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“Harry… You’re a woman!”

Mar 15, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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French & Saunders’ official website now has images from their Harry Potter spoof from Comic Relief Night last night. The show starred Dawn French as Harry, Jennifer Saunders as Ron, Miranda Richardson as Hermione, Jeremy Irons as Snape and Nigel Planner as Dumbledore, wearing Richard Harris’ old wig. It was directed by Adrien Edmonson. You …read more!

School Fair OotP Sales

Mar 14, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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NJ.com reports on the school fair sales of OotP and booksellers’ unsavory reactions. TLC would like to point out that these book fairs are not offering the book early, only allowing those who purchase a copy to pick one up at 8am on June 21 – eight hours after most bookstores are offering it. Scholastic …read more!

Yahoo DVD preview

Mar 14, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Thakns Caitlin, for the heads up – scroll to the bottom of this Yahoo article for four interview clips and four deleted scenes from the CoS DVD!

PoA release date (?)

Mar 14, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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While Counting Down recently reported that HP3 is due out on June 4, 2004, that date is completely unofficial. As far as we’ve been told, November 2004 hasn’t exactly been ruled out yet – it’s more likely to release in the summer, but “summer” is the closest thing we’ll get to a release date for …read more!

Pics from Deleted Scenes

Mar 14, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Godric’s Hollow has scored some pics from what look to be two of the 19 deleted scenes on the CoS DVD: the Borgin and Burkes scene, and the scene in which Gilderoy Lockhart hands out a very autobiographical test. Go there to check them out, and thanks so much to Jaime for the heads up!

JKR Tries to Stop New Versions of “Grotter”

Mar 14, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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CBBC Newsround reports on legal action being taken by JK Rowling’s lawyers to block publication of 7,000 Dutch versions of Tanya Grotter and Her Magical Double Bass by Russian author Dmitry Yemetsin. The books are set to be published in April.

It’s Red Nose Day in the UK!

Mar 14, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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And that means it’s just a few hours until the parody of the HP films, Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpots of Azerbajan, airs. And don’t forget, you can still enter to win a Ford Anglia that doesn’t actually fly, but which has a boot (trunk to most Americans) filled with a tonne of HP …read more!

Professor of Potter-ology

Mar 14, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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At Kansas State University, there’s magic in at least one classroom. Dr Phillip Nel, a children’s literature professor and Harry Potter expert, teaches “J.K. Rowling, Texts and Contexts,” a class which focuses on the HP books themselves, from literary, entertainment and analytic perspectives. As an educator, Nel said he hoped to open minds to the …read more!

Letterbox reminder

Mar 13, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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We just received word from the Letterbox Project‘s organizers that the deadline to get a letter or art submitted is March 25, 2003.

Magical Locks

Mar 12, 2003

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Locks of hair that is. The winning bid for Daniel Radcliffe’s hair lock was £751 and naturally, that was the most expensive lock. The total raised among all the celebrities was £3,506. For the full article check out Bid-Up’s Comic Relief Website. Still no word on whether or not the winner will be brewing polyjuice…



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