September 30th, 2007 — Gryffindor Common Room, Hogwarts School of Literature from Travis Prinzi @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast
I planned to record a pubcast today on H.P. Lovecraft with some biographical information and the like, but alas, working on this new house stole all my time. I’ve provided below a list of Lovecraft links, including a biography and an essay he wrote on “Supernatural Horror in Literature.”
And now, if you have not begun [...]
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September 30th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from PotterCast.com Blog @ PotterCast.com Blog
PC 119 is being edited and will most likely be out domani sera (that’s Italian for tomorrow evening).
Ciao! *vrooom*
(That was for the Eddie Izzard fans.)
(edit: changed title from 199 to 119. Woops.)…
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A new ‘Wizard of the Month’ for October has been added on JK Rowling’s web site: Harry Potter, the boy who lived.
September 30th, 2007 — jkrowling.com from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Here’s to Harry, the boy who lived! Be sure to check out J.K. Rowling.com for a very special new Wizard of the Month for October! Note: Spoilers for Post Deathly Hallows, and some fabulous new canon!…
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September 30th, 2007 — The Cauldron Shop from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
As we are about to start the month of October, a reminder today about some new and forthcoming Harry Potter products that we have in our Cauldron Shop, your one stop for all things Harry Potter. First, a reminder the…
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We have a follow up today, on a story we told you previously regarding a rare complete set of Harry Potter books that were to be part of an auction for charity. This auction was completed last night, with the…
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September 29th, 2007 — Thewlis from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The Sunday Herald has a new profile actor David Thewlis. In this funny, candid (note:slight language caution to parents) David discusses his new novel, his various acting roles, and mentions his return as Remus Lupin the upcoming Harry Potter and…
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September 29th, 2007 — Scribbulus from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The team from Scribbulus, our premier essay project, has issued a new call for papers. With various topics carrying well into the next year, the first of the calls involves “Changing Concepts of Characters.” Due by October 15, the description…
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by Johnny
Berit Kjos, one of the most staunch opponents of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, reveals her gross misunderstanding of Deathly Hallows in her review, “Harry’s Last Battle & Rowling’s Beliefs“. Concentrating on the Vancouver Sun quotation where JKR told Max Wyman that if she discussed her faith then the “intelligent reader, whether 10 or [...]
September 28th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
In a new interview with “Harry Potter” actor Daniel Radcliffe, Dan talks about his future plans, how he’ll feel in 19 years and comments on how he reacted to the last book in the series, “Deathly Hallows,” and other subjects.
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September 28th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
Earlier tonight “Harry Potter” cast members Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, Matthew Lewis and Evanna Lynch attended the National Movie Awards in London, England. The fifth movie in the franchise, “Order of the Phoenix,” won the award in the ‘Best Family Film’ category and both Dan and Emma won awards in the ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Best Actress’ categories. Update: We now have some video interviews with Emma, Daniel and Rupert.
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September 28th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
Earlier tonight “Harry Potter” cast members Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, Matthew Lewis and Evanna Lynch attended the National Movie Awards in London, England. The fifth movie in the franchise, “Order of the Phoenix,” won the award in the ‘Best Family Film’ category and both Dan and Emma won awards in the ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Best Actress’ categories.
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September 28th, 2007 — Hogwarts School of Literature, Podcasts from Travis Prinzi @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast
More on the fundamentalist response to Harry Potter; H.P. Lovecraft Month; “The Last Dementor”
There will be another podcast in just a couple of days, which will be an official introduction to H.P. Lovecraft Month, with biographical information.
I’ve added an H.P. Lovecraft section to the Store of Gryffindor.
September 28th, 2007 — Film Awards from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
As we told you previously, the Trio of Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson were confirmed to attend the National Movie Awards in London, England. The first photos from this event are now online, and you can see early…
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September 28th, 2007 — OotP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
We have a real treat for you today in the form of the brand new trailer for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD. In this new trailer you can see new footage and behind the…
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September 27th, 2007 — Filmmaker Interviews from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
We have several new audio interviews with Harry Potter filmmakers to tell you about today. In addition to the David Yates interview we first told you about a few days ago, Voices from Krypton have released further “Half-Blood Prince” related…
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September 27th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
Some new audio interviews with “Harry Potter” producer David Heyman and production designer Stuart Craig are now online. We learn what David Heyman hopes director David Yates will bring to the “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” movie and Stuart Craig discusses the digital sets, the different directors and much more.
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September 27th, 2007 — Deathly Hallows, Gryffindor Common Room, Hogwarts School of Literature, death from Dave the Longwinded @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast
by Dave
If a reader drops Deathly Hallows on the ground in expectation of the book opening to the literal center of its story, she will more than likely find Chapter 21, “The Tale of the Three Brothers”. Presented as a children’s story of three brothers attempting to cheat Death, Beadle the Bard’s tale narrates [...]
September 27th, 2007 — Film Awards from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Emma Watson’s official website has been updated with a reminder and confirmation of her attendance at the National Movie Awards in the UK. Her website confirms that Emma will indeed attend these awards, for which she is nominated for her…
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September 27th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Beyond Hogwarts @ Beyond Hogwarts
The Fidelius Charm is a powerful charm that is central to the Harry Potter tale. The house at Godric’s Hollow, 12 Grimmauld Place, and Shell Cottage are three properties that are protected by the Fidelius Charm, three properties that have been secured against Voldemort and his Death Eaters. But within each property we see differences in the way the Fidelius Charm works.
Related StoresSeptember 26th, 2007 — Isaacs from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
We have an update for you today on two actors, Jason Isaacs and Robert Pattinson, about projects they are involved in outside the Harry Potter films. First, actor Robert Pattinson (Hufflepuff great Cedric Diggory) has been cast as legendary Surrealist…
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September 26th, 2007 — Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter, Podcasts from harrypotterprogs@yahoo.com (Harry Potter Prognostications) @ Harry Potter Prognostications
We met several new wizards and witches in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Some we’d actually met before, but never really got to know properly; others were brand-spanking new characters. Each one, of course, comes with a mini-mystery in their name, a tiny puzzle only to be attempted by a stalwart few. This week, [...]
Related StoresSeptember 25th, 2007 — Hogwarts School of Literature from Travis Prinzi @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast
by Travis
Whereas SoG is dedicated to the pursuit of great literature through the window of Harry Potter, and whereas October is a month for the celebration of the imagination and scary stories, and whereas H.P. Lovecraft’s stories have been a primary influence on many of today’s horror story writers, the Blogengamot is officially christening October 2007, “H.P. [...]
September 25th, 2007 — Celebs on HP from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
In a recent interview, a character actor from Scotland who portrays the popular Inspector Rebus has launched an odd attack of sorts on those who favor children reading the Harry Potter novels. The Scotsman reports that actor Ken Stott (who…
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September 25th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from PotterCast.com Blog @ PotterCast.com Blog
The 118th episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast is now online! To listen, just hit the "Play" button on the right side of the page (—>), or use iTunes, or direct download.
“Truth. Beauty. Freedom. Love.”
- Because we ca…
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September 25th, 2007 — What's New from Belinda @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New
Please join us in wishing our own Clint Hagen a very happy birthday today, September 24th! Clint is the Lexicon’s Master Coder Guy, as Steve has dubbed him and our resident Latin expert. He is responsible for the magical programming behind the Remembrall Search feature, the Knight Bus Tours, and the amazing Canon [...]
Related StoresSeptember 25th, 2007 — PotterCast from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The 118th episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast has now arrived! To listen, just hit the "Play" button on the right side of the page (—>), or use iTunes, or direct download. “Truth. Beauty. Freedom. Love.” - Because we…
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September 25th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from PotterCast.com Blog @ PotterCast.com Blog
We’ve gotten some entries into the “make a giant clip of stuff that turned out right in DH that you mighta kinda sorta heard on PotterCast,” so here’s one that’s on YouTube!
Our friend Doug also made an audio file but I have to figure out how to st…
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September 24th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
To add to our previous news post in which David Yates talks about the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” movie, Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) gives his thoughts on the film and what he is looking forward to filming.
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September 24th, 2007 — HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Well it would seem that MTV pays attention to news on the Harry Potter sites, as the MTV movie blog has just now posted an excerpt from actor Dan Radcliffe who also discusses the army of the dead and the…
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September 24th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
In a new interview with David Yates, David talks about the reasons why he decided to direct “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” having fun with the characters, what screenwriter Steve Kloves will bring to the movie and much more.
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September 24th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
In a new interview with David Yates, David talks about the reasons why he decided to direct “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” having fun with the characters, what screenwriter Steve Kloves will bring to the movie and much more.
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September 24th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from PotterCast.com Blog @ PotterCast.com Blog
Hey guys:
As you guys know, we usually strive for Sunday night release times. Frequently this gets moved to Monday. Is it laziness or lack of care, or both? Neither.
In a perfect week, we have everything related to the show uploaded by early Fri…
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September 24th, 2007 — News from MuggleCast: Harry Potter podcasting @ MuggleCast: Harry Potter podcasting
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In a new interview recorded around the time of the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Voices from Krypton has a new audio interview with director David Yates who talks details and more about the upcoming…
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By Matthew
There’s not much happening in the HP universe this week so I thought I’d make up my own.
The Rugby World Cup is happening at the moment and the titanic struggle will rival the Quidditch World Cup in Goblet of fire. Unlike Quidditch, Ireland is looking wobbly and Bulgaria didn’t even qualify (Ranked 91st [...]
September 23rd, 2007 — Fans from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
While we still have several months to go in 2007, many of you are planning your Harry Potter travels for 2008. We have a few updates regarding the various Harry Potter conferences set for next year. First, Portus 2008, the…
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September 23rd, 2007 — Products from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
We have several updates today regarding some Harry Potter products. First, NECA has launched the second in their Harry Potter action figure features, as the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Series 2 is now online. In this…
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September 23rd, 2007 — HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Earlier this week actor Jim Broadbent confirmed he will be portraying Professor Horace Slughorn in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie, and there has been much interest and inquiries about the man who will be playing this…
Related StoresSeptember 23rd, 2007 — Book7, Open Book Tour, Raincoast, Rowling, Scholastic, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
Raincoast Books has announced that J.K. Rowling will make an appearance at Toronto’s Winter Garden Theatre on October 23rd to do a reading, a question-and-answer session (yes!) and then sign books. This event will follow the three previously announced …
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September 23rd, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
September 23rd, 2007 — AccioQuote, Book7, John Granger, Prophecy2007 from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages
I figured I had better post before people start thinking that my Potter break turned into a Sabbatical!The hiatus was lovely! My husband and I went on hikes, got housework done, I worked on a new version of the family website, and just relaxed. Prophec…
Related StoresSeptember 22nd, 2007 — Leung from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The personal fashion style of actress Katie Leung has earned her some recognition as Katie is among those nominated this year as the Most Stylish Scotswoman of 2007. The Scotsman on Sunday reports that the actress who portrays Cho Chang…
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September 22nd, 2007 — Phelps from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Actors James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) are joining the famed Hallé symphony orchestra and conductor John Wilson for a family concert this October, that will combine the past-times of story-telling and music-making. Entitled: “Once Upon A Time…
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September 22nd, 2007 — Film Awards from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Last month, we first told you that actors Dan Radcliffe,Rupert Grint and Emma Watson were nominated for a new national movie award in the UK. Along with these acting nominations Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was nominated…
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September 22nd, 2007 — Actor Birthdays from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Everyone please join us today in raising your glasses high to toast Harry Potter actor Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) on his 20th birthday. Happy Birthday Tom! Cheers!…
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Earlier this week we celebrated the birthday of Hermione Granger; today the party continues as we are continuing honor the brightest witch of her age with a fun birthday bash in our forum. Put down those quills and close those…
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September 21st, 2007 — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
At a formal press conference covered by the Ukrainian Independent Information Agency, the cover art for the Ukrainian edition of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” was released by publishers A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA. HPClub.com.au let us know they now have this very…
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September 21st, 2007 — Albus Dumbledore, Prejudice from Travis Prinzi @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast
by Travis
I promised folks at Prophecy 2007 that I’d get this post up before the end of August. I apologize for the terrible delay. This is the content of my discussion at Prophecy 2007.
At Lumos 2006, and in his book Unlocking Harry Potter, John Granger enumerated the evidence that J.K. Rowling has written [...]
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