Harry Potter

Cloak of invisibility is finally within sight

Friday March 19 2010

From Grimms' fairytales to 'Harry Potter', the cloak of invisibility has played a major role in fiction. Now scientists have taken a small but important new step towards making it a reality.

Robert Downey Jr in Gravity talks?

Tuesday March 16 2010

Robert Downey Jr is in talks to play an astronaut in Gravity.

Daniel's food poisoning nightmare

Monday March 08 2010

Daniel Radcliffe has reportedly been struck with a severe case of food poisoning.

Words of comfort from an old friend

Sunday March 07 2010

LAST week saw World Book Day, a marketing idea, of course, but perhaps not an entirely self-interested one. The book trade, like everything else, is being hit hard by recession, and the closure of Hughes & Hughes, that wonderful chain of family-owned shops, is a deeply sad thing for all Irish book lovers as well as for the company's 260 staff.

Queen Helena in her Wonderland

Sunday March 07 2010

Helena Bonham Carter is late. Her partner, Tim Burton, is also late. I suppose it makes sense that they would be arriving together, but nobody seems that surprised at their delay. It wouldn't be in keeping with their reputation as "the bonkers couple" if they were to appear bang on time.

Star wars -- it's the final showdown

Saturday March 06 2010

They are gathered for Newsweek magazine's annual Oscar nomination shortlist discussion. They are not entirely happy. The discussion in the room is of motion-capture acting, the method used in the blockbuster Avatar to capture actors' facial expressions and map them onto computer-generated images.