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    The secret of the spell

    Steven Kloves is photographed in the Harry Potter Museum at the Warner Brothers Museum in Burbank...

    The secret of the spell

    Screenwriter Steve Kloves, who, with the exception of The Order of the Phoenix, has adapted all the "Harry Potter" books for film, talks to Denise Martin, of The Los Angeles Times about the coming Half-Blood Prince

    Novel for the times

    When Michael Connelly decided to set his 20th crime novel, 'The Scarecrow', amid the wreckage of...

    Novel for the times

    Former journalist Michael Connelly may have thought he'd left the tyranny of headlines behind. But as Bob Thompson, of The Washington Post found out, that wasn't necessarily so.

    Cutting the deals

    Discussing the challenges facing film producers are (from left) Gary Lucchesi, Michael London,...

    Cutting the deals

    They are either the creative driving force behind cinema or its gatekeepers. John Horn, of the Los Angeles Times, talks to the producers.

    Plenty of celebrity tales

    Plenty of celebrity tales

    If your channel surfing abruptly halts due to a sudden desire to get the inside dirt on the Baldwin brothers or the latest Hollywood crime spree, you've likely stumbled upon an episode of E! True Hollywood Story.

    Forever Neil Young

    Forever Neil Young

    The fabled granddaddy of Americana is dusting the rust from his legacy and boxing it up anew, for posterity's sake, reports Randy Lewis, of the Los Angeles Times.