By Azi Paybarah 7/20/07 12:53pm

The Death Eater Vote

A day before the long-awaited final installment of Harry Potter comes out…

A reader sends in an image of this bumper sticker on a car in Brooklyn. (Apparently, it's been a sell-out item at Potter-fan gatherings. Go figure.)

By Rex Reed 11/21/05 12:00am

How Can Genius Be Boring?

The story goes that when he was being wheeled into the brain surgery that led to his death, the legendary jazz drummer and big-band icon Buddy Rich was asked by the attending nurses if he was allergic to anything. “Yes,” he barked, rising from his gurney, “country music!” Since I pretty much feel the same Read More

By Rex Reed 12:00am

There’s Something About Harry!

Get used to the word “magic”; you’ll be hearing it a lot as the grosses for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone break all records and reach the stratosphere. I’ve never read any of those J.K. Rowling children’s novels the size of telephone books, and I usually avoid kids’ movies the way I avoid preschoolers Read More

By Dale Hrabi 11/12/01 12:00am

Fear of Flying? Stay Off Harry’s Broomstick

Escapism seemed like a good idea at the time. Like most of us, I wasn’t handling terrorism especially well. I was wholly unqualified to search through rubble or soothe the relatives of the missing. I hadn’t prayed for 21 years. My skills as a fashion-magazine editor were pointless; there were no hot lines for lively Read More