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Harry Potter In Comic…Again

Aug 09, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Darby Conley must be a Harry Potter fan…he’s once again featured our favorite wizard-in-training in his Get Fuzzy comic.

Vote On the German Cover of OotP

Aug 08, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

Books

The official German Harry Potter site is currently offering a chance for visitors to choose which Book V cover they like best. Editor’s Note: The site is, obviously, in German. To reach the book covers, click on “Zum Wahllokal” on the main page and you’ll link right to them. If you’re interested in translation, Heidi …read more!

Pics from the Sun on Official Site

Aug 07, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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The pics that ran in The Sun a while back are on the official HP site, a small bit larger and with captions. This also puts to rest speculation that these are rehearsal pictures, as they are tagged as ‘PoA pictures.’ Thanks Parker, for the tip!

More On Isaacs As Hook

Aug 07, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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USA Today has an article discussing the latest Peter Pan movie and how a certain baddie we all know might just be what gets the audience hooked on the film.

Professor Harry Potter

Aug 06, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Two Ball State University professors use Harry Potter quotes and connections in their classes. With that in mind, Vasicko added, quoting Harry Potter to start a lesson becomes a perfect hook to grab students’ interest.

Tidbits found in the Newsweek pics

Aug 06, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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If you look at the picture of Cuaron and Emma Watson, you can see the Time Turner’s gold chain around Emma’s neck. Also, the Daily Prophet page that Rupert has in front of him in the Leaky Cauldron pic has a two-word headline, the second word being “Egypt.” I can’t make out the first (though …read more!

Hi-Res Newsweek Pics

Aug 05, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Remember the Newsweek pics? We’ve got them for you in hi-res, without the captions and headlines splashed across them. Cuaron and Emma Gambon as Dumbledore Hermione and Harry Cuaron, Rupert and Daniel (in The Leaky Cauldron?) Daniel and Cuaron on the Hogwarts Express In the Shrieking Shack The Trio Have fun, don’t crash us!

Move Over A.S. Byatt, Bloom is Back

Aug 05, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Sylvia sent us this article from The Atlantic Online in which literary critic Harold Bloom again spouts off about Harry Potter, calling it “rubbish”. A quote: I went round to the Yale bookstore and purchased an inexpensive paperback copy of the first volume. I could not believe what was in front of me. What I …read more!

Disney Potter Ride in 2006

Aug 03, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

Misc

Thanks Beth, for pointing out that a Disney site says there will be a Potter attraction at Epcot sometime in 2006, as the rumors have suggested. This should still be treated as a rumor, though, until there is official confirmation.

In Search of Winners!

Jul 31, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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A bit of a public service announcement: If your name is Lorna Gilmour or D. Steele, please contact the Dan Radcliffe birthday fundraiser project (which raised a whopping 2,100 pounds!) – you generously donated to the National Autism Society in honor of Dan Radcliffe’s birthday last week and as a result have won the prize …read more!



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