Large & in charge

Universal Orlando's Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park has made some adjustments to their rides so larger people can now enjoy them. A park rep says, "We made some adjustments to the Forbidden Journey ride's overhead restraints that would allow more people to ride."

Too Fat to Fly

The new Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park in Orlando, Florida is under fire for refusing to allow overweight people to ride The Forbidden Journey roller coaster. Park officials claim the coaster can only handle people who weigh 265 pounds or less.

Harry Potter Land

The opening of the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park has been pushed back to the Spring of 2010. Located at the Universal Orlando Resort in Florida, the park will feature a 15-story Hogwarts Castle that will house the ride Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey and The Hippogriff rollercoaster. The main village will have replicas of the Three Broomsticks restaurant and Hogs Head pub, where Butter Beer will be served.
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POT-ter Head

Jamie Waylett, who plays school bully Vincent Crabbe in all six Harry Potter movies, plead guilty yesterday to marijuana possession. He got busted after police found eight bags of weed and a knife during a search of his car. When they searched his mother's house they found 10 marijuana plants. Waylett will be sentenced on Tuesday and faces 14 years in jail.

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Wizardry 101: Meredith College Professor Lori Brown is planning on teaching a Harry Potter course in the Spring of 2010 called "Muggle vs. The Wizarding World -- Examining Sociological Ideas in the Stories of Harry Potter." Students will be required to read at least two Harry Potter books and watch each of the Potter films. Brown says, "J.K. Rowling has created another world that has some of the same problems we do. It's not so hard to talk about issues of race when it's talked about in muggles and mudbloods."

Ron Weasley gets Swine Flu

It seems that there's no magic spell against the swine flu. Rupert Grint, 20, who plays Harry Potter's pal Ron Weasley, caught the notorious bug while filming the latest movie in the wizard series but is now well enough to attend Tuesday's London premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Grint's doctor determined that the actor is not contagious, the rep adds.
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