real J.K. Rowling has come to Twitter.

September 15th, 2009 Britain's PRINCE HARRY has been handed a princely sum from his late mother's estate after turning 25 on Tuesday (15Sep09). The handsome royal is now entitled to part of the inheritance left to him by his late mother, Princess Diana.

August 5th, 2009 LONDON - The latest 'Harry Potter' flick has once again managed to stay on top of the U.K. box office chart, after fighting off competition from a group of daredevil guinea pigs.

July 23rd, 2009 All the magic of Harry Potter could not save his best friend Ron Weasley aka actor Rupert Grint from contracting the dreaded swine flu. Apparently, Rupert got a mild case of swine flu; his publicist confirmed the news "It has just been confirmed that Rupert Grint has taken a few days out of filming due to a mild bout of swine flu," Grint 20; stars as Ron Weasley; Harry Potter’s best friend in the Harry Potter franchise.

July 22nd, 2009 'G-Force' likely to put guinea pigs atop pet listLOS ANGELES — The Disney movie "G-Force" shows a squad of specially trained, computer-generated guinea pig spies coming to the world's rescue. After the movie comes out, though, animal activists say it will be real life guinea pigs who need rescuing.

July 21st, 2009 LONDON - The sixth instalment of Harry Potter has given Hollywood studio Warner Bros. its seventh No.1 hit of the year and has pushed the studio's domestic gross past the $1 billion mark.

July 16th, 2009 LONDON - The sixth instalment of Harry Potter has smashed US box office records by raking in a whopping $22.2 million in less than 24 hours and it is said to be the best midnight opening of all times. The booking for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" opened Wednesday.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - Harry Potter star Emma Watson is not only a skilled actress, she is also good in table tennis. The 19-year-old is so good that co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint have stopped playing with her.

July 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - 'Harry Potter' actress Emma Watson has said that she prefers watching earlier films in the franchise because she looks like a "chipmunk" in them, and does not recognise herself. Watson, who has been playing Hermione Granger since she was 10, likes to watch the initial 'Harry Potter' instalments because she looks so different.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - Hermione Granger, the character in the Harry Potter series played by Emma Watson, topped a poll to find the most beloved of the characters. Contactmusic.com reports that fans picked Granger as the favourite from the Harry Potter gang and they believe she will go on to have the most successful career in movies once the franchise is over.

July 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - She might have worked with Hollywood heartthrob Robert Pattinson, but Harry Potter star Emma Watson denies any sparks ever flew within them. While attending the Ziegfeld Theatre premiere of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", Watson admitted that she and Pattinson are "good friends".

July 11th, 2009 NEW YORK - Emma Watson has revealed that she was nervous while doing the highly anticipated kissing scene with Rupert Grint in the final 'Harry Potter' film. "Rupert and I were quite nervous that it might look ingenuous as we were so desperate to get it over with.

July 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Emma Watson is apprehensive about what turn her life will take after the series of Harry Potter flicks end. "It's going to sound dramatic, but I feel my life as I know it will be over.

July 8th, 2009 LONDON - Here's the Harry Potter effect. Fans of the hit wizard series braved the pouring rain to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars at the London premiere of the new film.