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A Harry Potter Fan, at Home and at Work NEWSWEEK General Editor Malcolm Jones and his 11-year-old daughter, Susannah, share a fascination with the Harry Potter series of books. For Christmas last year, he decorated a small bookcase with handpainted pictures from the Potter stories. The recipient was a grateful but severe critic. “She noticed right away that Dumbledore’s glasses weren’t half moons and that the Golden Snitch did not have wings,” Jones says....

They’re pretty cool. Seeing the Cavaliers point guard as a gray-bearded senior citizen, who still has “it” on the court and wears young bucks out, immediately conjures up images of the old heads who show up to test their mettle at pickup games all over the country. Obviously, Irving’s skills are on point and, for the length of the spots, which ring anywhere from a minute and a half to extended versions that last as long as seven minutes, his acting chops aren’t too bad either....

Now Gaddis has published A Frolic of His Own (586 pages. Poseidon. 825), an extended satire on America’s increasingly litigious ways. Surely no theme could be more timely? Surely, too, we’ve grown accustomed to unusual narrative strategies. A novel written almost entirely in dialogue with no quotation marks–that’s not too daunting these days. As for Gaddis’s gloomy vision of American life, the greed, plagiarism and self-absorption that he describes would not look out of place on an episode of “Roseanne” or “The Simpsons....

The moment capped a week full of missteps by Coca-Cola. The company was trying to quell a widening–and widely exaggerated– health scare in Europe over the safety of its soft drinks. It started two weeks ago when several dozen Belgian school children became nauseated after drinking Coke from glass bottles that had been filled at a plant in Antwerp. Two days later another group of Belgians complained of digestive problems after drinking from cans dispensed by vending machines in Dunkerque, France....

The tracks on “A Lo Cubano” (“In the Cuban Way”) are certainly hip-hop, but they’re no mere knockoffs of American styles. The band draws on both the rich palette of Cuban rhythms and on the more recent European traditions found in trip-hop. Orishas has four distinct voices, singing and rapping in Spanish. They’re backed by horns, percussion, Cuban stringed instruments such as the cuatro, as well as machine beats and scratching....

Not every Trophy list on PlayStation will feature sad objectives, as not every game includes tragic moments. Still, the ones that do have a variety of tasks that tug on the heart strings, from killing a kind enemy to being deliberately rude to a beloved character. For those that love hunting for achievements, looking back at some of the Trophies that pushed players to their limits can serve as a fun history lesson....

Meanwhile, an hour later Bob House, a 36-year-old high-school teacher from Georgia, successfully conquered this million-dollar question from Regis: a) Albert Einsteinb) Niels Bohrc) Isaac Newtond) Enrico Fermi The right man, in both cases, is pictured above. That’s your second hint, and that’s all you get: C’mon, we can’t just give you the answer.

The Match has brought some of sports’ greatest personalities to the links, all for a good cause. And the tradition is set to continue this week with the seventh iteration of competition taking place. This one will pit PGA Tour veterans Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy against a pair of their peers in Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth. This represents Woods’ third-ever foray into the competition — he’s hoping to improve his record to 2-1 with a win on Saturday....

Mohan was drawn to photograph elephants wherever he went for magazine shoots. He followed the elephant trail through 11 countries—including India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand and Cambodia—and gradually evolved into an environmentalist, recording through his images the sad plight of a vanishing species. Mohan’s collection of black-and-white images, shot over six “very long” years, is now a handsome big-format book, “Vanishing Giants: Elephants of Asia” ( Editions Didier Millet), with a foreword by British environmentalist David Bellamy....

The move comes just a week after Spitzer filed a civil lawsuit against Grasso demanding that he fork over most of the $139.5 million in pay he received last year under the provisions of a state law that governs not-for-profit entities such as the NYSE. Spitzer filed the suit after Grasso made it clear he wasn’t prepared to return any of the money, which was granted by the NYSE board....

A childhood wish… When I was a child, I aspired to become a sportsperson. But the place where I was born and grew up in was a small, devoid of any sporting facilities. I was good at studies as well, and my parents convinced me to concentrate on studies more than sports. But my love for sport didn’t diminish. I kept on following various sports and athletes. …nurtured at the workplace The decision to continue in academics turned out to be very useful....

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed the bill, SB202, last week after it was passed in the state’s Republican-led Legislature. The bill came in response to widespread claims of voter fraud, despite officials in Georgia and across the nation saying there was no evidence of such fraud in the 2020 election. The new law limits the number of mail ballot drop boxes in the state; lessens the time residents have to request an absentee ballot; requires residents to provide a photo ID when casting their mail-in ballot; and makes it a misdemeanor to give “money or gifts,” as well as “food and drink,” to voters waiting in line....

Though he was unable to get past Brady and the New England Patriots in the playoffs as the Chiefs lost in the AFC Championship game, Mahomes became the clear frontrunner after a scarcely believable first season as Kansas City’s starting QB. Mahomes ended 2018 near the top of almost every statistical category, having transformed the Chiefs offense, and looks set to serve as one of the faces of the NFL for years to come....

We were staying at the chateau of some friends, the Aga Khan and his wife, Sally. It was beautiful but very cold. Ronnie wanted to have some time alone with Gorbachev so that they could establish some kind of personal relationship and size each other up. So we took a walk, and down by the lake there was this boathouse that was wonderful–right size; a small, not huge fireplace; beautiful view of the lake–and we both said, “That’s it, that’s where it should be....

So what is in the Indian psyche which prevents them from transforming their home form to the international stage? Believe me, every player and his dog will suddenly come back to form when they reach home. So what is it? Yes they have to play under alien conditions. Are the conditions so different that they are not able to adjust? Did they not prepare accordingly to face alien conditions? Failing to prepare is preparing to fail!...

If Michael Phelps cemented himself as one of the greatest swimming legends, Ledecky has very much established herself as his female counterpart. Breaking existing records is child’s play for the 24-year-old, who already has five gold medals from the Olympics and 15 from the World Championships. What’s more, she is never tired and never ever likes to rest on her laurels. Come Tokyo Olympics, Katie Ledecky will be setting her sights on adding four more individual gold medals to her illustrious resume....

Victoria Azarenka’s win too carried a lot of weight that gave her a special place amongst the tournament’s rare few winners who have claimed the title thrice or more. Here’s a look at the most successful winners of the Miami Open that had its inception in 1985: 8 titles: Serena Williams Serena Williams’ reign at the Miami Open is simply unmatched and the best of her career at any tournament....

Solana Labs, the technology company behind the Solana blockchain, has unveiled plans to release a purpose-built Android phone for its cryptocurrency ecosystem. Not all blockchain experts, however, are thrilled by the announcement. “Cryptocurrency does not need crypto native phones,” tweeted Justin Bons, founder and CIO of crypto investment firm Cyber Capital. “It needs better software which can run securely on the phones we all already own!” If it Ain’t Broke Solana Labs’ CEO Anatoly Yakovenko launched the phone, dubbed Saga, at an event in New York....