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---Swades Weekly november, 07
new story: Dumbledore? gay?
J. K. Rowling, author of the worldwide best-selling Harry Potter series, met some of her American fans Friday night and provided some surprising revelations about the fictional characters who a generation of children have come to regard as close friends. In front of a full house of hardcore Potter fans at Carnegie Hall in New York, Rowling, sitting on the stage on a red velvet and carved wood throne, read from her seventh and final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," then took questions. One fan asked whether Albus Dumbledore, the head of the famed Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, had ever loved anyone. Rowling smiled. "Dumbledore is gay, actually," replied Rowling as the audience erupted in surprise. She added that, in her mind, Dumbledore had an unrequited love affair with Gellert Grindelwald, Voldemort's predecessor who appears in the seventh book. After several minutes of prolonged shouting and clapping from astonished fans, Rowling added. "I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy." in the answer to: "Did Hagrid marry?" Rowling replied that sadly, no. The half-giant had a flirtation with a giantess but she found him "a tad unsophisticated" and the relationship never went forward. In response to the audience's groans of dismay, Rowling said, jokingly, "OK, I'll write another book." And when the audience continued to express disapproval added, "at least I didn't kill him."
Other minor characters, according to Rowling, came to happier ends. Neville Longbottom, Harry's meek and hapless classmate, married Hannah Abbott, another classmate.
Original story follows:
It's been seven years and five insanely popular books since author J. K. Rowling last wowed American disciples with a live reading. That explains the Beatlemania-esque shrieks from 1,600 lucky Los Angeles teens and preteens who listened on Monday morning to Rowling read a bit of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," her seventh and final book in this best-selling series. Afterward she met with and signed copies of her book for each of the children, all of whom had competed in a Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) essay competition to win a coveted seat at today's event at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
new story: was beckett robbed? 
Mailbag: Why didn't Beckett win?
Is it just me or does everyone else think Josh Beckett got robbed of the American League Cy Young Award?
-- Chad D., Lynchburg, Va.
As someone who covered just about every start Beckett made in 2007, I thought he was the best pitcher in the AL. But I didn't see C.C. Sabathia pitch every fifth day. All voters can do is use as much personal observation as well as statistical data as there is available. Viewing all the numbers, you really could have gone either way on this vote. I am surprised Sabathia won by the margin he did. If the postseason counted in the voting, Beckett obviously would have won in a landslide. This might spur Beckett on to an even better season in 2008. Beckett is such a competitor that he doesn't think he should be anything less than the best pitcher in baseball. And it really wouldn't shock me at all to see him take his game to an even higher level. He is at the age where a pitcher starts to peak.
There had been some rumors about Gabe Kapler returning to the Red Sox. Do you think that Boston will sign him?
-- Kane O., Windsor, Vt.
I could see the Red Sox giving Kapler an invitation to Spring Training. Obviously, they think highly of him. But it's unknown how well Kapler's body will respond to the rigors of playing again after taking a full year off. It would be good to see Kapler back in the fold. His work ethic and leadership would help any team he plays for.
Do you see the Red Sox being as active this offseason as they were last season?
-- Sean N., San Diego
The Red Sox will be active in terms of monitoring all the activity on the market. But I don't think they need to make as many moves as they have the in past few years. This is a championship-caliber team as presently constituted, with just some tweaks needed. Obviously, if they can't re-sign Mike Lowell, a big move will have to be made to replace him.
Why would there be any consideration of getting rid of Coco Crisp? The fact is the Red Sox have been successful platooning players to keep them productive. If the three starters were rested for a quarter of their games or parts of games, Crisp would get into the same number of contests. He's also a switch-hitter and fast, plus he's great defensively. This should clearly work for a four-man outfield contingent.
-- Pat M., Biddeford, Maine
The problem is that Crisp is an everyday player, and coming off the bench would be an extremely difficult decision for him considering his age. He's just entering his prime years. Crisp might be able to land the Red Sox a valuable prospect or two. But the Sox are under no obligation to trade him, so maybe he will be part of the four-man outfield you are speaking of.
Miguel Cabrera's name has been tossed around a lot this offseason. If the Sox are unable to re-sign Lowell and they decide to trade for Cabrera, how much would they be willing to trade for him? Would trading Clay Buchholz be worth it?
-- Josh B., Newton, Mass.
Cabrera is a production machine, and that's why the Marlins will demand A-level prospects if they're going to deal him. I'm not sure if the Red Sox would be willing to part with Buchholz. When you have a choice between a special player and a special pitcher, you usually go with the pitcher. That's why the Sox were willing to trade Hanley Ramirez for Beckett two years ago.
What is Brendan Donnelly's status? Should we expect to see him next season with the Sox?
-- Alec L., Saco, Maine
Donnelly is going to miss most of 2008 following his Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery. There is a chance the Red Sox will bring him back and he can do his rehab under their watch, and perhaps pitch toward the end of the year.
With Fenway Park turning 100 years old in 2012, what are the chances that the All-Star Game will be held there then?
-- Ryan W., Brimfield, Mass.
I think that's very logical and you could very well see that happen. Everyone remembers what a great event the All-Star Game was when it was held at Fenway in 1999. This time around, with all the improvements made to the yard over the past few years, I would think it would be even better.
Lea acerca de Brad Pitt en Español
This sensuously handsome blond actor emerged as one of the most celebrated screen sex symbols of 1990s Hollywood. Brad Pitt started out in TV guest spots (including a recurring role on the CBS primetime soap "Dallas" in 1987) that tended to capitalize on his wiry good looks. He co-starred in "Glory Days" (Fox, 1990), a short-lived drama about post-high school angst. Pitt entered features via the well-traveled low road, appearing in supporting roles in such standard teen fodder as slasher flicks, comedies and family-oriented sports dramas.
Pitt gained relatively instant stardom as the hitchhiking hunk--part charmer, part thief--who seduces Geena Davisin the female buddy movie, "Thelma & Louise" (1991). The following year, he achieved leading man status sporting a formidable pompadour as the fictitious, aspiring teen idol "Johnny Suede", and maintained the hairstyle as a soft-hearted yet hard-boiled vet turned cartoon cop in "Cool World", Ralph Bakshi's uneven blend of live-action and animation. Pitt gained some critical esteem playing the troubled younger brother who casts a mean fishing line in Robert Redford's "A River Runs Through It" (also 1992), but fared less well as a bearded psycho killer in "Kalifornia" (1993). He provided a delightful character turn as a stoner roommate in the Quentin Tarantinoscripted "True Romance" (also 1993). Pitt subsequently played his first high profile lead in a Hollywood blockbuster as Louis, the lachrymose narrator of "Interview With the Vampire" (1994). His depressed bloodsucker seemed all the more anemic paired with a lively Tom Cruise. Pitt's star qualities were better displayed in "Legends of the Fall" (also 1994), as the wild, middle brother of a colorful Western clan. In a change of pace from glamour roles (and to subtly subvert his being dubbed "the sexiest man alive" by People magazine), the actor played a scruffy, arrogant policeman tracking a serial killer with Morgan Freemanin "Seven" and earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination as a twitching mental patient/animal rights activist in the Terry Gilliam-directed "12 Monkeys" (both 1995).
After a turn as a prosecutor in Barry Levinson's "Sleepers" (1996), Pitt adopted a Belfast accent as an IRA gunman seeking refuge in the home of a NYC cop (Harrison Ford in "The Devil's Own" (1997). What had been a long a troubled shoot resulted in a muddled and uneven drama. Pitt caused some controversy with a Newsweek interview in which he made disparaging comments about the film and its script. With "Seven Years in Tibet" (1997), he adopted an Austrian accent to play an egotistical man who undergoes a conversion of sorts when he is befriended by the youthful Dalai Lama. That film was also the subject of some debate when it was revealed that Heinrich Harrer (the character Pitt portrayed) had been a Nazi Party member; the resultant negative publicity and mixed reviews probably hurt the film's box office. Pitt followed by reteaming with his "Legends of the Falls" co-star Anthony Hopkinsin the languid "Meet Joe Black" (1998), a loose remake of "Death Takes a Holiday" with the younger thespian portraying the Grim Reaper in human form.
Further downplaying his attractive facade, Pitt was cast as Tyler Durden, the straight-shooting but charismatic mastermind behind "Fight Club" (1999), an underground society of disaffected young men who engage in fisticuffs. He continued in a similar vein with a turn as an Irish gypsy with a flair for bare knuckles boxing in "Snatch" (2000). In both of these films, Pitt's muscular physique was on display but in "Fight Club", he favored a scruffy look while in "Snatch", he was covered in tattoos. In "The Mexican" (2001), he offered a relaxed, loose turn as a somewhat dim low-level gangster sent south (over the objections of his long-time girlfriend) to retrieve the title object, an antique pistol that supposedly carried a curse. He remained busy portraying the protege of a retiring CIA operative (Robert Redford) in "Spy Game" and joining the ensemble of the Steven Soderbergh-directed remake of "Ocean's Eleven" (both 2001). In 2002, Pitt made a brief appearance in Soderbergh's experimental film "Full Frontal." He also took on the role of a man who travels 500 years in his past in the science fiction movie "The Fountain" which also starred Cate Blanchett Ellen Burstyn and Johnny Depp(lensed 2002).
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