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'Half-Blood Prince' full of emotional and physical fireworks

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:52:00 -0400

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , the gang at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry enters the molten thick of adolescence.

'Harry Potter' names cast a spell

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

But sharing one with Rowling characters is not magical for some in Md.

Many of the names that Rowling chose for her characters -- names such as Nymphadora, Gilderoy and Draco -- are hardly common. Nonetheless, there are enough Marylanders who share a name with Rowling's wizards to make up several Quidditch teams. Maryland has or recently had at least three Harry Potters, 16 Hermiones, 3 Siriuses, 13 men named Snape and 15 women named Narcissa. We used to have a Severus, but he's fled north. So has Maryland's only known former Bellatrix.

Journey, Night Ranger to perform at 1st Mariner Arena

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:39:00 -0400

Journey, along with fellow San Francisco rock group Night Ranger, is set to play at the downtown venue at 8 p.m. Sept. 9. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.

Swift picks: Entertainment not to miss this week

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:29:22 -0400

Report: LaToya Jackson says Michael was murdered

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:26:00 -0400

Two British Sunday newspapers said LaToya Jackson believes her brother Michael Jackson was murdered by a group of conspirators trying to get hold of his fortune.

Neil Patrick Harris to host Emmys

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:57:00 -0400

The broadcast airs live Sept. 20

Neil Patrick Harris, who won critical acclaim hosting last month's Tonys, will fill the same role for the prime-time Emmys.

Z on TV: PBS shines, CNN stumbles in Sotomayor hearings

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:59:21 -0400

What makes Pappas popular?

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Parkville fixture features food that satisfies yen for an Old Baltimore meal

Parkville fixture features food that satisfies yen for an Old Baltimore meal

Concert review: Billy Joel and Elton John

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:56:15 -0400

Baltimore Development Cooperative wins $25,000 Artscape prize

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Baltimore Development Cooperative, a four-year-old organization that blends art and urban activism, received the $25,000 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize Saturday night in a ceremony at the Baltimore Museum of Art.