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Actors in the News Weekly Roundup (Updated)

Mon Feb 08 03:57:00 -0500 2010

It's been a quiet week in terms of news from the Harry Potter cast. Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange) spoke to The Guardian newspaper's Weekend supplement about her most recent projects, including her role in Tim Burton's highly anticipated adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland." In the interview, Bonham Carter speaks briefly about the Harry Potter films:
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Actors in the News Weekly Roundup

Sun Jan 24 13:57:00 -0500 2010

This week, the awards season is in full swing and we also have some news about new projects some of the Harry Potter actors have been working on. Firstly, thanks to Christian, we can bring you the news that Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) are up for the German Bravo Otto Best Star in Cinema 2009 award. You...

Travelling Harry Potter Exhibit from the University of Alabama at Birmingham

Sat Jan 09 04:55:00 -0500 2010

A press release from the University of Alabama at Birmingham announces a travelling exhibit to "[show] how Rowling delved into the writings of real 15th and 16th century physicians, scholars and scientists to fashion the basis of magic in the seven Potter books." Supplemented by the University of Alabama at Birmingham's collection of "rare, historical medical texts" and presented by the Nationa...

Leaky's 2009 Year In Review: Part Two

Thu Dec 31 15:00:00 -0500 2009

Here now is Part Two of Leaky's 2009 Year in Review of Harry Potter news! Part One is posted below. Enjoy!<>
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<>After years of planning, the time had come for LeakyCon 2009, our very first Harry Potter fan conference. In the lead up to the event, two LeakyCon songs and our official schedule were published. For four days, witches and wizards from all over the world gathered in Boston, MA...

Leaky's 2009 Year In Review: Part One

Thu Dec 31 12:00:00 -0500 2009

<><>It was quite the year for Harry Potter. Two years following the release of the final book of the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, fans continued to express their creativity for the boy who lived in nearly every medium. Film wise, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" appeared in theaters across the world, and production began on both installments of the "Deathly Hallows" film....

Indigo Ranks Deathly Hallows as Best Young Adult Book of the Decade

Tue Dec 29 10:59:00 -0500 2009

A press release from Canadian book retailer Indigo Books & Music Inc. has ranked Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the top book of the decade in their newly released Young Adult Fiction list. The list was put together by a "dedicated team of Indigo book buyers," with the titles chosen based on their "impact and their popularity". Other books on the list include Markus Zusak's <>The Book Thi...

Grint and Watson Talk Potter Reading Habits in Ultimate Editions Special Features Clip

Mon Dec 28 14:02:00 -0500 2009

The newest issue of the official Harry Potter newsletter has been released, and contains a short clip of a special feature from the Ultimate Editions release of the first two Harry Potter films. The preview, available to view via this link, features actors Rupert Grint (Ron) and Emma Watson (Hermione) speaking to their individual Harry Potter book reading habits. In the clip, Miss Watson re...

Harry Potter Series Best of the Year List RoundUp

Sat Dec 26 12:02:00 -0500 2009

As newspapers continue to take stock of this past decade, the books and films of the Harry Potter series make an appearance on a number of new end of the year lists. First, the Globe and Mail names the seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, their Book of the Decade. The Canadian newspaper writes that the book was not only "...the single most awaited, debated and anticipated volum...

PotterCast 211: Never Be Afraid to Squee

Thu Dec 24 17:33:00 -0500 2009

PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, has its holiday episode online, just in time for Christmas. Our 211th episode starts off with the latest in Potter news, including a preview of the One Day in the Life of Daniel Radcliffe book from photographer Tim Hailand, a teaser of the Harry Potter LEGO game, a report from the Economist on the economy of the Harry Potter series, the many end of the y...

Harry Potter Novels Make USA Today List of Top Books of the 2000s

Wed Dec 23 23:39:00 -0500 2009

Novels from the Harry Potter series by author J. K. Rowling have been included in six of the ten spots on USA Today's list of the Top Ten Books of the 2000s. Miss Rowling's novels placed along side the popular Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer and the Dan Brown novel The Da Vinci Code on this list. The paper notes:
<>Human readers made it a big decade for novels about wizards, vampires and a Ha...

New Photos from Wizarding World of Harry Potter Construction at Universal Orlando

Wed Dec 23 23:30:00 -0500 2009

There are a series of new construction photos from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Studios, Orlando from Orlando United and OrlandoParkNews online today. First, Orlando United has a series of high res shots showcasing up close views of the many towers, turrets, and buildings that comprise the Hogwarts castle; the fine details of the rock and surface structures; and ...

Telegraph: J. K. Rowling Bestselling Author of the Decade

Tue Dec 22 19:45:00 -0500 2009

The Telegraph has ranked Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling in the number one spot of their list compiling the top 100 bestselling authors of the decade. With over twenty-nine million copies sold, Miss Rowling's novels beat out books by such other authors as Dan Brown, John Grisham, J. R. R. Tolkien, William Shakespeare, and Frank McCourt. According to the paper, sales figures the Harry Potter...

Harry Potter: Guardian's Icon of the Decade

Mon Dec 21 20:12:00 -0500 2009

As 2009 comes to a close, newspapers continue to take stock of the decade, compiling lists which look back the past ten years. Tonight, the Guardian has such a list, naming the Harry Potter series as one of their "Icons of the Decade." In this profile, the newspaper goes through the history of the series, noting its impact on the world of publishing, presence in Hollywood, and influence in li...

Amazon UK: Harry Potter on Top Selling Lists of the Decade

Wed Dec 16 11:51:00 -0500 2009

Sales of Harry Potter items are in the news as UK Amazon has released several lists today of top sellers over the past decade. The Telegraph reports that in the Top Selling DVDs and Blu-rays of the decade for the online retailer, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was number six on the list (number one was Mamma Mia followed by Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and <>Lord of the Rings: ...

Scholastic and a Decade of Harry Potter

Tue Dec 15 12:19:00 -0500 2009

As the year draws to an end, Scholastic, US publishers of the Harry Potter novels, have a reminder for us today of the remarkable decade that was, and the amazing impact of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. The sales figures are staggering, but as publisher Arthur A. Levine and VP of Scholastic reminds us, the true magic has been in the reading:<>

"What the numbers leave out is the singular...