Poppedy Popped Culture

It’s official. J. K. Rowling has spilled the beans about good ole Dumbledore’s sexual preference:
Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character Friday night while appearing before a full house […]

I think I will actually try to read this book. I’m so busy with my offline job that I hardly ever get a chance for pleasure reading. Let’s see if that will change.
Oprah Winfrey picked “Love in the Time of Cholera” as her next book club selection on Friday, the second time she […]

Courtney Thorne-Smith, who I will always remember as that whacked out Alison from “Melrose Place” has just penned a novel titled “Outside In:”
the characters include a vulnerable TV star, a philandering husband and a callous mom. None of them is plucked directly from her own life, the actress says firmly.
“I know people are going to […]

I’m dreaming of going on a vacation. But alas, it’s just a dream.
Anyway, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, the author of “100 Places Every Woman Should Go” shares her top eight destination choices for women:
1. For inspiration and enlightenment: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
2. For indulgence: Lingerie shopping in Paris
3. For purification and beautification: The banyas […]

Terry McMillian’s ex husband, Jonathan Plummer is getting into the family business and penning his own “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” titled “Balancing Act“. This should be juicy. I wonder what he’s balancing. ??? (more at GreasyGuide)
With such no-nonsense reporting of an alleged celebrity’s every move, I wonder if there’s a conspiracy to create […]

Nicolas Cage and his 16-year-old son, Weston, took their new comic book, “Voodoo Child,” to the pop culture expo Comic-Con on Sunday.
Weston dreamt up the main character, Gabriel, a biracial teenage ghost who fights the evil of bigotry in post-Katrina New Orleans.
“He’s specifically dealing with racism,” said Cage.
“This is a highlight in my life,” Cage […]

Remember little Winnie from “The Wonder Years.”
Well, it looks like the actress who played Winnie, Danica McKellar has just penned a book about math titled “Math Doesn’t Suck,” to encourage girls to get into math.
“When girls see the antics of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, they think that being fun and glamorous also means being […]

The latest Harry Potter Book has already broken Amazon.com’s pre-order record and there’s still 19 days left to order.
Amazon.com announced that the U.S. pre-orders for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling’s popular series, has topped 1 million.
That surpasses the previous record set at Amazon.com in 2005 by […]