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A Deathly Hallows Year in Review

December 31st, 2007 — Books from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

Ten Years, Seven Books, One Story. 2007 saw the last chapter in the Harry Potter series brought to life with the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on July 21. It was quite the journey to reach that…

My Name is Lily Potter. You Thought I Was Dead. You wre Wrong.

December 31st, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from PotterCast.com Blog @ PotterCast.com Blog

Caroline Z has made a really amusing little Facebook Group for the PotterCast JKR interview called “My Name is Lily Potter. You Thought I was Dead. You Were Wrong.” We’re all finding it pretty funny and thought you would too. Hedwig has even posted in…

Of Phoenixes and Princes: The Year in Harry Potter Films

December 31st, 2007 — Movies from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

It was quite the year for Harry Potter films in 2007, with the release of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” hitting theaters in July, and production beginning on “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” in September. Let’s…

2007: A Year in Review for Leaky and the Fandom

December 31st, 2007 — Leaky from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

A new film and the final book: 2007 was a banner year for Harry Potter fans. But before we look back at the book and movie changes over this remarkable year, let’s take a look back at the changes here…

MuggleCast #126: Flying Ford Angela

December 31st, 2007 — News from MuggleCast: Harry Potter podcasting @ MuggleCast: Harry Potter podcasting

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“J.K. Rowling, A Year in the Life” airs in the UK, available online

December 31st, 2007 — What's New from Lisa @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New

On the whole, the show was lovely, although unlike the famous BBC “Harry Potter and Me” show (Part1 | Part2 | Part3 | Part4 | Part5), there is little new canon.
I think the title is a misnomer. Rather than being entirely about “a year,” we get a nice look at Jo’s roots with highlights of [...]

“J.K. Rowling, A Year in the Life” available online

December 31st, 2007 — Book7, ITV, Rowling, interviews from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages

Yesterday’s ITV1 broadcast of “J.K. Rowling, A Year in the Life” is now online for everyone to view! There are a few ads first. Thanks ITV.On the whole I thought the show was lovely, although unlike the famous BBC “Harry Potter and Me” show, th…

Make your own wands

December 31st, 2007 — PotterParties, crafts, library from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages

I’m always on the lookout for Potter crafts for our library’s Potter parties, so I was very happy to see excellent instructions on DadCanDo.com for making wands out of paper, acrylic paint and glue from a glue gun. These are as good as some wooden wand…

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JK Rowling…A Year in the Life Documentary Airs on ITV

December 30th, 2007 — J.K. Rowling from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

Tonight, the “J.K. Rowling…A Year in the Life” documentary was broadcast in the UK on ITV, and we have early reports on some of the new things contained in the program. TLC reader Andy writes that after Jo completed writing…

More on Dan Radcliffe in New Movie about Photojournalist Dan Eldon

December 30th, 2007 — Radcliffe from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

Several days ago we reported that actor Dan Radcliffe was possibly in line to portray the late photojournalist Dan Eldon in a new movie. Today, the Guardian has more on this, featuring an interview with Kathy Eldon, the mother of…

Weasley third gen names and more!

December 30th, 2007 — What's New from Lisa @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New

The third trailer for tomorrow’s ITV1 documentary [TLC YouTube Channel] shows Jo diagramming the family trees for the marriages and children of Harry and his friends. The tree is now on the Lexicon (thanks Mugglenet!) Here is a list of the new canon from the trailer:

The Battle of Hogwarts took place May 2nd.
Bill and Fleur’s [...]

List of new canon from PotterCast interviews

December 30th, 2007 — What's New from Lisa @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New

I posted this last night to Accio Quote, and figured it would be of interest here too…
PotterCast 130 (December 17, 2007)
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Helga Hufflepuff gave the House-elves at Hogwarts “good conditions of work.” Her intent wasn’t to be activist, merely to [...]

New Year’s Challenge Starts Today in the Lounge

December 29th, 2007 — LeakyLounge from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

New Years celebrations have begun early on our forum, the Leaky Lounge, with the opening of the Shrieking Shack for games and more activities for Lounge members. Our Harry Potter New Year Challenge lets you play a slew of different…

New Rowling Video

December 29th, 2007 — J.K. Rowling from Travis Prinzi @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast - A Harry Potter Blog!

by Travis
This video is particularly interesting in light of conversation we’ve had here about authorial intent and information revealed outside of the seven-book canon. (HT to HogPro)
I really have to get that podcast done on authorial intent.

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Canon summaries posted

December 29th, 2007 — Rowling, canon, interviews, jkrowling.com from Lisa @ Madam Pince's Potter Pages

The canon summaries for the last several interviews have been posted on the 2007 listing over on Accio Quote!The big news today is that the third trailer for the December 30 ITV documentary contains information on the second generation of Harry’s frien…

Second Harry Potter Generation Information Revealed:New Clip from J.K Rowling Documentary

December 28th, 2007 — J.K. Rowling from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

Hang on to your hats everyone, as there is a brand new clip from the upcoming J.K. Rowling documentary, where the Harry Potter author provides new information about the second generation of Hogwarts students as contained in the epilogue of…

Richard Griffiths & Julie Walters on Queen’s New Year honors list

December 28th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator

“Harry Potter” actors Richard Griffiths and Julie Walters are scheduled to receive Orders of the British Empire (OBE) and Commander of the British Empire (CBE) respectively. These awards were created by King George V in 1917 and are now awarded mainly to civilians and service personnel for public service or other distinctions.

Walters, Griffiths Named on Queen’s Honours List

December 28th, 2007 — HP Cast from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

The annual Queen’ofHonours List, which gives recognition to those of exceptional achievement ,service or merit in the UK, was announced today and contained the names of two actors from the Harry Potter films: Julie Walters (Molly Weasley), and Richard Griffiths…

Harry Potter Tops Amazon UK 2007 Best Seller List

December 28th, 2007 — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

Online retail giant Amazon.com announced today that “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” was the number one best selling item of the year in both the US and the UK. The Telegraph reports that the Harry Potter and the Order…

Happy Birthday, Maggie Smith!

December 28th, 2007 — Actor Birthdays from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

Everyone, please join us as we toast Dame Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall) who is celebrating her 73rd birthday today. Cheers to you Dame Maggie!…

Episode #63: Harry Potter and the End of Innocence

December 27th, 2007 — Books, Deathly Hallows, Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort, Order of the Phoenix, Podcasts, goblet of fire, literature, philosophy, religion from harrypotterprogs@yahoo.com (Harry Potter Prognostications) @ Harry Potter Prognostications

There comes a time in a person’s life when they realize, for the first time, that the world is not actually the way they thought it was. That the picture they had in their mind about how the world works, the rules of the game, are suddenly gone. It is the end of innocence. When does this end of [...]

AbeBooks Names JKR Bestselling Author; “Deathly Hallows” Among Bestselling Books of 2007

December 27th, 2007 — Books from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

Abe Books, who sell rare and used books throughout the world, have released their annual lists tracking the bestselling and most expensive books sold through their site. In three major categories, the Harry Potter novels, as well as their author,…

SoG at Wikipedia!

December 27th, 2007 — Gryffindor Common Room from Travis Prinzi @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast - A Harry Potter Blog!

Blogengamot Tech-Elf Ben sent me an email today alerting me that the featured article at Wikipedia today is “Religious Debates over Harry Potter,” and SoG gets a mention in the section on Dumbledore’s sexuality. Not only do we get mentioned, but Dave is quoted (though, unfortunately, it doesn’t actually say that…it does link to his [...]

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Rumor Alert: New Movie for Dan Radcliffe?

December 27th, 2007 — Radcliffe from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

There is a mention today of a possible new film role for actor Dan Radcliffe. In a piece highlighting the work of the late photojournalist Dan Eldon the New York Times says that “next year Daniel Radcliffe, the “Harry Potter”…

USA Today: “Harry Potter” prevails, wands down

December 27th, 2007 — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

The USA Today has published their Books Year in Review special, and selected “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” as their number one book of the year. In an article titled “Harry Potter prevails, wands down,” the newspaper addresses the…

‘USA Today’ picks ‘Deathly Hallows’ as book of the year

December 26th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator

With 2007 slowly coming to a close, the last book in the “Harry Potter” series, “Deathly Hallows,” has been chosen by ‘USA Today’ as their book of the year stating that: “Hallows” is the book of the year because Rowling gave her story an ending that was as graceful, unpredictable and satisfying as the series itself.”

Radcliffe & Watson included on Yahoo’s most popular stars list

December 25th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator

Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, stars of the “Harry Potter” movies, are both included in this years ‘10 Most Popular Stars of 2007′ list from Yahoo.

Hog’s Head PubCast #40: Merry Christmas ‘07: Godric’s Hollow and Revelation 12

December 24th, 2007 — Podcasts from Travis Prinzi @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast - A Harry Potter Blog!

This is just a short, bare bones pubcast - no music, nothing fancy. Back to regular podcasts in the new year!
Happy Christmas!

Happy Holidays

December 24th, 2007 — What's New from Steve @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New

We here at the Lexicon wish you all happy holidays and safe travel! I want to wish a very happy (belated) birthday to Lisa, whose big day snuck by us on December 8. Sorry, Lisa…
We also wish a happy birthday (a little early) to Melissa over at Leaky, who turns…er, some youngish age on the [...]

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J.K. Rowling Part 2!

December 24th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from PotterCast.com Blog @ PotterCast.com Blog

Part two is now up!

Draco
Dogs on her web site
The wallpaper
Rude words and rubbish
Carnegie Hall redux
What’s in the Love Room?
Love raising people to the heights of absolute heroism, and foolishness
Bellatrix
What exactly did Alan …

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Holiday wishes from Emma Watson, news of ‘HBP’ filming

December 24th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator

Emma Watson has updated her site with holiday wishes for fans as well as news that she has finished her first week of filming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”

Rowling updates site with news on recent auction, new FSA & more

December 24th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator

J.K. Rowling updated her web site this weekend by answering a question, appointing a new ‘Fan Site Award’ and her reaction to the auction of ‘The Tales of Beedle the Bard’ book recently. Also, the second part of a J.K. Rowling interview is now online.

Holiday Message from Emma Watson on Official Site

December 23rd, 2007 — Watson from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

Actress Emma Watson has updated her official website with a new E.M.S. (Emma’s Messaging Service) message for the Christmas holiday. In her newest message, which you can read right here, Emma talks of returning to production on the sixth film,…

MuggleCast #125: Holiday Joy

December 23rd, 2007 — News from MuggleCast: Harry Potter podcasting @ MuggleCast: Harry Potter podcasting

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Trailer for J.K. Rowling…A Year in the Life Documentary

December 22nd, 2007 — J.K. Rowling from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

n addition to the new preview clip (see below) from the upcoming documentary on J.K. Rowling, we also have the new trailer for the program. In this video, which you can see here via our galleries or on our youtube…

New Video Preview of J.K. Rowling…A Year in the Life Documentary

December 22nd, 2007 — J.K. Rowling from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

We have another treat tonight for Harry Potter fans, as we now have a second preview clip from the upcoming documentary on JKRowling. First, ITV sent us this new video which you can watch here in our galleries or here…

Video from Biography Channel Special on the “Harry Potter Kids”

December 22nd, 2007 — Movies from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

Previously we told you that cable channel Biography would be airing a new program on the trio of Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger). That program aired earlier this week, and we now…

New Year’s Resolution Contest Opens

December 22nd, 2007 — Contests from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

With less than 10 days left before 2007 leaves us, many spend this time making resolutions for themselves in 2008. Much is the same for the Harry Potter characters we’ve come to know. A new contest we have for you…

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Reading Group Sorting Begins on Lounge

December 22nd, 2007 — LeakyLounge from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

The Lily and Stag Inn have opened their doors once again for all wishing to join the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” reading groups. Our forum, the Leaky Lounge, is hosting this fun group reading of the sixth…

Happy Birthday, Ralph Fiennes!

December 22nd, 2007 — Actor Birthdays from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

Today, actor Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) is celebrating his 45th birthday. Cheers to you Ralph and best wishes from all of us at TLC!…

Video: Rowling as She Finishes Deathly Hallows

December 21st, 2007 — J.K. Rowling from Travis Prinzi @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast - A Harry Potter Blog!

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The busy-ness of the season (well, and Matthew’s new twins) has got the Blogengamot quite tied up and unable to write as much as normal right now. We’ll try to get up more Dickens discussion soon, but it’s quite possible that we’ll finish up that discussion after Christmas Day; Part Three is available [...]

Video from JK special ‘J.K. Rowling…A Year in the Life’

December 21st, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator

A video from the special “J.K. Rowling…A Year in the Life” featuring “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling and the last year that in which she wrote the seventh book “Deathly Hallows” has appeared online. In the video we can see JKR at her computer finishing the book at Balmoral hotel on January 11th where she jokingly says to the cameraman, “you don’t know, it may be rubbish.”

Research Finds Harry Potter Descended from Wizards

December 20th, 2007 — Misc from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

As if any more evidence was needed, researchers from Oxford University who have been studying aspects of wizarding genes, found that evidence points to Harry Potter descending from a magical bloodline. The Telegraph has a fun look this evening at…

J. K. Rowling Named Among MSN’s Most Influential Women of 2007

December 20th, 2007 — J.K. Rowling from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

More news comes today concerning J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books has been included in MSN’s list of The Most Influential Women of 2007. Included along with Ms. Rowling on the list this year are such…

Cinesite to Begin Production on “Half-Blood Prince” Film in May

December 20th, 2007 — HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

Cinesite, a noted visual effects and production house ,is set to begin work again on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in May, 2008. Cinesite, which has contributed work to all of the Harry Potter films to date, is known…

WB Implements “Goblet of Fire” Blu Ray DVD Replacement Program

December 20th, 2007 — Movies from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

As reported previously, last week saw the release of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVDs, as well as a special > limited edition gift boxset of all five of the Harry Potter DVDs. Many customers who…

catching up

December 20th, 2007 — What's New from Steve @ The Harry Potter Lexicon » What's New

Over the past few months, we here at the Lexicon have been traumatized and disheartened. What has been the hardest are the personal attacks, blatant disinformation, and rushing to judgement that have been hurled our way. The staff of the Lexicon consists of some of the most selfless, dedicated, passionate people on the face of [...]

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Comedian Colbert edges out JKR for AP’s ‘Celebrity of the Year’

December 20th, 2007 — Harry Potter Blog Posts from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator

Political pundit Steven Colbert edged out “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling to be named as ‘Celebrity of the Year’ by Associated Press for his impact on pop culture in 2007.

Recommendation: A Field Guide to Harry Potter, by Colin Duriez

December 20th, 2007 — Gryffindor Common Room from Travis Prinzi @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast - A Harry Potter Blog!

by Travis
I’ve just finished Colin Duriez’s helpful book, A Field Guide to Harry Potter. This is probably one of the better examples of a Harry Potter manual one will be able to find. The first half the book is given to literary analysis, touching lightly on a wide variety of subjects, including analysis [...]

First Look: JK Rowling…A Year in the Life Documentary

December 20th, 2007 — J.K. Rowling from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron

This is shaping up to be quite a banner week for Harry Potter fans, because in addition to our PotterCast interview with Jo, we now have the first look at the upcoming JK Rowling…A Year in the Life documentary that…

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