Archive for August, 2002

Silly me. I lost a

Aug 21, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Silly me. I lost a few of the pics when I uploaded the other ones. Here you go, more: Harry and Ron in the car Harry in class (?). Cutie. Ron with his funky wand Harry and Malfoy glare evil Quidditch glares

Jasen from iHP points us

Aug 21, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

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Jasen from iHP points us to this [Sydney] Daily Telegraph article on upcoming “Prisoner of Azkaban” director Alfonso Cuaron: Cuaron shows a deft, humanist hand in Y Tu Mama Tambien, which should contrast well with Chris Columbus’s workmanlike, if faithful, direction on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. And in 1995, Cuaron showed he knew …read more!

Okay, here are the poster

Aug 21, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Okay, here are the poster pics, big and beautiful. Richelle, we owe you. The rest of you – have fun crashing our server… Harry all windswept Harry all big Run, Harry, Run! Harry in the Chamber Harry doing the deuling Harry and a Snitch Harry and Ron looking like something’s up Harry, Ron, Fang, Forest …read more!

A new look for the

Aug 20, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

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A new look for the official site! Warner Bros has redesigned the intro so it looks as if you’re landing at Hogwarts from the front seat of a blue flying Ford Anglia. They’ve redone some old sections (the Diagon Alley pages are now in the “Venture Off Hogwarts” section) and seem to be adding some …read more!

Ananova reports on how JK

Aug 20, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

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Ananova reports on how JK Rowling and Warner Brothers are appealing against a court ruling on unlicensed Harry Potter books. Harry Potter and James Bond look set to spearhead a cinema renaissance and push audience numbers to their highest level for three decades, newspapers have said. (From Yahoo News UK.)

An article from the Deseret

Aug 20, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

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An article from the Deseret News reports on how a Harry Potter-themed camp is helping children make the transition from elementary school to junior high. (Thanks to Rowen for the link.) Bart from website de Lekke Ketel lets us know that the soundtrack to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets will be released on …read more!

Click here for a scan

Aug 19, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Click here for a scan of the short Entertainment Weekly article on HP from the magazine’s fall 2002 preview (a piece I recommend to any film buffs), sent to us by Banning (thanks!). The text is below, and was sent to us by , the text of which is below (sent to us by Leila): …read more!

Reader Adam sends us this

Aug 18, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

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Reader Adam sends us this link to an article from the Florida Sun-Sentinel entitled “Harry Potter and the Curse of Silence”: Where have you gone, Harry Potter? The nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Make that the world. J.K. Rowling’s series of fantasy novels about a kiddie wizard fighting evil at a boarding school …read more!

From the Times Online comes

Aug 16, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

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From the Times Online comes this story of a couple’s hope to establish a real Hogwarts: There is no express from Platform 9¾, no owls and no Nimbus 2000, but in many other respects a tiny cottage in a forest clearing in Ireland is the real-life version of Harry Potter’s Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and …read more!

Seems the general press is

Aug 15, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Seems the general press is just picking up that the often-compared-to-HP Lemony Snicket series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, is being made into a movie – we reported it a month and a half ago. 🙂



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