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Harry Potter author JK Rowling but did not receive a US Presidential Medal of Freedom because her books were thought to promote witchcraft, a former speechwriter to President George W Bush has revealed.

Brit writer JK Rowling was nominated for the award while Bush was in office.

But the President’s advisers thought Rowling’s books about boy wizard Harry Potter encouraged sorcery, according to Matt Latimer who worked for Bush during the last 22 months of his office.

He writes in his book Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor: “Narrow thinking caused people in the White House to actually object to giving the author JK Rowling a presidential medal because the Harry Potter books encourage witchcraft.”

Latimer also says the late Senator Edward Kennedy did not receive the medal because he was deemed ‘too liberal’.

Kennedy has since been awarded the medal in the days before he died of cancer at age 77.

However, Bush’s wife Laura, a former librarian and promoter of literacy said in 2003: “I read all the Harry Potter books this summer. I really loved them.”

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie took twins Knox and Vivienne out for ice cream on a recent trip to Jordan.

Brad, 45, and Angelina, 34, were in Amman, Jordan, when they stopped for ice cream and visited the Licky Licious ice cream on Rainbow Street.

The store’s co-owner Ihab Fakhouri later posted a picture of the superstar family and posted it on his Twitter page.

He said: “They were walking down the street and saw our shop. Brad stopped and said: ‘Do you guys have ice-cream?’ I said: ‘Are you kidding? Of course!’”

It is claimed the superstar couple spent 10-15 minutes in the store with their youngest children as Brad sampled some of the flavours and shared some vanilla with daughter Vivienne.

Angelina then tried the mango, which she shared with son Knox, 14 months.

The pair have been in the Middle East to visit the Iraqi refugees in Syria as part of Angelina’s work as a goodwill ambassador.

Source: Splash News

Between school, recording sessions, and her recent visit to Canada, singer/songwriter/actress Kate Voegele has certainly been busy lately! In a new video blog posted on her Myspace page, Kate updates fans on what’s been going on in her life and fills everyone in on her upcoming tour dates. Check it out here. She will be touring across the United States beginning October 7th, and will head to Germany, France, the UK and Ireland at the end of November. Visit her Myspace for the full list of tour dates and ticket details.

KATE VOEGELE U.S. TOUR DATES

10/7 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues

10/8 Norfolk, VA – The Norva

10/9 Asbury Park, NJ – The Wonderbar

10/10 LancasterPark, PA – Chameleon

10/11 Hartford, CT – Webster Theater

10/13 Albany, NY – Revolution Hall

10/14 Boston, MA – Paradise

10/16 Washington, DC – Rock N Roll Hotel

10/18 Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall

10/20 Memphis, TN – Hi Tone Cafe

10/21 Little Rock, AR – Juanita’s Cantina Ballroom

10/22 Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom

10/23 San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit

10/24 McAllen, TX – Buddha Mansion

10/26 Austin, TX – Stubb’s Bar-B-Q

10/28 El Paso, TX – Take 2

10/29 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad

10/30 Mesa, AZ – Mesa Arts Center

11/1 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress

11/3 Bakersfield, CA – Narducci’s Cafe

11/6 Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort

11/7 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court

11/8 Fort Collins, CO – Hodies’s Half Note

11/9 Boulder, CO – Fox Theater

11/11 Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater

11/12 St. Louis, MO – Fubar

11/13 Dekalb, IL – The House Cafe

11/14 Des Moines, IA – People’s Court

11/15 Chicago, IL – Park West

Video Blog
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=63715733