December 31st, 1969 — Articles from Latest in Potter @ Latest in Potter
The New York Times is reporting that actor Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is set to portray the role of Dan Eldon in a film about the photojournalist next year.
As of this time, there has been no official confirmation regarding Radcliffe’s possible portrayal of Dan Eldon in the film. Daniel Radcliffe is currently filming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, due out in theaters in November 2008.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final volume in the famed Harry Potter series, has been selected as “Book of the Year” by USA Today.
Proclaiming “‘Harry Potter’ prevails, wands down”, the publication chose the novel due to its record-breaking sales figures, as well as its ending.
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The entire Privet-Drive.com network of websites wishes you and your families a very Merry Christmas today, December 25th. Happy Holidays, everyone!
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Spanish publisher, Salamandra, today announced that the Spanish translation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be available for purchase on February 21, 2008.
The Spanish translation for the novel is Harry Potter y las reliquias de la muerte.
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Author J.K. Rowling has made Forbes Magazine’s list of billionaires from the United Kingdom, becoming the only woman and author to make the list.
Jo is featured in a profile on Forbes’ website, which also lists several prominent British citizens as having billionaire status.
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Today, November 22nd, Americans at home and abroad celebrate Thanksgiving Day - a day focused around family, food, and friends, as well as the official beginning of the holiday season.
Privet-Drive.com wishes you and your family a very happy and safe Thanksgiving Day! Enjoy your holiday, and be sure to eat well.
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December 31st, 1969 — Articles from Latest in Potter @ Latest in Potter
Author J.K. Rowling has been named Entertainer of the Year by Entertainment Weekly magazine for 2007.
Jo became the first author to be named with the title. She appears on the cover of the magazine, which features the following excerpt on why Rowling was chosen:
“J.K. Rowling is our Entertainer of the Year because she did something very, very hard, and she did it very, very well, thus pleasing hundreds of millions of children and adults very, very much. In an era of videogame consoles, online multiplayer ‘environments,’ and tinier-is-better mobisodes, minisodes, and webisodes, she got people to tote around her big, fat old-fashioned printed-on-paper books as if they were the hottest new entertainment devices on the planet.”
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Actress Helen McCrory will portray the character of Narcissa Malfoy in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, CBBC Newsround has announced.
McCrory was set to play Narcissa Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but was unable to fulfill the role after becoming pregnant last year.
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Author J.K Rowling is being touted as a possible candidate for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2007. Fans can vote for their choice of person on the magazine’s website.
Among Jo’s achievements is the completion of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final Harry Potter novel. The author is up against several prominent and influence figures including Steve Jobs, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Al Gore.
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Author J.K. Rowling has written real-life copies of the stories contained in The Tales of Beedle the Bard, the compilation of children’s fairy tales mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. She plans on auctioning the handwritten stories for charity at Sotheby’s in London on December 13th for £30,000.
Jo made the announcement in an update to her official website earlier this week.
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Critically-acclaimed play, Equus, will open on New York’s Broadway later next year, a popular Daniel Radcliffe fan site confirmed Friday. The play, which first opened on London’s West End earlier this year, stars Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Richard Griffiths (Vernon Dursley), both whom have appeared in the Harry Potter films.
DanRadcliffe.com announced that the play would be coming to America in September 2008. Radcliffe made headlines when he first appeared nude in the play this year.
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The Belfast Telegraph is reporting that actress Natalia Tena will reprise her role as Nymphadora Tonks in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, due out in theaters late next year.
Tena first landed the role of Tonks in 2006 and appeared in the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film, which was released this past July. She is scheduled to begin filming in mid-November.
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Author J.K. Rowling has updated her official website to mark the birthday of Molly Weasley today, October 30th.
We would like to wish Mrs. Weasley a very happy birthday, have a good one!
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The French and German translations of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows were released in the two European countries on October 28th.
There is a huge demand for the final Potter novel in both France and Germany. 1.15 million copies of the French translation were sold in the first 48 hours of the novel’s release.
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In a recent interview with MTV.com, director Guillermo Del Toro has expressed his interest in directing the final Potter film.
Having worked on films such as Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy, Del Toro says his interest in directing the films can be attributed to the fact that the Potter series has darkened over time. He previously turned down an offer to direct Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which was released in theaters in June 2004.
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Director Mike Newell has revealed in a new interview with MTV.com that J.K. Rowling did not spill details regarding the fate of the series’ main characters during his tenure with the Potter films.
Newell, who directed Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005, says:
?No. Absolutely nothing. I asked her and she wouldn?t [say a thing]. She was very funny about that.
I asked her questions [and] she simply said ?I?m not answering them. Not that. Not that. Not that.??
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Long live the Boy Who Lived, we would like to wish all our visitors a very happy and safe Halloween today, October 31st! Have a fun day.
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Television film, My Boy Jack, starring actor Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), will first air on British television network ITV on November 11, 2007 at 9 PM local time.
The film sees Radcliffe portraying the character of “Jack”. It is themed around World War I.
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In a new interview with MTV, author J.K. Rowling reveals that Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) had prior knowledge of the outcome of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows prior to the novel’s release this past July.
Jo claims that she spoke to Radcliffe on several occasions, claiming the actor knew certain details regarding his character, but requested important details be kept under wraps. She also recalls talking to Watson and says she told the actress the “most” information.
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Author J.K. Rowling will be in New Orleans, Louisiana tomorrow, October 18th, as she continues her 2007 Open Book Tour. Jo will be reading to hundreds of fans from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
The event will take place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center at 10 AM EST. A crowd of over 1,500 people is expected to attend.
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The latest update to author J.K. Rowling’s official website reveals our small favorite charms professor Filius Flitwick celebrates his birthday today, October 17th.
Happy Birthday, Filius!
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Author J.K. Rowling officially kicked off her 2007 U.S. Open Book Tour early Monday, arriving in Los Angeles, California to be greeted by thousands of dedicated Harry Potter fans.
The event, which marks the author’s first U.S. book tour in over five years, will see Jo visiting various cities across the United States. She will read from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at each event.
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On the first part of her U.S. Open Book Tour, author J.K. Rowling was asked various questions by eager fans of the Harry Potter series. One such question asked was on the subject of the proposed Harry Potter encyclopedia Jo is considering writing now that all seven Harry Potter novels have been released - has she started writing it yet?
The author, laughing, replied with, “It’s not coming along and I haven’t started yet. I never said it was the next thing I’d do.” The news upset many longtime fans of the boy wizard who are eagerly anticipating the post-Potter encyclopedia.
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The film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has been nominated for Movie of the Year at the Hollywood Movie Awards.
Fans can show their support for the boy wizard by voting for the latest Potter film. Winners will be announced on October 22nd at a ceremony in Los Angeles, California.
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Author J.K. Rowling has adopted a pet dog named Sapphire, the Herald is reporting.
Jo reportedly donated £1,000 to the animal rescue fund in which she adopted the animal from. Sapphire now resides with Rowling at her home.
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Collectible website, the Noble Collection, has added several new Harry Potter-related products to their catalog ahead of the 2007 holiday season.
Among the new items is a Death Eater mask, a full-sized replica of the Marauders Map, a map of Diagon Alley, and much more.
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The official website of author J.K. Rowling has been updated with a new Wizard of the Month for October 2007:
Harry Potter (1980-)
The Boy Who Lived, only known survivor of the Avada Kedavra curse and conqueror of Lord Voldemort, also known as Tom Riddle. Harry Potter joined the reshuffled Auror Department under Kingsley Shacklebolt at age 17, rising to become Head of said department in 2007.
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Director David Yates talks Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in a new interview now available on Voices From Krypton. In the interview, he details several scenes to take place in the film and also discusses the use of mixed elements used in the production process.
In addition, the website made available today an interview with production designer, Stuart Craig. Craig also discusses the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film, due out in theaters in November 2008.
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Actor Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) celebrates his twentieth birthday today, September 22nd.
We would like to wish the actor a very happy birthday. Happy Birthday, Tom!
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Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson will attend the ceremony for the National Movie Awards next week, a source close to the awards program has announced.
The ceremony be held on September 28th at Royal Festival Hall in London. The trio was nominated for their roles in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in the awards program. The aforementioned film has been nominated in the category of “Best Family Film.”
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Actor Jim Broadbent has confirmed he will be portraying the character of Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film in a new interview with Dark Horizons.
The actor has held roles in both Moulin Rouge and the Bridget Jones franchise. Filming for the movie begins next week.
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Actor Daniel Radcliffe recently conducted an interview with MTV, in which he commented on the character of Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film.
Although the film will be filled with comical moments of the Hogwarts Potion Master, Radcliffe believes the tragedy of Slughorn “outweighs the comedy in the film.”
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James Bond and Star Wars are no match for Harry Potter, according to the latest statistics from Warner Bros.
The Potter franchise has topped $4.47 billion in box office sales following the release of the first five films in the Harry Potter series. The newest figures make the boy wizard the top grossing franchise of all time.
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Warner Bros. today announced that the DVD version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be released in the United States on December 11, 2007.
This release date is later than the November 2007 one previously reported. The film is slated for release on Blu-Ray and HD-DVD as well.
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The film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has been nominated for an award at the Scream 2007 Awards, hosted by Spike TV.
The nomination, which was announced earlier today, places the film in several categories, including Ultimate Scream and Best Fantasy film.
Voting for this event begins tomorrow on the web, and lasts until October 19th.
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Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange) will return to the set of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to take part in filming early next year, a publicist for the actress confirmed yesterday.
Carter first appeared in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which was released in theaters this past July. She has postponed filming until early 2008 while she is pregnant with her child.
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Author J.K. Rowling has updated her official website with a new Wizard of the Month for the month of September 2007:
Albus Dumbledore (1881-1996)
Brilliant and often controversial headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Albus Dumbledore is most famous for his 1945 defeat of Grindelwald and his steadfast championing of Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived. Dumbledore’s self-proclaimed proudest achievement, however, was featuring on a Famous Wizards Chocolate Frog Card.
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A list of deleted scenes from the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film was made available to the public earlier today.
The scenes listed will appear on the DVD version of the film when it is released later this year.
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The success of the films and ever-growing Harry Potter fan base have led to a 120% increase in tourists to Alnwick Castle in Northumberland (many scenes within ‘Hogwarts’ were shot here). It is said that the Harry Potter films are responsible for bringing nearly £9m worth of tourism to this Northeast region of England.
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Based out of Clifton Park, New York, the Catie Hoch Foundation is an organization dedicated to supporting kids who are suffering from cancer.
The organization is currently holding an auction in which the highest bidder will receive a set of seven Harry Potter books, each autographed by author J.K. Rowling herself. Jo regularly supports the foundation, having been touched by the personal story of Catie Hoch, who found an escape from the burden of cancer by reading Harry Potter.
Thanks to Valerie for the heads up!
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