Archive for August, 2005

Time asks: “What Ever Happened to Ralph Fiennes”?

Aug 15, 2005

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Time has a lengthy feature on Ralph Fiennes recounting his whole career. The actor, currently doing press for his film The Constant Gardener calls his role as Voldemort “a full-on, red-blooded baddie.”

Happy Birthday Nick!

Aug 15, 2005

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We’re a day late on this, but Leaky Lounge creator and administrator, Nick Rhein, celebrated his 21st birthday yesterday! We all hope he had a great one (and judging from the party that went down in the forums, he most likely did…).

New GoF Pic from Entertainment Weekly

Aug 15, 2005

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Harry Potter FanZone has the newest GoF pic, which appeared in this week’s Entertainment Weekly, scanned here. Thanks Andy!

German HBP Cover Now Online

Aug 15, 2005

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German HP publishers Carlsen Verlag have released the cover chosen for HBP, which you can see right here, and you can see a larger version at HarryPotter Xperts right here.

New “Extra” Footage from Goblet of Fire Online

Aug 12, 2005

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The “Extra” Tv show with the preview of the Goblet of Fire film is now airing on certain stations here in the states. This editor just caught the tail end of the Harry Potter part. There were new shots of the second task (including a very cool shot of backflip out of the water), of …read more!

The “Nature” of Harry Potter

Aug 12, 2005

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The current issue of “Nature” magazine has a short feature on wizarding genetics and their use as a teaching tool for kids learning about heredity and alleles.

New Goblet of Fire Footage on “Extra” TV Tonight

Aug 12, 2005

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Syndicated television program “Extra” will be previewing the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film tonight. They will be airing some new footage, brief clips of which you can see on their website(including a quick look at the flying arrival of the Beauxbatons). As the show is syndicated, it will air at different …read more!

RetroVision’s HP News Diary Pushed Back to September

Aug 12, 2005

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Retrovision Magazine‘s next issue, the Harry Potter News Diary: 1997-2005, will be pushed back one month September to make room for recent news, interviews with David Heyman, director/producer Chris Columbus, director Alfonso Cuaron, production designer Stuart Craig, visual effects supervisor Jim Mitchell, and actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. The cover is illustrated …read more!

Yolen: “…if Ms. Rowling would like to cut me a very large check, I would cash it.”

Aug 12, 2005

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In this MSNBC article, children’s lit author Jane Yolen speaks of Harry Potter, the similarities it has to one of the over 300 books she has written, and how she believes a lot of those were put into HP. Have you read all six Harry Potter books? What do you think of them? I read …read more!

Joss Whedon, Veronica Mars and…HP

Aug 12, 2005

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