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Harry Potter And The Multibillion-Dollar Empire (INFOGRAPHIC)

The July 15th release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 marks the end of the boy wizard's box-office saga which has conjured up nearly $6.4 billion, making it the highest-grossing franchise in box-office history. But with no new movies or books on the horizon, will his brand keep thriving? Fast Company and designer Mikey Burton crunched the numbers to see what the future will hold for Harry Potter and his multibillion-dollar empire.

A Sad Libs Eulogy For Mad Libs Co-Creator

Leonard Stern, Mad Libs co-creator and TV writer for shows like 'Get Smart' and 'The Honeymooners', passed away earlier this month following a long illness. While ______ and ______ are missing from most eulogies, it seems like Mr. Stern would have ______ the ______ in this Sad Libs Eulogy.

Tattoos That Color Outside The Lines

Amanda Wachob's tattoo designs may look like watercolor paintings, but they are the real (permanent) deal. I've never seen anyone blur the line between fine art and body art like this before, even living in the land of arm sleeves and chest tats that is Brooklyn, NY.

This Presidential Campaign Brought To You By...

With each election, presidential campaigns are run more and more like ad campaigns—sporting branding, taglines, and flashy marketing. We at BuzzFeed got to joking around about which brands should sponsor each 2012 Presidential candidate and what their ads might look like. And then this happened...

Birth Control For Men May Finally Be Here

For years ladies have been hogging all the birth control options—the pill, ring, patch, sponge, shot, IUD, cervical cap, diaphragm, just to name a few. But a new procedure called RISUG, in advanced clinical trials in India, may put the ball back in the gentlemen's court.

Oprah's Ultimate Favorite Things

Today marks the end of an era as Oprah's Last Show airs, but it also marks the end of hundreds of women screaming and weeping when given Le Creuset cookware, diamond earrings, TVs, lingerie, panini presses, and cars. Designer Kate Bingaman Burt (of Obsessive Consumption) commemorated the pandemonium with a zine of Oprah's Ultimate Favorite Things. Complete with screaming lady endpapers, naturally.

A Digital Camera Fit For 007

Minox, the makers of the 1940s CIA spy camera used by James Bond, have created a 5.3 megapixel digital replica of the Leica M3 that even takes video. Want or need? That is the question. (Source: Photojojo)

Zooey Deschanel's TV Debut, Just What We Didn't Need

At first watch you may think New Girl is a Funny or Die sketch gone wrong, but no—it's a new show coming to FOX this Fall that stars Zooey Deschanel as an alarmingly ditzy girl (seriously, don't let her operate heavy machinery) who moves in with three Zoolanderesque guys after her boyfriend cheats on her.

BuzzFeed Last Supper / Rapture Lunch

Come Monday we have no way of knowing which BuzzFeed staffers will have ascended and which will be coming into the office to do the good internet's work. In honor of what could be our last day together, some of us gathered with our favorite foods for a BuzzFeed Last Supper / Rapture Lunch. What would you eat for your last meal?

My Heart Is An Idiot

My Heart is an Idiot follows the 'terminally romantic' Davy Rothbart (This American Life, FOUND Magazine) as he road trips across the country looking for love in all the right, and wrong places.