August 31st, 2008 — , Giveaways, giveaway winner from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
Chelsea! Congratulations, Chelsea. By popular vote, you win the August giveaway caption contest. Send me an E-owl, and I’ll arrange for your Harry Potter Bookplates to be shipped!
Here’s the picture again, with the winning caption:
“You’ll have to BUY MY BOOK for all the details but yes, the fight started when I grabbed Gambon by the hair… did [...]
Related StoresAugust 31st, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
There is a new behind-the-scenes photo from the “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” film which surfaced online showing actors Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) on the Burrow set during Christmas. While…
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August 29th, 2008 — , Gryffindor Common Room, fun, short, story from korg20000bc @ The Hog's Head
By Matthew
A local radio station I listen to recently ran a competition for the best six word story.
I thought it might be a good exercise to get our creative juices flowing and who knows, maybe Travis will judge the best and start handing out more prizes.
I hear that he has a huge cache of ill-gotten [...]
August 29th, 2008 — , Honors/Awards from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” film has been included on a list of nominees for the People’s Choice Award at the 21st Annual European Film Awards. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the fifth Potter film faces…
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August 29th, 2008 — , Giveaways from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
All submissions are now in for the caption contest. Your job, faithful readers, is to vote on the winner of the Harry Potter Bookplates. All submissions are posted below the break. You vote by sending an E-Owl with your pick. You have until midnight EST on Saturday, August 30, and the winner will be announced [...]
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August 29th, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Photos of the new action figures due as part of the release of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” are now online. Produced in the UK and Europe by Popco, new are action figures of Young Tom Riddle and Professor…
Related StoresAugust 29th, 2008 — , Watson from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
As mentioned previously on her official website, actress Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) is featured in the new issue of Italian Vogue magazine. You can now see these stunning new photos of Emma via scans of the magazine here, courtesty of…
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August 29th, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
This month’s issue of the Italian “Vogue” features a Emma Watson (Hermione in the “Harry Potter” movies) photo shoot. Scans from the issue are now available online.
Continue reading → Scans from Emma Watson’s Italian ‘Vogue’ photo shoot
August 28th, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
Movie and entertainment site Fandango, the nations leading provider of movie tickets, conducted a survey of 3,000 respondents this month and a whopping 43% picked the “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” movie as the most anticipated movie of 2009.
Continue reading → ‘Half-Blood Prince’ most anticipated movie of 2009 according to Fandango
August 28th, 2008 — , Daniel Radcliffe, Gryffindor Common Room, child actors, fate, poll, typecast from korg20000bc @ The Hog's Head
By Matthew
What’s to become of the fella?
The poll is there on the right side bar.
August 27th, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
Even though the “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” movie has been rescheduled for July 2009 merchandise featuring images from the movie are still being produced. The 2009 calendar featuring images of Bellatrix, Slughorn and many more have hit the net. Also, Tonner Doll Collection have released a new Luna doll in their fall/holiday collection.
Continue reading → Images from ‘Prince’ 2009 calendar & new Luna doll
August 27th, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
Actor Daniel Radcliffe appeared on the “The Late Show with Conan O’Brien” this week to talk about his Broadway debut in “Equus.” Dan also touched on getting lost in New York City, U.S. politics and the Olympics.
Continue reading → Video of Dan’s appearance on ‘Late Show with Conan O’Brien’
August 27th, 2008 — , Radcliffe Interviews from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
As we first told you last week, actor Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) would make an appearance on the Late Night with Conan O’Brien Show to discuss his upcoming Broadway revival of the play “Equus.” The video from that appearance is…
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August 27th, 2008 — from PotterCast.com Blog @ PotterCast.com Blog
Have you all had time to listen to PC163 and its whopping 3 hours of goodness?
You did?
Workit, you’re awesome!
But wait… theres more!
Have you all realized what our Trusty Stede has done for you all? Open up your itunes and check out y…
Related StoresAugust 27th, 2008 — , Books from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Cheryl Klein, Senior Editor at Arthur A. Levine Books, is the subject of a new interview, where she briefly discusses her work as Continuity Editor on the Harry Potter books published by Scholastic. Cheryl, who is to be a judge…
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August 27th, 2008 — , Phelps from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
James and Oliver Phelps have given a new interview where the brothers discuss the Harry Potter films and video games. Recorded at the recent games convention in Germany, the twins reflect that it was almost eight years ago that they…
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August 27th, 2008 — , Lynch from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Tonner Dolls, makers of high end collectible dolls, have released their new Fall/Holiday collection, and new is a Luna Lovegood doll. The doll, which you can see here, retails for $159.00 (USD), and is based on actress Evanna Lynch as…
Related StoresAugust 27th, 2008 — , Harry Potter Culture, Harry Potter and culture, Harry Potter movies, Podcasts from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
How do we read Harry Potter? How does our culture read it? What are the effects of celebrity culture on the experience of Story?
You can subscribe to the Hog’s Head PubCast through iTunes, or Odeo, and VOTE for The Hog’s Head for the month of August at Podcast Alley.
On Tap:
Harry Potter Conference: Searching for Platform 9 & 3/4
Daniel Radcliffe Naked: [...]
Continue reading → Hog’s Head PubCast #58: Movies, Books, and Culture
August 26th, 2008 — , Movies from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The BBC is reporting that Warner Bros. has filed suit against a film company in India for infringing on intellectual property rights in titling an upcoming movie: “Hari Puttar - A Comedy Of Terrors.” A spokesperson confirmed that a lawsuit…
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August 26th, 2008 — , JK Rowling from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Today, the Telegraph has a preview piece featuring an excerpt from the foreword that J.K. Rowling wrote for the upcoming book, Harry, A History: The true story of a boy wizard, his fans and life inside the Harry Potter phenomenon…
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August 26th, 2008 — , Beedle the Bard, Deathly Hallows, Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, Movies, Podcasts, delayed, eyes from harrypotterprogs@yahoo.com (Harry Potter Prognostications) @ Harry Potter Prognostications Podcast
So, it’s been a week or so since the last episode of HPProgs; while you were waiting for the next show, and even larger wait was sprung upon you: Half Blood Prince, The Movie, was delayed from 2008 to 2000-and-freakin-9. Penny’s been covering developments on the HPProgs blog, and even managed to unearth one [...]
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August 25th, 2008 — , Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Harry Potter Culture, Harry Potter movies, Monday Magical Musings, Rupert Grint from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
by Travis
I’m wondering what the marriage of celebrity culture to great literature is doing to Harry Potter.
The extent to which film has become normative in our culture is profound, especially as it relates to literature. We all used to joke about getting the movie version in order to do book reports in school (much to [...]
August 25th, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Several retailers have now uploaded new images from some of the 2009 Harry Potter calendars. Danilo.com and Amazon.com both have new images from the 2009 Square Calendar as well as the Slim Calendar. As seen here in our galleries, you…
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August 25th, 2008 — , Half-Blood Prince movie, Half-Blood Prince pictures, The Movies from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
Leaky collected links of retailers who have posted images from the Half-Blood Prince movie which appear on merchandise (like 2009 calendars).
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Related StoresAugust 25th, 2008 — , Companion Books from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
As readers are aware, “The Tales of Beedle the Bard,” the new book for charity by author J.K. Rowling will be published on December 4, 2008. As we draw nearer to the release of the new companion book to the…
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August 25th, 2008 — from PotterCast.com Blog @ PotterCast.com Blog
The newest episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast is now online for this week, filled with an entire three hours of Harry Potter news, discussion, and wizard rock live from Detroit! Our 163rd episode kicks off with with the latest news from …
Related StoresAugust 25th, 2008 — , PotterCast from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The newest episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast is now online for this week, filled with an entire three hours of Harry Potter news, discussion, and wizard rock live from Detroit! Our 163rd episode kicks off with with the…
Related StoresAugust 24th, 2008 — , Honors/Awards from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
As we reported previously, the “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” film and a number of its cast, along with Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling, were nominees at the 2008 SyFy Genre Awards. These virtual awards allow…
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August 24th, 2008 — , Actor Birthdays from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Happy Birthday wishes go out to the narrator of the UK editions of the Harry Potter novels, Stephen Fry, today as well. Mr. Fry is today celebrating his 51st birthday. Cheers to you Stephen!…
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Please join us at TLC today in wishing actor Rupert Grint, who portrays the character of Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, a most happy birthday. The actor celebrates his 20th birthday today. Have a smashing day, Rupert! Cheers!…
Related StoresAugust 23rd, 2008 — from PotterCast.com Blog @ PotterCast.com Blog
Do any of you remember that silly ‘Pants’ contest we did in 2006?
Well I do, and not because it was one of the more ludicrous contests PotterCast has done over the years, but because it brought us Frak. 
I’ll spare Frak and you all a sappy…
August 23rd, 2008 — , Giveaways, Harry Potter giveaway, free Harry Potter bookplates from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
by Travis
Do you lend people your books and never get them back? Do you love Harry Potter? Harry Potter can help you solve your problem. Enter The Hog’s Head August Giveaway and receive 5 packs of Harry Potter bookplates (4 packs are 18 count, 1 pack is a 12 count). These bookplates let you personalize [...]
August 23rd, 2008 — , Fans from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
There two pieces of news online regarding the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” theme park currently under construction at Universal in Orlando, Florida. First up, a new blog via the Orlando Sentinel has a handful of new photos online which…
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August 22nd, 2008 — , Gryffindor Common Room, Half-Blood Prince Movie Delay, Harry Potter News, free books from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
Some items for your weekend:
Three free kids’ books - first person to ask gets ‘em. (I had no time to write a review, and I’m doing a different giveaway.)
HP Progs did a brilliant reaction video to the HBP delay news.
Harry Potter is being invoked for any and every cause - including dog adoption.
On September [...]
August 22nd, 2008 — , Grand Theft Auto, Harry News and Commentary, Harry Potter Culture, World of Warcraft, simulation, spinoff, videogames from Dave the Longwinded @ The Hog's Head
by Dave
An article on The Leaky Cauldron has touched on a different issue concerning the Harry Potter videogames: the potential that they might keep making them after Deathly Hallows. The game industry does have a habit of running moneymaking franchises into the ground, especially if they have marketing tie-ins that reach audiences outside of [...]
August 22nd, 2008 — from PotterCast.com Blog @ PotterCast.com Blog
Tour was awesome! Seeing new awesome places, meeting tons of awesome people! What was the most awesome thing you ask? Well I’ll tell you! The most awesome thing was hanging out with all you awesome peoples! Like my fellow PodCasters; John, Melissa, an…
Related StoresAugust 21st, 2008 — , Watson from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Emma Watson has written a new message on her official website, where the actress reveals she attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art over the summer. The actress, who portrays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, wrote that she…
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August 21st, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
Many people’s plans were thrown into disarray by the delay of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” until next summer. But when one door shuts, another (or several) open: HP Fan Trips announced this evening that they have secured a cast member from Equus to participate in an exclusive workshop following the included performance; and Azkatraz has announced plans for an exclusive IMAX screening of “Half-Blood Prince,” which now conveniently coincides with their conference in 2009.
Continue reading → Fan groups adjust for loss of ‘Half-Blood Prince’ in November
August 21st, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
Many people’s plans were thrown into disarray by the delay of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” to next summer. But when one door shuts, another (or several) open: HP Fan Trips announced this evening that they have secured a cast member from Equus to participate in an exclusive workshop following the included performance; and Azkatraz has announced plans for an exclusive IMAX screening of “Half-Blood Prince,” which now conveniently coincides with their conference in 2009.
Continue reading → Companies, fan groups adjust for loss of ‘Half-Blood Prince’ in November
August 21st, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
JK Rowling’s web site has been updated to wish yet another redhead, Percy Weasley, a happy birthday on August 22 in the UK.
August 21st, 2008 — , Radcliffe from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Actor Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) will be making an appearance next week on the “Late Night with Conan O’Brien Show” to discuss his upcoming play, “Equus,” before it makes its Broadway debut in September. Playbill.com is reporting that Dan is…
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August 21st, 2008 — , Books, Half Blood Prince Delay, Hitler Reaction, Movies, Podcasts, Reaction to Half Blood Prince Delay, Warner Brothers from harrypotterprogs@yahoo.com (Harry Potter Prognostications) @ Harry Potter Prognostications Podcast
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Many of you have asked us our opinions on the Half Blood Prince delay. We haven’t been able to emotionally pull ourselves together enough to address this issue but we have been scouring the net for some more famous reactions to the news. We were fortunate enough to find this footage in the [...]
Continue reading → The Most Famous Reaction To the Half Blood Prince Delay
August 21st, 2008 — , Character Birthdays from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Everyone please join us in raising your glass for a well-mannered toast to Percy Weasley who, as the calendar of J. K. Rowling’s website now indicates, celebrates his birthday on August 22nd. Happy Birthday, Percy! Cheers!…
Related StoresAugust 21st, 2008 — , Electronic Arts, Half Blood Prince, Half-Blood Prince videogame, Harry News and Commentary, The Movies from Dave the Longwinded @ The Hog's Head
by Dave
So, now that the movie has been delayed, what does this mean for the videogame? Apparently nothing. Some footage was shown at the Lepzig Games Convention (YouTube link here) in Germany over the last couple of days, and the release date is still slated for this November. The link is worth a look just to [...]
August 21st, 2008 — , Video Games from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
There is more online today, regarding the future of the Harry Potter video games, and a possible extension of the games post “Deathly Hallows.” In a new interview with Jonathan Bunney, an executive producer with EA, makers of the Harry…
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August 21st, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
Actor Daniel Radcliffe is set to make an appearance on the “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” show next Monday, August 25, to discuss his Broadway play “Equus.”
Continue reading → Dan Radcliffe to appear on ‘Conan O’Brien’ to talk ‘Equus’
August 21st, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
Actor Daniel Radcliffe is set to make an appearance on the “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” show next Monday, August 25, to discuss his Broadway play “Equus.”
Continue reading → Dan Radcliffe to appear on ‘Conan O’Brien’ to dicuss ‘Equus’
August 21st, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
An interesting article appeared online today with a great description of what fans can expect at the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” at Universal in Orlando, Florida. The article mentions that there is a possibility that previews will happen “as early as Christmas 2009 and officially will open summer 2010,” and that by reviewing patents you are able to gleam what may be included at the site.
Continue reading → More on ‘Wizarding World of Harry Potter’ in Orlando
August 21st, 2008 — from Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator @ Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator
Warner Bros. has sent HPANA the high-resolution version of the behind-the-scenes picture we showed you yesterday as well as new links to the teaser trailer showing the new release date of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”
Continue reading → Updated trailer links & hi-res version of BTS ‘Prince’ picture