Richard Brooks

Harry Potter is set to work his magic again. As the final two films of JK Rowling's series approach completion, a new "Hogwarts experience" is to open in the studios where they are made.

Actor Robert Blake, a child star from the "Our Gang" comedies who won adult fame as a street-wise undercover cop on the popular 1970s television series "Baretta" before being charged in the 2001 killing of his wife, has died at age 89.

The Academy Awards ceremony is a long, lavish event whose main function is to provide answers to future trivia questions. In most respects, last Sunday's broadcast was true to form.