Why We Are Blinded to Subtle Changes?

"Ever notice how Harry Potter's T-shirt abruptly changes from a crewneck to a henley shirt in The Order of the Phoenix, or how in Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts' croissant inexplicably morphs into a pancake?" asks Medical News Today. "Don't worry if you missed those continuity bloopers. Vision scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered an upside to the brain mechanism that can blind us to subtle changes in movies and in the real world." Read more.

Harry Potter Grows Up and Wears CLs

In the "Digested Read" edition of J.K. Rowling's Casual Vacancy, which will be released at the end of September, Guardian writer John Crace cheekily parses an adult version of Harry Potter, whom Crace gives the alias Garry Patter:

Garry Patter rubbed concealer on to his forehead scar and put in his contact lenses. This had been his morning ritual ever since he'd changed his name and moved to Pagford 15 years previously to escape the fans after his Hogwarts adventures. In the beginning he had rather enjoyed the anonymity; he had more cash than he could possibly spend after he transferred all his assets from Gringotts to an off-shore high interest account and he had never tired of watching the Jeremy Kyle Show.

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Here's what Little, Brown, publishers of the proposed 480-page adult novel, wrote about the Potter's new adventures:

When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils...Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations? Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults.

Radcliffe Allergic to Harry Potter Specs

"Daniel Radcliffe has revealed he was allergic to his Harry Potter specs," according to a MonstersandCritics post. "The 22-year-old actor wore the iconic round glasses for all eight films of the boy wizard franchise, but had to have a special pair made after he developed a mystery rash while filming the first installment, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. He told The Sun: 'These two rings of whiteheads and spots had come up around my eyes. It took us a week to realise it was actually the glasses.' Film bosses decided a nickel allergy was to blame and replaced his eyewear with a set made from hypoallergenic materials." Read more.