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Sunday, May 11 2008
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At the 9th annual Golden Trailer Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday,
this Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix TV spot won the award for "Best Animation/Family TV Spot". It was up against TV spots for
Ratatouille,
Horton Hears a Who, and
The Golden Compass.
May 11 at 00:21 GMT |
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Friday, May 9 2008
Eight new
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince promotional images have surfaced on packaging for Opal Sock Yarn's Fall '08
Harry Potter wool collection. The images include new HBP character shots of Tonks, Harry, Ron, Hedwig, Dumbledore, and Draco.
J.K. Rowling is among 13 authors who have
produced original "storycards" for a charity auction. The invite-only auction will take place June 10 at Waterstone's Piccadilly store in the U.K., and proceeds will benefit English PEN and Dyslexia Action.
May 9 at 15:55 GMT |
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Thursday, May 8 2008
J.K Rowling has been
included in a list of ten mothers who have "achieved greatness in their respective careers, while simultaneously maintaining their roles as exemplary mothers." She is the only non-American to receive a spot on the Hall of Fame, being described as an honourary "Global" inductee.
According to WhoWhatWear, Clémence Poésy (Fleur Delacour in the
Harry Potter films)
will not reprise her role in
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. However, please take this rumour with a grain of salt as it has not yet been confirmed by Warner Bros.
May 8 at 18:34 GMT |
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In ASOS Magazine, Jessie Cave (Lavender Brown in
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) talks about her first on-screen kiss with Rupert Grint, saying, "It was a bit embarrassing. Our first screen kiss was on my third day of shooting." She continues, "It's been an amazing experience though."
Nominees for this year's EMA Home Entertainment Awards have been announced, and
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix leads the pack alongside
Transformers with four
nominations. The awards ceremony will take place on June 24 in Las Vegas.
Wednesday, May 7 2008
Back in 2004, J.K Rowling and husband Neil Murray took legal action against Express Newspapers after a photo of their then two year old son, David, was published in Sunday Express magazines. The case has now been
resolved and there will not be any further publication of the photo.
Tuesday, May 6 2008
The famous kiss between Dan Radcliffe and Katie Leung in
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has been nominated for an MTV Movie Award in the Best Kiss category. You can vote for the kiss
here. The 2008 MTV Movie Awards will be broadcast live on June 1 at 8 PM EST.
May 6 at 20:32 GMT |
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BBC News has released
aerial footage of the
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince set. The footage includes shots of familiar sets such as Privet Drive and Hagrid's Hut, as well as several new sets specifically for the sixth film. The footage is also available on
CBBC's website.
May 6 at 20:22 GMT |
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Several Harvard students have expressed
concern that J.K. Rowling's commencement address at the institution on June 5 will not be "impressive enough". One student said, "Harry Potter – and JK Rowling – is just a flash in the pan. Writing bedtime stories is lame – just ask Tolkien and CS Lewis."
At the 2008 Bravo Supershow this past weekend, Dan Radcliffe and Emma Watson
won Golden Bravo Otto awards in the male and female filmstar categories, respectively, for their work on
Harry Potter.
Extensive new
research by Renaissance Learning charts the top 20 books read by U.S. students in grades in 1-12, overall and by gender and geographic location. Although the
Harry Potter books are often found in the top 20, none of them ever comes in first as the book most often read by any grade.
Monday, May 5 2008
Amazon has selected twenty semifinalists, ten in two age groups, for its 'Beedle the Bard Ballad Writing Contest'. Through May 11, you can vote for your favorite entry in both age groups
here. The winners of each age group will then compete for a chance to spend time with
The Tales of the Beedle the Bard.
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At Collectormania 13 this past weekend, Natalia Tena said that the only scene she
filmed for her role as Tonks in
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was the attack on the Burrow, a new scene added by Warner Bros. Tena also spoke about her reaction to the seventh book, specifically the wedding scene.
Sunday, May 4 2008
Roger Rapoport of RDR books has recently been
interviewed by The Chicago Tribune. In the article, he speaks about the recent JKR/WB vs. RDR books court case.
Saturday, May 3 2008
Tony Coburn will play Young Lucius Malfoy in
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Coburn previously played Ebenezer Scrooge in a stage production of
A Christmas Carol and was also a presenter for the BBC children's series
Totally Doctor Who.
Friday, May 2 2008
William Moseley (Peter Pevensie in
The Chronicles of Narnia films) tells MTV that he was
considered for the role of Harry Potter back in 2000 but feels he didn't quite "fit the bill".
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