Prolific Potter author aims older
It may lack wizards and witches, but J.K. Rowling and her publisher are hoping her first novel for adults, “The Casual Vacancy,” will have the magic touch.
The book’s title was announced Thursday by Little, Brown & Co. along with a brief plot synopsis and publication date. The publisher said the “blackly comic” tale of rivalry and duplicity in a small English town would be available worldwide on Sept. 27.
The book will be Rowling’s first post-Harry Potter effort. Her seven-volume saga about the adventures of a boy wizard became one of the most successful fictional series in history and led to a series of extremely popular films.
Paul down and out in Albuquerque
An actor who plays a high-rolling drug dealer on the Emmy Award-winning AMC drama “Breaking Bad” is griping about crime in Albuquerque, N.M., where the show is filmed.
Aaron Paul tweeted this week that he was burglarized twice while shooting the hit series about a teacher and former student played by Paul who become partners in crime. He said his car and now his house were hit.
An April 1 police report obtained by KOAT-TV shows Paul reported a laptop, sunglasses and digital voice recorder were stolen.
He later tweeted that he loves “Albuquerque and the people. Just felt violated and super sad to lose personal items from my home.” They were later removed, but on Wednesday he tweeted to the station that he loves Albuquerque but hates the crime.
Johansson tunes out nude photos
Scarlett Johansson admits it still bothers her to think countless people have likely seen her naked.
The actress speaks out in the May issue of Vogue magazine about having her email hacked last year where private photos she took for ex-husband Ryan Reynolds were leaked online.
Johansson talks about going out to dinner and feeling “paranoid” that people in the restaurant had seen her body. Still, she says she doesn’t want pity and has coped by “tuning it all out.” Because of that, she stopped following celebrity gossip and reading stories about herself.
The birthday bunch
Movie director Stanley Donen is 88. Actor Lyle Waggoner is 77. Actor Paul Sorvino is 73. Poet Seamus Heaney is 73. Rock musician Jack Casady is 68. Actor Tony Dow is 67. Singer Al Green is 66. Actor Ron Perlman is 62. Singer Peabo Bryson is 61. Bandleader/rock musician Max Weinberg is 61. Rock musician Jimmy Destri is 58. Actress-comedian Caroline Rhea is 48. Actor Ricky Schroder is 42. Actor Bokeem Woodbine is 39. Pop singer Nellie McKay is 30.