Mar 24, 2002
Thanks to reader Gale for pointing out to us that there are, in fact, positive articles about Kenneth Branagh’s return to the stage in Richard III in Sheffield, sending us this from the Guardian.
Mar 23, 2002
Young Harry Potter fans will be looking forward to a taste of wizardry when a Hogwarts Theatre School arrives in Rossendale next month. The Anthony Williams Production Theatre School will be at Bacup’s Royal Court Theatre between April 2 and 5. The event is designed to give Harry Potter fans a taste of life at …read more!
Mar 23, 2002
Harry a passing fad? Meet Shimale the kosher toy boy. He has sidecurls and fringes, and says phrases from the morning prayers. Shimale is the toy many haredi kids are praying for. And he seems to be the answer to their parents’ prayers… Wellcom staffers dismiss comparisons to the Harry Potter phenomenon, which they say …read more!
Mar 23, 2002
The trade in pirated DVDs has reached Victorian [Australia] schoolyards, with latest-release films being sold for as little as $5. “Wind over Wings,” a wildlife rehabilitation center in Clinton [Connecticut], will present an owl program on Sunday from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., before the matinee showing of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. This classic, …read more!
Mar 22, 2002
With a less than glittering career as a Hollywood leading man behind him, Kenneth Branagh has returned to the English stage. The Moskva bookstore’s foreign-language section has also evolved from sporting a few dictionaries and Agatha Christie novels to a rather busy department offering the latest bestsellers. You can find all four Harry Potter books …read more!
Mar 22, 2002
Springfield [Missouri] school board members said if it’s up to them, Harry Potter can stay in school libraries . “It’s ridiculous,” said board member Conni Ess. “There may be a lot of books people don’t agree with in the libraries. But rather than complain, tell them not to check it out.”
Mar 21, 2002
Hi all – just a quick note to look at the person who posted below, and note that we have a new editor on the team. We’re all excited to have him, and we hope you will be too!
Mar 21, 2002
There’s nothing Martin Kehoe likes doing more than kicking a ball around, except perhaps pretending to be James Bond or Harry Potter. But while Martin’s life could be said to be that of an ordinary 15 year old, with the same dreams and aspirations as the rest, the past few years have set the brave …read more!
Mar 21, 2002
Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and ABC’s Alias took top honors Wednesday for film and television publicity campaigns, respectively, at the 39th annual Publicists Guild Awards. Hogwarts School of Wizardry has been recreated in the North-East as filming gets under way on the second Harry Potter film. The setting of Alnwick Castle, …read more!
Mar 20, 2002
And the story just keeps changing! In what’s been titled “Update 3” of the “Bloomsbury 2001 Net Rises on Harry Potter Book Sales” article from the Bloomberg.co.uk website, the statement from Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein about not releasing Book 5 until next year has been removed. Instead, this has now been added: “Bloomsbury said it plans …read more!