May 31st, 2008 — , Dale from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Congratulations are in order today for Jim Dale who won an Audie Award last night in Los Angeles for best “Solo Narration-Male” for his work on the US audio book of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. As we first…
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May 31st, 2008 — , Dale from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Congratulations are in order today for Jim Dale who won an Audie Award last night in Los Angeles for best “Solo Narration-Male” for his work on the US audio book of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. As we first…
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May 30th, 2008 — , Gryffindor Common Room from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
Dumbledore said that the Hog’s Head attracts more interesting clientele than the Three Broomsticks, and Hagrid famously said, “You get a lot of funny folk in the Hog’s Head.” Now you can prove it. The Hog’s Head has been invaded by monsters and images. If you don’t have your own image, you’ll have a monster [...]
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Another apparent new image from the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” has surfaced online tonight. In this photo, which you can see here, you can see Snape (Alan Rickman), Draco (Tom Felton), and Filch (David Bradley) at what…
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May 30th, 2008 — from PotterCast.com Blog @ PotterCast.com Blog
It’s true. That scratching you so often hear in the background as you listen to PotterCast is in fact me doodleing. I apologize if some of you out there find that offensive, but I just cant help myself! So now that the secret is out I was encouraged t…
Related StoresMay 30th, 2008 — , Cover Art from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Previously we told you Scholastic, the US publishers of the Harry Potter novels were issuing a special 10th anniversary edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone that would contain new material from author J.K. Rowling. You can now pre-order…
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May 30th, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
A new article from ‘Time’ magazine has a question and answer with “Harry Potter” artist Mary GrandPré in which she talks about what it was like going back and redoing Harry’s image for an upcoming 10th anniversary edition of “Sorcerer’s Stone,” what her favorite book to draw was and more.
May 30th, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
A new article from ‘Time’ magazine has a question and answer with “Harry Potter” artist Mary GrandPré in which she talks about what it was like going back and redoing Harry’s image for an upcoming 10th anniversary edition of “Sorcerer’s Stone,” what her favorite book to draw was and more.
May 29th, 2008 — , Bilbo Baggins, Gryffindor Common Room, The Hobbit from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
by Travis
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That appears to be the strongest rumor:
James McAvoy is set to play Bilbo Baggins in ‘The Hobbit’.
Film bosses are rumoured to be close to signing McAvoy - who played the faun Mr. Tumnus in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe’ - to play the fantasy hero in the big [...]
May 29th, 2008 — , Gryffindor Common Room, Harry News and Commentary, Harry Potter Prequel, JK Rowling from Dave the Longwinded @ The Hog's Head
by Dave
Check out this news article from the Chicago Sun-Times. For a charity event, several major UK authors were asked to write something on a card to be auctioned to raise money to help those with dyslexia:
Rowling used both sides of her card to hand-write a prequel to her seven-book Harry Potter saga.
Rowling’s “prequel” [...]
May 29th, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
J.K. Rowling has updated her official site this morning by addressing the recent news that she would be writing a prequel to the “Harry Potter” series.
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May 29th, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
J.K. Rowlilng has updated her official site this morning by addressing the recent news that she would be writing a prequel to the “Harry Potter” series.
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May 29th, 2008 — , jkrowling.com from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Author J.K. Rowling is doing some updating this morning on her website, with a news entry on the upcoming charity auction featuring that special 800 word prequel to the Harry Potter series. Of note is the fact Jo says the…
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May 29th, 2008 — , Books from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Following on the big news from yesterday about the brand new prequel to events in the Harry Potter series, we now have some additional information about what the story will feature. According to the Guardian, we will be hearing more…
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May 29th, 2008 — , Gryffindor Common Room, Invisibility Cloak, Magic, Mirror of Erised, ford anglia, item, marauder's map, pensive, poll, put-outer, time turner from korg20000bc @ The Hog's Head
By Matthew
There’s plenty of items in the Harry Potter stories that I’d love to get my hands on.
Oh, what fun could be had.
Please vote and comment on what you selected.
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May 28th, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
In a survey of 1,000 business leaders “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling was voted the third most influential woman in the UK. Ms. Rowling followed the Queen and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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May 28th, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
Author J.K. Rowling has penned an 800-word “Harry Potter” prequel with all proceeds going to English PEN, the writers’ association, and Dyslexia Action. Copies of the cards will be put into a book and made available at Waterstone’s Booksellers Ltd. and online in August.
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May 28th, 2008 — , General from Cindy Crouch @ Hogwarts Herald
Well, kind of. J.K. Rowling has hand written an 800 word outline of a prequel to Harry Potter. The story card is going to be auctioned off along with the story cards of 13 other authors. Proceeds will be going to two different charities, English PEN and Dyslexia Action. The project [...]
Related StoresMay 28th, 2008 — , Books from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Hang on everyone, as there is some rather big news tonight regarding that notecard that J.K. Rowling has written for a charity auction in June. MSNBC is reporting tonight that the note card is actually “an 800-word Harry Potter prequel.”…
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May 28th, 2008 — , Podcasts from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
I ramble. Then I ramble some more. There might be something good about L’Engle in here. Mostly, I’m just catching up with you, my gracious listeners.
You can subscribe to the Hog’s Head PubCast through iTunes, andVOTE for The Hog’s Head for the month of May at Podcast Alley.
Want your voice on the next podcast? Call 206-222-2491 and [...]
May 27th, 2008 — , Gryffindor Common Room, Twitter from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
by Travis
Do you tweet? Odd question. ”Tweet” is the verb form of Twitter, and The Hog’s Head is tweeting now. Twitter is a fascinating and fun way to keep up with people. If you use Twitter, be sure to “follow” The Hog’s Head. I’ll be using it to post a steady stream of news items, [...]
May 27th, 2008 — , PotterCast from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The 153rd edition of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is online today with an episode from Florida at the past weekend’s SuperCon Fan Convention in Fort Lauderdale. We have a treat for you in this episode as PotterCast was asked…
Related StoresMay 27th, 2008 — from PotterCast.com Blog @ PotterCast.com Blog
The 153rd edition of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is online today with an episode from Florida at the past weekend’s SuperCon Fan Convention in Fort Lauderdale. We have a treat for you in this episode as PotterCast was asked by the folks fro…
Related StoresMay 26th, 2008 — , 10th Anniversary Edition, Cover Art, Gryffindor Common Room, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, JK Rowling, Mary Grandpré, Philosopher's (Sorcerer's) Stone, Scholastic from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
by Johnny
From the Scholastic press release:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first book in J.K. Rowling’s phenomenally best-selling series, will be released in a special anniversary edition on September 23, 2008. The book, published by Scholastic, will feature exclusive bonus material from J.K. Rowling as well as new cover art and a four-color [...]
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May 26th, 2008 — , Actor Birthdays from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Please join us today in wishing a very happy birthday to actress Helena Bonham Carter, who portrays Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter films. Miss Carter is celebrates her 42nd birthday today. Cheers to you, Helena!…
Related StoresMay 26th, 2008 — , Actor Birthdays from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Please join us today in wishing a very happy birthday to actress Helena Bonham Carter, who portrays Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter films. Miss Carter is celebrates her 42nd birthday today. Cheers to you, Helena!…
Related StoresMay 26th, 2008 — , Gryffindor Common Room from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
by Travis
This dark corner of the bar is getting really dusty, so it’s time to step out. After several late nights and early mornings, getting only 4 hours of sleep a night for most of the past week, I finished the manuscript last night at 1am. It needs to be tweaked just a little, and [...]
May 25th, 2008 — , Gryffindor Common Room from korg20000bc @ The Hog's Head
By Matthew
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/harry-potter-actor-killed-in-brawl/2008/05/25/1211653818508.html
Sad.
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May 25th, 2008 — , Books, General, Harry, New Readers, Read Along, Ron, Sorcerer's Stone, hermione from Cindy Crouch @ Hogwarts Herald
The morning after encountering the three headed dog, Ron & Harry were quite excited about their adventure. Neville, on the other hand, just wanted to stay away from them and the danger they seemed to bring along with them, and Hermione just wants to forget it ever happened. She decides that these are [...]
Related StoresMay 25th, 2008 — , Announcements, Books, Emma Watson, General, Half Blood Prince, Movies, Sorcerer's Stone from Cindy Crouch @ Hogwarts Herald
Stopping by Emma Watson’s official website has been very informative for me this fine day. By the way, if you haven’t been, it’s a lovely and well designed site and you should definately visit. Different journal entries to date have updated me on some amazing things!!!
First of all, it was posted that the [...]
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May 24th, 2008 — , General from Cindy Crouch @ Hogwarts Herald
This chapter illustrates a habit of Harry’s that continues throughout all of the books. One that Hermione doesn’t approve of at all for the most part, but Ron is pretty ok with. Harry has a habit of breaking the rules, and not only getting away with it, but actually being rewarded for it. [...]
Related StoresMay 24th, 2008 — , General from Cindy Crouch @ Hogwarts Herald
Robert Knox (right) 18 year old actor to portray Marcus Belby in Half-Blood Prince.
18 year old Robert Knox, set to appear as Marcus Belby in November’s release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was stabbed to death today at a bar in Sidcup, London. The young man was stabbed along with three other [...]
May 24th, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
The Telegraph is reporting today that Robert Knox, a young actor that is set to appear as Marcus Belby in the upcoming ‘Half-Blood Prince’ movie, was tragically killed in a stabbing incident in London.
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May 24th, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
We’ve received a news tip this morning that the eagerly anticipated ‘Half-Blood Prince’ trailer will debut in front of the movie ‘Get Smart’.
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May 24th, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
We’ve received a news tip this morning that the eagerly anticipated ‘Half-Blood Prince’ trailer will debut in front of the movie ‘Get Smart’.
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May 24th, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
We have some sad news today, regarding a young actor who is due to appear in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The Telegraph is reporting that Robert Knox, who plays the part of Ravenclaw student (and Slug…
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May 24th, 2008 — , Actor Birthdays from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Happy Birthday wishes go out to actor Jim Broadbent who celebrates his 59th birthday today. Mr. Broadbent is set to appear as Horace Slughorn in the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” film. Happy Birthday, Jim! Cheers!…
Related StoresMay 24th, 2008 — , Harry, Hogwarts School of Literature, Indiana Jones, adventure story, genre fiction, hero's quest from Dave the Longwinded @ The Hog's Head
by Dave
Jamie and I went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls Thursday night. I won’t linger over a review of the film — if you’ve read the criticism on the web, I would agree with some of the more moderate takes on the film. Not as good as [...]
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May 23rd, 2008 — , Rumor from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
We have several pieces of news regarding Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince today, including yet more rumors on the long awaited teaser trailer and more. First, scores of readers let us know about this very small photo that has…
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May 23rd, 2008 — , Gryffindor Common Room, Madeleine L'Engle, Snape, antihero from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
Madeleine L’Engle on the antihero:
Children don’t like antiheroes. Neither do I. I don’t think many people do, despite the proliferation of novels in the past few decades with antiheroes for protagonists. I think we all want to be able to identify with a major character in a book - to live, suffer, dream, and grow [...]
May 22nd, 2008 — , Administrivia, Harry Potter, Harry Potter Prognostications, Portus 2008, Portus Discount, Portus Podcast Palooza, Portus Preview Podcast, Portus Registration from harrypotterprogs@yahoo.com (Harry Potter Prognostications) @ Harry Potter Prognostications Podcast
Hey everyone. Believe it or not, Greg and I are both under the weather right now and if we would sit down to podcast tonight the result would be a raspy, nasal, and moany sounding episode. So we are going to do you all a favor and not subject you to our ailments.
We won’t be [...]
May 22nd, 2008 — from PotterCast.com Blog @ PotterCast.com Blog
Here ya go guys!
CLICK HERE TO VOTE for all three parts of round one’s troupe auditions! …
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According to Emma Watson’s website filming on the sixth Harry Potter movie is finished
Related StoresMay 22nd, 2008 — , C.S. Lewis, Gryffindor Common Room, Prince Caspian, Prince Caspian film from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
by Johnny
Can a movie improve upon a book which C.S. Lewis wrote that “[s]ales show that is longo intervallo [latin for “by a long interval”] the least popular of the Narnian books”? That certainly seems to be the aim of the director and producers of the film adaptation of Prince Caspian. From the lengthy battle [...]
May 22nd, 2008 — , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Voting has now ended in Amazon.com’s Beedle the Bard Ballad Writing Contest, and the winner who will receive a weekend with the handwritten work by J. K. Rowling has been chosen. As we told you previously, the competition had been…
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May 22nd, 2008 — , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Voting has now ended in Amazon.com’s Beedle the Bard Ballad Writing Contest, and the winner who will receive a weekend with the handwritten work by J. K. Rowling has been chosen. As we told you previously, the competition had been…
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May 22nd, 2008 — , PS/SS from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The Press Association of the UK is reporting that the first novel in J. K. Rowling’s series, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” was named the third ‘Top Cultural Moment’ in Britain via a new survey. Conducted to mark the…
Related StoresMay 22nd, 2008 — , PS/SS from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The Press Association of the UK is reporting that the first novel in J. K. Rowling’s series, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” was named the third ‘Top Cultural Moment’ in Britain via a new survey. Conducted to mark the…
Related StoresMay 22nd, 2008 — , Seventh Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
While promoting his new film, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, actor John Hurt has made some remarks regarding his possible return to the Harry Potter film series. UK tabloid the Sun cites John Hurt as saying it is possible…
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May 22nd, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The official site of actress Emma Watson has been updated with the news that principal photography on the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was completed on Saturday, May 17. Her site notes that now that filming on the…
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