Rowling Sues HP Lexicon Creator

The Harry Potter world has been rocked this week with the news that J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. are suing Steven VanderArk, creator of The HP Lexicon, over a book that VanderArk had planned to publish. The book purportedly would contain the same information that is currently available on the Lexicon website.
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Rowling Confirms: Dumbledore Is Gay

Yesterday night, at a reading of Deathly Hallows reading at Carnegie Hall, author J.K. Rowling finally let the cat out of the bag, or in this case, the wizard out of the closet.
While taking questions about the series, one fan asked Rowling if Dumbledore ever found true love. Rowling responded, “I always saw Dumbledore [...]

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Jim Broadbent To Play Slughorn

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Just as many fans predicted and hoped, British actor Jim Broadbent will be playing Horace Slughorn in the film version of Half-Blood Prince, due out in November 2008. Principle filming began today.
In other casting notes, MTV.com has an article out in which they speculate on who could play the remaining roles in the film [...]

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OoTP DVD to be released December 11th

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Warner Bros. has officially confirmed that the Order of the Phoenix DVD will be available on December 11th in the United States.
They have also announced what will be included on the DVDs by way of special features:
DVD ELEMENTS:
The 2-Disc Special Edition DVD contains the following special features:
– Additional Scenes: 17 minutes of never-before-seen footage.
– [...]

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Rowling Answers Some Burning Questions

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This morning, J.K. Rowling participated in a web chat where she answered dozens of questions about Deathly Hallows and the series in general. You can read the transcript here.
Among the more interesting information? The Malfoys (Lucius, Narcissa, and Draco) were apparently never sent to Azkaban or punished for their Death Eater status due to [...]

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Dan Radcliffe Shares Thoughts on Deathly Hallows

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, actor Dan Radcliffe reveals his first impressions of the final Potter installment.
It’s full of spoilers, so if you haven’t read…yada yada yada.

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Beyond The Epilogue

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If you found the epilogue of Deathly Hallows less than satisfying, take heart. Rowling has revealed new details of what happened to the surviving characters of Deathly Hallows in the first of a two part interview on the TODAY show.
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Deathly Hallows Clue in GoF Movie?

*MILD DEATHLY HALLOWS SPOILER*
So I was watching Goblet of Fire last night. And I noticed something kind of strange. You know the scene where Harry falls into Dumbledore’s Pensieve? Well, after Dumbledore pulls him out, he and Harry are talking and Dumbledore walks away from Harry across the room. He’s now facing one of the [...]

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Rowling Will Write Encyclopedia

J.K. Rowling has told the TODAY show that she likely will write an encyclopedia type book promising many more details about her characters and the fate of the wizarding world beyond the few clues provided in the seventh book’s epilogue.
The encyclopedia would include back stories of characters she has already written but had to cut [...]

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Happy Birthday!

BloggingHarryPotter.com would like to wish actor Daniel Radcliffe a very happy 18th birthday. We hope he has a good one!

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SPOILERS -Book 7 Discussion- SPOILERS

Ok, I’ve just finished it, ladies and gents. All 759 pages. I’ve decided to open up this post for discussions, impressions, rants, etc. on Deathly Hallows. I’ll start with my impressions; and those so desiring can leave their thoughts in the comments. My comments on the book won’t start until after the more link. So [...]

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RavenclawWit’s Official Predictions

Over at Mugglenet, the staff released their official predictions on what they think will happen in Deathly Hallows. I thought it was pretty cool, so I decided to do the same in the same format. Feel free to leave your predictions in the comments. So here we go:
Who will die? First let me say that [...]

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A Note About Spoilers

Just a note to let people know that comments on this blog are moderated. So if you try to post spoilers for Deathly Hallows or links to illegal copies or scans of the new book, I’ll just delete them and they’ll never see the light of day. I’ve already removed a comment that linked to [...]

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