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Radcliffe: I'm drunk in some 'Harry Potter' scenes

Daniel Radcliffe admitted he was drunk while filming some scenes for the "Harry Potter" movies during a period in his life where he was drinking "nightly," the young star said in an interview.

"I have a very addictive personality. It was a problem. People with problems like that are very adept at hiding it. It was bad. I don't want to go into details, but I drank a lot and it was daily -- I mean nightly," Radcliffe said to British celebrity news magazine Heat earlier this week.

The Latest from "The Pottermore Insider"

We’re now four days into the Pottermore Beta and we wanted to update you on how things are going.

At the start of this week, we sent out Welcome emails to a small number of Beta users. These people have been busy exploring the site, leaving comments to tell us when they like something, and making suggestions when they find something they would like us to improve. In just four days we’ve learned an awful lot and, as a result, have started making changes to improve the Pottermore experience.

Videos: J.K. Rowling traces family history on BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?

As reported earlier this month, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling traced her maternal roots back to France on the programme Who Do You Think You Are? trying to find the truth about her great-grandfather, whom she believed received the legion d'honneur for his armed services.

Go behind the scenes with 'Harry Potter'

If, after seven books, eight films and countless commercial product tie-ins, you still haven’t had enough of J.K. Rowling’s world of Harry Potter, then you’re in luck.

Warner Bros. announced this week that in spring 2012 it will begin offering a behind-the-scenes tour of the elaborate studios just outside London where the Potter productions have been filmed for the past 10 years.

Direct from "The Leaky Cauldron": Leaky's Pottermore First Impressions Live Blog and Review

This morning, Leaky was lucky enough to gain early beta access to Pottermore, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter online reading experience. As I go through the process of exploring Pottermore, this post will live blog my latest reactions, experiences, and discoveries. Those who wish to wait to experience Pottermore for themselves please do read with caution as this post will contain details on the process and moments from the online experience. A full review of Pottermore is due shortly. Enjoy!

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New "Deathly Hallows" Neville Poster

New "Deathly Hallows" Neville Poster

Box office heading toward record despite economy

(Reuters) - A popular boy wizard, comic-book heroes and some foul-mouthed women are leading Hollywood toward a record-breaking summer despite the sour economy and high unemployment resulting in tightened consumer spending.

Underscoring the notion that movies are recession-proof, U.S. and Canadian ticket sales are expected to finish nearly 5 percent higher than a year ago thanks to the "Harry Potter" finale and other big-budget sequels plus raunchy adult comedies such as "Bridesmaids."

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie charter entire Virgin train as Harry Potter treat

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie chartered an entire train to take their brood up to Scotland from their current base in London.

Brangelina spent thousands of pounds chartering the Virgin Pendolino for their trip from Euston to Glasgow, where Brad is set to shoot scenes for his new film World War Z.

The couple took nine-year-old Maddox, Pax, seven, Zahara, six, five-year-old Shiloh and three-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne on the journey as a special treat.

The Woman in Black Trailer: Daniel Radcliffe and a Terrifying Doll Menagerie

Harry Potter: Ghost Hunter? The new trailer for The Woman in Black expands on the unbelievable creepiness of its predecessor by adding in the spookiest objects on earth: old-fashioned dolls. How did people in the past ever sleep? Their houses were filled with terror tchotchkes.

Tickets for ‘The Making of Harry Potter’ Studio Tour Will Go On Sale October 13

If you, like me, have always been bummed that Hogwarts wasn’t actually real, have we got some news for you. No, the wizarding academy hasn’t suddenly decided to open its doors to us Muggles — but Warner Bros. will be opening up a tour of its Leavesden soundstages, where much of the films were shot. Called “Warner Bros. Studio Tour London — The Making of Harry Potter,” it’s as close as you’re bound to get to actually attending Professor Snape’s Potions class in this lifetime.

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