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Entertainment Weekly Celebrates 1,000th Issue with Dan Radcliffe on Cover

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Posted by: Sue
June 20, 2008, 04:25 PM

Entertainment Weekly is celebrating their 1,000th issue, Harry Potter style. The new issue of the magazine features this photo of actor Dan Radcliffe as Harry Potter in “Goblet of Fire” along with several other icons such as Bono from U2, Johnny Depp as Edward Sissorhands and more, as EW is showcasing 1,000 of the New Classics. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling comes in number two on their list of Top 100 New Classic Books, with the magazine noting :The first three Harry Potter novels were pure kid stuff, and then, unexpectedly, Rowling went epic and dark—killing children, resurrecting evil, and sending Harry to war.” The top ten list reads as follows:

1. The Road, Cormac McCarthy

2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling

3. Beloved, Toni Morrison

4. The Liars’ Club, Mary Karr

5. American Pastoral, Philip Roth

6. Mystic River, Dennis Lehane

7. Maus, Art Spiegelman

8. Selected Stories, Alice Munro

9. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier

10. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami

Speaking of authors, our favorite author J.K. Rowling was also voted the reader’s most favorite author, with the rest of the voting

Favorite Author:
1. J.K. Rowling (46%) – winner
2. Stephen King (30%)
3. John Grisham (10%)
4. Cormac McCarthy (8%)
5. Toni Morrison (6%)

This special issue of Entertainment Weekly , a special double-issue entirely devoted to the New Classics: the 1,000 best movies, TV shows, albums, books, videogames, pop culture style moments and more of the last 25 years is on newsstands today!

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44 Comments

twiwizardjedi

Ha! I love that cover. It’s like Dumbledore’s Army got all pimped out!

Posted by twiwizardjedi on June 20, 2008, 11:36 AM
MuggleKylie

OMG!!! that’s so cool, they pretty much featured all my favorite icons EVER! (except for Bioncé) gotta get it and frame it!!! :-)

Posted by MuggleKylie on June 20, 2008, 11:54 AM
Sasha

Hahahahahaha that was funny twiwizardjedi!!! i agree! notice Dan is in front of everyone else!!! when the hec is the HP6 tralier coming out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????

Posted by Sasha on June 20, 2008, 11:56 AM
Francisco

Harry Potter first of all…. OF COURSE!

Posted by Francisco on June 20, 2008, 11:57 AM
Carrie

That’s awesome!!

Posted by Carrie on June 20, 2008, 12:07 PM
kanedax

let the fanfiction begin, triwizard…

Posted by kanedax on June 20, 2008, 12:13 PM
Christine

Yayyyy =)

Posted by Christine on June 20, 2008, 12:17 PM
Beth A

that’s awesome! And GOF is my favorite book of the series as well (with DH a very close second). What a shame I’m not a subscriber anymore. Guess I’ll have to buy this one on the news stand.

Posted by Beth A on June 20, 2008, 12:23 PM
Tiffany

They also have listed under 25 death scenes Cedric’s death in Goblet of Fire. Just thought I would point it out :)

YAY!!!!!

Posted by Tiffany on June 20, 2008, 12:27 PM
DeathlyH

Uh…....it’s cool and all, but WHY use the evil long-haired Harry from the 4th movie (which was a disgrace to the series except for Voldy and Harry being topless YUMMY) That Harry’s hair was TOO LONG!

Posted by DeathlyH on June 20, 2008, 12:40 PM
twiwizardjedi

Yes, kanedax! Excellent idea. Someone please write this. Something along the lines of: “And a besotted Ginny Weasley transfigured herself into a divalicious R&B singer, and the monster in Harry’s chest growled…”

Posted by twiwizardjedi on June 20, 2008, 12:44 PM
radcakesfan

Gorgeous, handsome Dan! Love that he is not just on the cover, but at the very forefront! DeathlyH, since when is Harry EVER “evil” ? (except for the evilh/hr clincher but that’s not really Harry…)

Posted by radcakesfan on June 20, 2008, 01:09 PM
radcakesfan

I just realized that’s Will Smith in the very back! Burn! He’s like the top selling movie actor and they stuck him in the back. Depp too is, back there. Whoa! I guess it’s because HP has made such waves in both literature and movies? a lthough i don’t think it made the best movies list or anything. ( of course, i think putting Dan’s pretty face on the cover helps lol) Love it , love it.

Posted by radcakesfan on June 20, 2008, 01:18 PM
*Ava*

Yay! Congrats J.K. Rowling! You deserve this, you’re definitely my favorite author!*

Posted by *Ava* on June 20, 2008, 01:18 PM
DeathlyH

@ Radcakesfan: I love Dan too, (i’m “Dan’s Girlfriend” on your site) but I hate that hairdo. The HAIRDO is evil. Not Harry.

Posted by DeathlyH on June 20, 2008, 01:20 PM
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