Is the latest Harry Potter flap a case of plagiarism? Trespassing on intellectual property? Pure coincidence? Writer's pride? You be the judge.
Nancy Stouffer claims that J.K. Rowling, British author of the explosively popular Harry Potter books, lifted several names -- like Muggles and Potter -- and situations from Stouffer's self-published books in the 1980s, and fobbed them off as her own.
For her part, Rowling says she has never heard of Nancy Stouffer's books. Read More...
♪ ♪ (indistinct chatter) CATHRYN JOHNSON: What were you diagnosed as having?
JEREMIAH ROBINSON: Anxiety... JOHNSON: Mm-hmm.
ROBINSON: PTSD.
JOHNSON: Mm-hmm.
ROBINSON: Depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia.
JOHNSON: Wow.
ROBINSON: I've been in state penitentiary two times.
And I've been locked up in here, in Cook County, I can't even count how many times.
Not too long ago, I was diagnosed with all those different type of illnesses.
I really didn't buy it at first because I was just thinking, like, maybe the feeling that I was having was more, like, from me being incarcerated. Read More...
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Power couple Sofía Vergara and Joe Manganiello have separated and are divorcing after seven years together. The offensively beautiful pair wed in a lavish Palm Beach ceremony in November 2015 in front of 400 guests, a riot of white flowers and a surprise performance by Pitbull.
What Mr. Worldwide hath put together let no man put asunder — or so we hoped. The ever watchful eyebrows of the internet were raised earlier this summer when the pair listed their Beverly Hills mansion and all but disappeared from one another’s social media feeds and personal celebrations. Read More...
