Sean Biggerstaff Film "Cashback" Nominated for Oscar
Actor Sean Biggerstaff's film "Cashback" has been nominated for an Academy Award in the "Best Live Action Short Film " category. Sean, who is known to Potter movie fans world wide for his portrayal of Gryffindor Quidditch Captain Oliver Wood, stars in this 18 -minute shortContinued...
Goblet of Fire Tops Chamber of Secrets in World Wide Box Office
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire continues to shatter records at the box office, as this weekend it earned enough to surpass Chamber of Secrets and move into eighth place as one of the top grossing films of all time. Box Office Mojo reports that GoF has now earned anContinued...
HarryPotter.com to launch GoF Virtual Trading Cards
Calling all you trading card fans! HarryPotter.com is set to launch their online trading cards again, this time with cards from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Reader Margie let us know that at this link we can see the countdown clock marking the time until the update is ready at the WB HarryContinued...
Muggles Steal Arthur Weasley's Car
Muggle Media Channel BBC is reporting that our own Arthur Weasley had his beloved blue flying Ford Anglia car stolen from the South West Film Studios in Cornwall. Arthur Weasley, well known friend to the Muggles, had lent his car which was used in the movie "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"Continued...
iTV to Premiere Chamber in the UK
An AFX News release reports that iTV has secured the rights to the UK network premiere of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The movie is mentioned as part of the Autumn lineup.
RetroVision Releases Chronicle of HP
The next edition of RetroVision Magazine will feature a Harry Potter News Diary, chronicling in 35,000 words a month-by-month, year-by-year timeline of the Harry Potter phenomenon. It covers "everything from the first announcement that J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher'sContinued...
Chamber Premiere Gives ABC Second-Place Saturday
Saturday's network premiere of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which featured a GoF preview and the first GoF teaser, gave ABC a second-place showing in the ratings, next to Fox's NASCAR broadcast, Variety reports today. Preliminary figures say 7.9 million people tuned in.
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The Leaky Cauldron can exclusively
The Leaky Cauldron can exclusively confirm that - ta da - the entire new trailer will be premiered during the new show "Family Affair" on the WB on Thursday night - check local listings, one assumes. The trailer will be satellite-fed out right after, so expect local newscasts and entertainment 'zineContinued...