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J.K. Rowling published a new Harry Potter short story last month. And Daniel Radcliffe braced himsel f once again. The 2 5 - ye a r - old British star faces persistent questions from fans and the media about whether he’ll return to the character that he spent much of his childhood playing. Rowling’s story of a 34-year-old Potter posted online was not going to help matters. “I go, ‘ OK, thank you Jo. I’ll be answering questions about this,’” Radcliffe said in a recent interview. “She can’t help it. She wrote me 10 years older, and people are still asking me if I’m going to be doing it. He’s 10 years older than I am in this story so it’s really not even a hypothetical at the moment. I would obviously never say never because that’s a foolish thing to say, but I would have to think long and hard before I ever went back to anything.” Radcliffe was at Comic-Con International in San Diego promoting one of his two forthcoming films, the darkly comic horror tale Horns. In it, he plays a man accused of killing his girlfriend who grows horns that prompt people around him to reveal their darkest secrets. The actor is used to hearing unexpectedly personal stories from strangers. Fans tend to overshare some of their troubles when they get a chance to meet the man who played the famously scarred boy wizard in eight movies from 2001-11. “Being a celebrity who is associated with something that was very much part of people’s childhoods and very close to a lot of peoples’ hearts, yeah, you get people who do come up to you,” he said. “And I’m always happy to talk to people. I never mind hearing something deeply personal, but I always do think, ‘Should you be telling me this?’”
Smile, Candid Camera is making a comeback. Starting Monday, TV Land will air a new version of the hidden-camera show that first debuted in 1948. The 10-episode series is produced by Peter Funt, son of the original show’s creator and host, Allen Funt. Peter Funt will co-host with Mayim Bialik of The Big Bang Theory. Guest stars including Megan Hilty, Reggie Jackson and Carnie Wilson will help pull off the gags. The original show’s catchphrase was “Smile, you’re on Candid Camera,” which is how people learned they had been pranked. Versions of the show have returned to TV several times since its initial run. In its first week, new episodes of Candid Camera will air at 7 p.m. CDT Monday through Thursday. The show will then air weekly on Tuesdays, starting Aug. 19.