Harry Potter News

I’m going to wax a

Oct 22, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

I’m going to wax a little sentimental for a minute here, so bear with me. We’re working on the interviews from today and will have them up as soon as our webbed legs can carry us. But first, a note. Being a part of the press event was a milestone for this site, and I …read more!

Regarding the supposed “Dumbledore scar”

Oct 22, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Regarding the supposed “Dumbledore scar” we get mail on eight times a day – someone asked Christopher Columbus this today, and he said that he has no idea about why Richard Harris has a scar that looks like lightning bolt over his right eye. “Must have been a rugby match,” he said. I, myself, have …read more!

Attention all press: There was

Oct 22, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Attention all press: There was never an eighth book! Geez Louise. Nothing has changed about the number of HP books there will be since JKR announced very early on that there would be seven. Please stop reporting this as if she suddenly decided to write less. Thank you. Back to your regular news.

I’ve just come back from

Oct 22, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

I’ve just come back from the press thing and have to say one thing: if you thought these kids were cute – times that by ten. Yeah. Then you might come close to how wonderful they are in person. That’s all I can post for now, as I have real work to do – but …read more!

ABC News brings us a

Oct 22, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

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ABC News brings us a bit of the backstory behind why Warner Bros registered those extra “Harry Potter” trademarks: “The trick is, [they] were intended merely as decoys to protect the title of one of the as-yet-unfinished books in the series …” From Hoover’s Online comes this report on how Harry Potter and the Chamber …read more!

Lots of new pictures! Along

Oct 21, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Lots of new pictures! Along with a press event comes a press kit. And along with a press kit comes boo-tiful pictures. Now, with the hundreds of pictures WB has released of CoS thus far, we expected the press kit to contain everything we’ve seen before, perhaps a tad bigger than we’ve ever seen it. …read more!

Also check out JKR’s exclusive

Oct 21, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Also check out JKR’s exclusive comments to BBC Newsround. As she says: “No one, literally no one, not in my family or anybody, knows the titles to Book Six or Seven. And I’m going to keep it that way for now.” Yeah, you go girl.

CNN reports on the upcoming

Oct 21, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

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CNN reports on the upcoming releases of Chamber of Secrets and The Two Towers: “The fantasy films featuring the child wizard Harry and Hobbit Frodo Baggins are to be released within weeks of each other in a Hollywood Blockbuster Battle, Part II.”

The BBC has debunked the

Oct 21, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

The BBC has debunked the bunk about an eighth book, and we’re very grateful to them for doing so.

Dan, Rupert and Emma will

Oct 21, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Dan, Rupert and Emma will be hosting HBO’s First Look for CoS on Monday, Nov. 4 (10:15pm EST, check local listings). Here are the Eastern times (for the rest go to HBO.com – we can’t post all the show times! 🙂 Mon 11/4 10:15 PM HBO – EAST Tue 11/5 05:40 AM HBO – EAST …read more!



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