Issue Date: May 11, 2008
Now that the last of the Harry Potter films is complete, does star Daniel Radcliffe have other movies already lined up?
Ruth Coleman, Aliquippa, Pa.
Not so fast, Ruth. The film of the sixth Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," is still in production for November release, and the Potter-meisters at Warner Bros. have decided to make two films out of the seventh and last in the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Those will be shot together next year for release in November 2010 and May 2011. However, Radcliffe, 18, already is branching out. In September, he opens in "Equus" on Broadway.
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When inspirational speaker Rose Rock, Chris Rock's mom, gives parenting advice, people listen. So the former pre-school teacher who raised 27 children (10 of her own, 17 foster kids) turned her expertise into a book, "Mama Rock's Rules," in stores now. It's filled with "common-sense advice, which everyone knows isn't common," she says. We had to ask what Chris needed most. "He was just all boy, very inquisitive, a daredevil," says Rose, 63. "Most of it was just reining him in and not letting him kill himself."
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Barbara Corcoran, 59, a real estate expert on NBC and CNBC, illuminates real estate retirement trends in her latest book, "Nextville." She fills us in.
Retiring: "Don't look to fit into a place. You should look for a place that wraps you well."
The big retirement trend: "One of the recent trends is finding and pursuing your passion, finding what really floats your boat."
Motivation: "What motivates me is the insecurity that I might be forgotten, and that's what gets me going and pushing and knocking."
Biggest challenge: "My dyslexia. I am eternally fearful of people thinking that I'm stupid. I think my whole career was nothing but one long, tedious attempt to prove I'm not stupid."
Other interests: "First and foremost are my kids. My son, who just turned 14, and my daughter, who just turned 2, keep me busy, and then I have my third kid -- my husband, Bill, who is high maintenance."
Online bonus: More about Corcoran.
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Have any of the winners of Tyra Banks' "America's Next Top Model" made it big? I never see them.
Jennifer Shaffer, Sheboygan, Wis.
A few have gone on to national modeling jobs, but it's not like any have become the new Tyra. Season 2 runner-up Mercedes Yvette has done some TV commercials, and Season 2 winner Yoanna House has modeled for Sephora and Levi Strauss. Season 6's Dani Evans and Season 7's CariDee English re-newed with CoverGirl after their initial contracts ended. Season 8's Jaslene Gonzalez was on the cover of "Latina" magazine and modeled during Fashion Week for "Project Runway" finalist Jillian Lewis.
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We Brazilian fans of Clay Aiken would like to know more about his plans after "Spamalot" and his new album. Lucia Rácz, São Paulo
Aiken will be taking time off. He ended his three-month run in "Spamalot" this past Sunday and debuted his new album, "On My Way Here," on Tuesday, so he has been more than busy. The 29-year-old knows that fans would like him to tour again, but he says his tight schedule early this year didn't allow him to plan one. He'll take his downtime at home in North Carolina.
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Will President George W. Bush go down in history as one of the worst or least-liked presidents?
Jay Korff, Louisville
We asked historian Gordon S. Wood at Brown University, who said it's too soon to tell: "These questions about what history will say about a current president are misguided. What would historians have said about Harry Truman in 1952?" In February 1952, Truman's 22% Gallup approval rating was the worst ever, until Bush's 19% approval in a February poll by the American Research Group. However, history vindicated Truman, now one of our most revered presidents. Still, Richard Nixon's 24% approval rating is the third lowest since such polling began, and history has yet to rescue him.
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BIRTHDAYS
May 11: Natasha Richardson, 45
May 12: Stephen Baldwin, 42
May 13: Stevie Wonder, 58
May 14: Natasha Ryan, 38, Cate Blanchett, 39
May 15: Emmitt Smith, 39
May 16: Janet Jackson, 42
May 17: Bob Saget, 52, Bill Paxton, 53
Contributing: Gayle Jo Carter, Kathy Rowings, Jon Tollestrup
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