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Dan Impostor on the Net

Mar 06, 2004

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Dan Radcliffe.com received a letter of warning from Daniel Radcliffe’s father recently, explaining that someone on the net is posing as Dan, and reminding everyone that Dan does not communicate with his fans via e-mail or Internet. From his letter: Daniel never communicates with fans via the internet or email for this very reason – …read more!

New HP Shirts at Hot Topic

Mar 06, 2004

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Hot Topic, the store that came out with some official Harry Potter shirts a while ago, has two new HP shirts: Seeker on the front, the HP emblem on the back Muggle on the front, the HP emblem on the back The store’s HP line is here, restocked after their last sellout. Thanks to the …read more!

Trading Cards – Including Pic of Buckbeak

Mar 05, 2004

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Winky at PotterWorld Online has uploaded pics of the trading cards from PoA including an image of Harry and Buckbeak bowing to each other. You can also see the box here and a sample card here.

AP and the nonexistent eighth book

Mar 05, 2004

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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The Associated Press, in its story about the chat, has gone back to that old Harry Potter news chestnut, taking J.K. Rowling’s equivocacy on whether she’ll stop at seven books and blowing it up into a headline about the possibility of an eighth book. Nothing’s really changed with regard to her book plans, as the …read more!

Brief Interview with Maggie Smith

Mar 05, 2004

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Maggie Smith, who portrays Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter movies, briefly mentions the upcoming filming of GOF in this short piece with The Australian.

BBC: JKR Drops Hints in Web Chat

Mar 04, 2004

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Newsround was at JK Rowling’s office for today’s Web chat, and did a great little interview (including picture of her at her comp) with her after it ended. What was the webchat like? There were some really good questions. I feel guilty that obviously people want a lot of information about the next two books, …read more!

Articles about the JKR Chat

Mar 04, 2004

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

J.K. Rowling

JK Rowling Hints at More Harry Potter – Yahoo! News Rowling Hints About New Book, Owes Harry Apology – Yahoo! News Harry Potter to ‘grow up’ – The Courier Mail We’ll update this as they come in.

JKR Transcript Update

Mar 04, 2004

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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A full transcript of the chat is here, with the questions in order. (Phew!) Among the many revelations (no spoilers here, you’ll have to read the chat!): which house at least three of the Marauders were in; clarification on the ages of the Weasley children; the kids’ middle names; whether or not Hermione is an …read more!

J.K. Rowling Chat Transcript

Mar 04, 2004

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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A working transcript of JKR’s amazing World Book Day Chat is here. Ms. Rowling answered approximately 140 questions, and the fans did not disappoint in grilling her senseless – the revelations (and teasers) are dizzying. While we fix this transcript up, discuss!

Batman? Seriously!

Mar 03, 2004

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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We’ve been getting reports all evening that Gary Oldman is set to play Lt. James Gordon, a detective on the Gotham police force, in Batman Begins, which is set to star Christian Bale as young Bruce Wayne; the film is a prequel of sorts to the current movies in the Batman series.



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