An annotated first edition of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone is set to go up for sale to raise money for charity.

The book, the first in the magical series, features handwritten thoughts and commentary from author J.K. Rowling, alongside 22 hand-drawn illustrations of Potter and Albus Dumbledore.

The novel will be one of the star lots going under the hammer alongside editions of Bridget Jones's Diary and Northern Lights, which include annotations from authors Helen Fielding and Philip Pullman respectively. A copy of Roald Dahl's Matilda containing original drawings by illustrato...

Love all things Renee? Well you might want to check out the recent DVD import infused with a little Zellweger in the form of the "Renee Zellweger 4-Film DVD Collection" out now from Lionsgate Home Entertainment – check out the list of flicks from good to bad below!

Title: "Bridget Jones’s Diary"

Grade: 4

Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant

Director: Sharon Maguire

Rating: R

Runtime: 98 minutes

Release Company: Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Website: www.lionsgatedvd.com

The Flick: By far the most cool and quirky of the four titles, Zellweger is in her element as an ...

Jennifer Lawrence wishes the Bridget Jones movies were never made - because she's desperate to play the beloved British singleton instead of Renee Zellweger.

The Texan actress piled on the pounds and perfected an English accent to play the hapless TV presenter looking for love in two hit movies, and she's gearing up to star in a third installment.

And despite Zellweger monopolizing the part, Lawrence has branded it her dream job - and reveals the film is her go-to movie when she feels down.

She tells Interview magazine, "I have always wanted to play Bridget Jones. I want the movies to...

Movie bosses have assured fans Hugh Grant is still on board for the third Bridget Jones movie, despite recent reports he had bowed out.

It was rumored the British actor, who plays charming troublemaker Daniel Cleaver, had dropped out of shooting the forthcoming installment.

However, Working Title chairman Tim Bevan is adamant Grant will be in the cast, insisting, "Reports that Hugh Grant has exited Bridget Jones's Baby are untrue."

Bevan also admits production has been delayed as writers continue to develop the script.

He explains, "We are still working on the script, hence the dela...

Renee Zellweger packed on the pounds for her role as Bridget Jones in the first two films, but she reportedly refuses to do that to her body again.

Has Bridget Jones gone on a diet? Renee Zellweger has signed on for Bridget Jones‘s Diary 3, however says she refuses to pack on the pounds to play the chubby, yet loveable singleton.

The normally slim Zellweger gained around 25 pounds in 2001 for Bridget Jones’s Diary, quickly lost it all and then regained it all in 2004 for Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.

"I had a panic attack with all the specialists talking about how bad this is for y...

Studio bosses at Working Title Films have confirmed they are working on a third movie about homely literary heroine Bridget Jones.

The first Bridget Jones's Diary film, starring Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, debuted a decade ago and a sequel arrived in 2004.

Firth recently let slip about the plot for the third film in an Entertainment Weekly interview, revealing, "Bridget and (his character) Mark can't have children; I think that's the way it goes on, so then she makes the huge mistake of going back to Daniel Cleaver (Grant) for long enough to get pregnant. And I think he d...

Can the crisp sound and picture of Blu-ray enhance films already blessed with a fair share of critical acclaim? We’re about to find out as we take a gander at four early Miramax titles (back when the cutting-edge Weinstein Bros. were running things!) including "Amélie," "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas," "Chocolat" and "Bridget Jones’s Diary" now out on Blu-ray from Lionsgate.

Title: "Amélie"

Grade: 5

Cast: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Rating: R

Runtime: 122 minutes

Release Company: Lionsgate

Website: www.miramax.com

The Flick:...

Hugh Grant has blasted publishing mogul James Murdoch's decision to shut down British tabloid News of the World over a phone-tapping scandal, as a "cynical managerial maneuver."

The British star, who played a journalist in the "Bridget Jones's Diary" films, called for a complete overhaul of the U.K. tabloid newspaper industry earlier this week after it was revealed the families of murder victims and those affected by the 2005 London Underground bombings may have been targeted in the headline-grabbing scandal.

On Thursday Murdoch announced this Sunday's issue of the News of the World would...

Hollywood's favorite bumbling Brit, Hugh Grant, is the toast of Thursday as he turns 50.

The "Four Weddings & A Funeral" star is so beloved among film fans, he's mostly forgiven for his liaison with prostitute Divine Brown 13 years ago - a scandal that would have ruined many men.

Instead, Grant bounced back with a string of hit movies like "Notting Hill," "Two Weeks Notice" and "Bridget Jones's Diary," in which he played the perfect cad.

Away from Hollywood, he has dated two of the world's great English beauties in Elizabeth Hurley and Jemima Khan and he's a huge fan of golf, soccer and ...

Lily Allen has agreed to write the score for Bridget Jones Diary when the hit movie is made into a musical, according to a new report.

The Smile hitmaker has announced she will hang up her microphone and step out of the spotlight this year - and now she's reportedly carving out a career as a behind-the-scenes songwriter, with plans to work on the upcoming stage show, based on the Renee Zellweger comedy.

Allen is already said to have composed one track about hapless heroine Jones' battle with her weight, and she's reportedly working on 11 more tunes before the production opens next ...

Actress Renee Zellweger became a hit with the paparazzi on Wednesday after buying one thoughtful snapper a $100 Starbucks gift card.

The unnamed photographer spotted a parking attendant doing his rounds as he was waiting for the movie star to leave her coffee shop retreat after a shopping trip in Santa Monica, California.

The quick-thinking snapper dropped coins into her meter to make sure Zellweger didn't get a ticket - and she thanked him with a handshake, a smile and a coffee card.

A bystander tells WENN, "Renee was so grateful when she realized what the pap had done and she turned ar...

"I don't really think about it at all. I'm in a pretty great place right now in my life and it has nothing to do with decades or numbers. My great-aunt just had her 90th birthday. Now that's a milestone.

"When I was a kid, 40 was ancient. I don't think of it that way at all any more. Even friends in their late fifties feel like contemporaries. I'm glad of that." Renee Zellweger isn't concerned about her upcoming 41st birthday in April.

Bosses at NBC are reportedly in talks to bring Zellweger's Bridget Jones character to TV in a new weekly show. Rumors of a third installment in the movie...

Bosses at NBC are reportedly in talks to bring Renee Zellweger's Bridget Jones character to TV in a new weekly show. Rumors of a third installment in the movie series have been rife over the last few months - Zellweger has shrugged off the gossip insisting she knows nothing about a planned sequel, while her onscreen love interest Colin Firth has spoken out in favor of a follow-up.

And speculation about the future of the franchise has now turned to TV, following a deal between bosses at Working Title, the British studio behind Bridget Jones, and NBC network.

President of NBC Universal In...

Reese Witherspoon and Renee Zellweger attended a Vera Wang store opening in West Hollywood yesterday looking almost like sisters in strapless purple and burgundy ensembles. Renee is rumored to be in negotiations for a third "Bridget Jones's Diary." If so, she doesn't look like she's gaining weight for the role like she did for the two previous films.

Renee was said to have infuriated producers after opting out of piling on the pounds to play the hapless full-figured Bridget again. Reports suggested she demanded the script was altered so the British character would have a smaller frame. But...

A representative for Renee Zellweger has denied reports the actress is holding up negotiations for a third Bridget Jones's Diary film by refusing to gain weight for the role.

Zellweger was said to have infuriated producers after opting out of piling on the pounds to play the hapless full-figured diary-keeper, as she did in the first two hit instalments.

Reports suggested the blonde had demanded the script was altered so the Brit character would have a smaller frame.

But a spokesperson for Zellweger insists there's no truth to the speculation.

Her rep tells GossipCop.com, "(T...

Renee Zellweger has dismissed the myth Hollywood turns its back on actresses when they hit 40 - insisting she is still flooded with movie offers.

The Bridget Jones's Diary star celebrated the milestone anniversary in April, and in the buildup to the birthday insists she was bombarded with questions about how it felt to be entering her fifth decade.

The star finds it bizarre that people are obsessed with Hollywood's leading ladies turning 40 - because she is convinced her career outlook hasn't changed at all.

And Zellweger admits she is lucky she is still getting work after the supp...

Renee Zellweger has walked away from a car crash in Beverly Hills unscathed. The Bridget Jones's Diary star was involved in a collision with another vehicle, which left one of the actress' headlights smashed and the other car without a license plate.

But an insider insists Zellweger, 40, was not to blame for the Monday morning crash.

The source tells website TMZ.com, "This is not her fault. Someone made a U-turn into her."

No injuries were reported.

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Working Title is developing a third installment of the "Bridget Jones" series starring Renee Zellweger, according to Variety.

The untitled film is still in its early stages and probably won't go into production until the end of next year. The franchise, based on a popular novel, follows Bridget (Zellweger), an unlucky in love, 30-something British woman who has a penchant for alcoholic binges, smoking, and an inability to control her weight.

The film will likely be based on the weekly columns author Helen Fielding wrote in 2005 for British newspaper the Independent in which Bridget, ...

Bradley Cooper has silenced reports he's dating Jennifer Aniston after stepping out with Renee Zellweger for a romantic dinner date in New York.

The Hangover actor has repeatedly denied rumors his relationship with his He's Just Not That Into You co-star Aniston is anything more than platonic, insisting they are really "just friends," despite being photographed dining out together in June.

Now reports suggest Cooper is dating Zellweger - he took the Bridget Jones Diary actress out to a posh Italian restaurant on Tuesday, where fellow diners claim they acted like the perfect couple. ...

In the late 1960s, American radio stations blasted rock and roll 24 hours a day. But in the home country of the Beatles and The Rolling Stones, the only way 25 million people could hear their music was to tune in…to a boat.

Celebrated filmmaker Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diary, Love Actually) brings the incredible story of a band of rogue deejays who captivated British radio listeners in the '60s, playing the music that defined a generation and boldly defying the government that tried to shut them down - The Boat That Rocked.

Lead...

Hugh Grant movies Love Actually and Four Weddings And A Funeral have come out top of a poll of romantic films that men secretly love to watch.

The two hit Brit films, which were released in 2003 and 1994 respectively, proved popular in the survey conducted by Lovefilm.com. Coming in third was 1997 weepy Titanic, which catapulted Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet to fame.

In fourth place is 1990's Pretty Woman and rounding out the top five is Audrey Hepburn's Breakfast At Tiffany's, which was released in 1961.

Dirty Dancing, Ghost and Bridget Jones's Diary, which Grant als...

New In Town, starring Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr., opens Jan. 30. In honor of this and other chick flicks, check out our photo slideshow of some of the best of the genre in the last few years:

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Many filmmakers are taking on the challenge of turning classic novels into feature films. It's a challenge because many people have fallen in love with the books and don't want directors messing with them. There are many books that were translated poorly on the big screen, but there are films that are just as good as the book, if not better.

In no particular order, here is a look at some of the best and worst films that are based off books:

THE BEST

Atonement

Joe Wright directed the 2007 film "Atonement," which is based off of Ian McEwan's critically acclaimed novel. James...

Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger loves it when people are rude to her - because it makes her feel normal. The Bridget Jones's Diary star relishes the moments when she is snubbed by grumpy airline staff, because being treated like the rest of the passengers lets her forget that she is a famous movie star.

She says, "I know that sounds so crazy, but I really cherish it when someone is mean, because they're just having a bad day and they don't recognize that you know Tom Cruise, and so they don't alter their behavior in any way. I love it. I love it when the stewardess is just nasty."
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Actress Renee Zellweger was forced out of her Los Angeles home by "scary fans" who kept showing up on her doorstep. The Bridget Jones's Diary star recently sold the house and put all of her possessions into storage, insisting she didn't spend enough time there to justify the hefty mortgage repayments.

But now Zellweger has admitted the real reason for the move - putting the decision down to the groups of people constantly lurking around outside.

She says, "I've had fans show up, so it's not a friendly place for a girl who is single to live. It can be pretty scary sometimes when ...

Renee Zellweger is happy without a fixed abode - insisting she doesn't need a home to feel settled. The Bridget Jones star recently sold her house in California and put all of her possessions into storage, because she felt her life as a movie star meant she didn't spend enough time there to justify the hefty mortgage.

However, the 38-year-old is much happier living in hotels as it gives her a sense of freedom. She says, "I'm never bored. The whole world is home. It's my playground. I can go and play anywhere and I love it. I like to move along. I had a really nice house in Bel Air and...

Last week, Lisa Marie Presley was forced to reveal her pregnancy after harsh media speculation about her weight gain reached a fever pitch. In 2007, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Tyra Banks blasted publications that derided their bikini-clad bodies.

Check out recent cover mamas Christina Aguilera, Nicole Richie and J-Lo: You won't find one article that doesn't congratulate them on their new cherubs while mentioning their efforts to lose the baby weight in the same breath.

Let's face it: Hollywood is thin obsessed. This is a town that forgives actual junkies sooner than junk-food junki...

Renee Zellweger was so desperate to work with her pal George Clooney; she would have done anything to be a part of his new movie Leatherheads - even joining the catering crew.

Clooney directs and stars in the new romantic comedy alongside Zellweger, which is centered on a 1920s football team. And the Bridget Jones's Diary star admits she would have accepted any job on the film just to "live the dream".

She tells InStyle magazine, "I heard George was making a movie and I said, 'When?' If he had asked me to make peanut-butter sandwiches for the catering, I would have said, 'Cru...

Actors Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio's embrace as the ill-fated Titanic struck an iceberg has been voted the Best Movie Hug Ever.

The desperate clinch shared by the doomed lovers in the 1997 blockbuster narrowly beat the final hug shared by Baby and Johnny in 1987's Dirty Dancing as well as Elliot's tight grasp on the incubator holding his extra-terrestrial friend in the 1982 movie E.T.

Bridget Jones' Diary was voted fourth place for Bridget and Mark Darcy's squeeze in the snow, with ex-convicts Andy and Red's hug in the final scene of The Shawshank Redemption rounding out t...

Actress Renee Zellweger is so addicted to exercise; she has wreaked havoc on her body with strenuous physical activity.

The svelte star - who famously gained thirty pounds to play Bridget Jones in the hit British movie franchise - insists she doesn't diet, but keeps in shape by adhering to a strict exercise regime. But the excessive activity has caused permanent damage to her joints.

She says, "I ride my bike to the ocean, I dive in and then I ride my bike home. I also run between three and five miles, six days a week. In fact, I run until it hurts. I have knee and back injuries...