Sanchez fired after calling Stewart a bigot

New York — CNN fired news anchor Rick Sanchez on Friday, a day after he called Jon Stewart a bigot in a radio show interview where he also questioned whether Jews should be considered a minority.

Sanchez, who was born in Cuba and had worked at CNN since 2004, was host of the two-hour “Rick’s List” on CNN’s afternoon lineup. He did a prime-time version of that show in recent months, but that ended this week because the time slot is being filled by a new show featuring former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and columnist Kathleen Parker.

Stewart had frequently poked fun of Sanchez on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” most recently for saying on the air that his show had received a tweet from House Republican leader John Boehner. Stewart called it a case of “send a twit a tweet.”

Could Potter return? Rowling says maybe

Chicago — Could Harry Potter return to work more magic?

J.K. Rowling is leaving open the possibility. She told Oprah Winfrey in a taped interview airing Friday that she may someday write another novel in the popular series.

Rowling says the characters are still in her head and she “could definitely” write several new books about them. She says: “I’m not going to say I won’t.” For now, she feels she’s moved on to a new phase of her writing.

More than 400 million copies of the books about the boy wizard have been sold. Rowling says fame brought extreme pressures, including paparazzi and reporters searching her trash.

She says it was “like being a Beatle” and there was a time she “was barely hanging by a thread.”

Forbes magazine ranks Rowling as one Britain’s richest women.

Heidi Klum turns in her Victoria’s Secret wings

New York — Heidi Klum is hanging up her wings.

The supermodel said Friday that she is ending her work as part of the Victoria’s Secret stable of models, dubbed angels, at the age of 37.

Last year, Klum walked the lingerie retailer’s runway just five weeks after giving birth. On Friday, she said, “All good things have to come to an end. I will always love Victoria and never tell her secret.”

No reason was given for the split, but Klum said she would focus on other projects. The “Project Runway” host is also creating an activewear collection with New Balance, to be sold on Amazon.

Heigl: ‘I don’t believe my own press’

New York — Former “Grey’s Anatomy” star Katherine Heigl says she’s happy to make headlines, but stories about her in the media are often exaggerated.

Heigl’s comments in the past have been known to make waves in the entertainment world. She called the 2007 comedy “Knocked Up,” in which she starred, “a little sexist.” Later, she refused to seek an Emmy nomination after saying “Grey’s” writers didn’t give her enough award-worthy material.

Heigl says she doesn’t have “any major problem” with what’s written about her. But she adds that she tries to keep her perspective so she doesn’t believe her own press.

The actress was speaking in New York at the world premiere of her latest dramedy, “Life as We Know It,” which opens nationwide next week.