Archive for August, 2005

PotterCast Transcripts Uploaded

Aug 29, 2005

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Listen/Subscribe / Call in/contact / Leave voicemail The transcripts to the first PotterCast and the special Potter/MuggleCast are now up! For Show #1, click here; for our special episode with MuggleCast, click here. The PotterCast transcripts will, from now on, be done for us by the new team of PotterCast Transcription Elves: Jennifer, Jonathon, Pascal, …read more!

Thoughts for Our Friends in Hurricane Katrina’s Path

Aug 29, 2005

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We’d just like to send our thoughts and prayers to our readers in Louisiana and Mississippi, as they come under Hurricane Katrina’s destructive eye. Please feel free to use the comments below to check in with each other, and please, let us know that you’re all right. If you’d like to donate to help the …read more!

Dan Radcliffe Newsletter

Aug 28, 2005

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Actor Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is sending out his most recent newsletter to fans and Michael from German fansite Wollstrumpf.de let us know they have posted a copy of it. In this note, Dan talks about a recent scuba diving trip at the Great Barrier Reef, noting his practice from filming the underwater scenes for …read more!

Empire Interviews Mike Newell

Aug 28, 2005

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Emma-Watson.net has posted scans of a new interview in Empire magazine with Goblet film director Mike Newell. In this very brief interview, he talks about the differences that Goblet of Fire will have over the other three previous Harry Potter films. “The first two films are very sunny in a way, and very wish-fulfillment-y.”…”But there …read more!

Terry Gilliam: I was the perfect guy to do Harry Potter

Aug 28, 2005

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Terry Gilliam is interviewed in the September 2, 2005 issue of Entertainment Weekly, and mentions projects that have passed, and those that he’s developed and worked on. Interviewer Gillian Flynn noted that JK Rowling wanted Gilliam for the Harry Potter films, and Gilliam replied: I was reading the script as I was flying to Los …read more!

Matthew Lewis Chat Transcript

Aug 27, 2005

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MuggleNet recently held an online chat with actor Matthew Lewis, who plays Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films. The chat transcript has now been posted, and you can read it here. Matthew talks about the making of Goblet of Fire, and confirms he will be back filming Order of the Phoenix in February of …read more!

Marilyn Manson Takes Swipe at Potter

Aug 27, 2005

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Marilyn Manson took a shot at Harry Potter when he accepted a “Kerrang!” award, the Sun reports. He said: “I get blamed for being bad but this kid is practicing witchcraft from a very early age which is totally unacceptable.” Thanks MN! Note: Mature content (ads) at the link

le NouvelObs on HP Fanfic

Aug 27, 2005

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French magazine le NouvelObs has published an article about HP fanfic that quotes from TLC editor Heidi Tandy: “Heidi Tandy explains this popularity by the ease with which people can participate: “More than an litterary ambition, Harry’s adventures drive its readers to write. They are so fascinating, that it is impossible to just read them—you …read more!

WB: Goblet London Premiere Nov. 6; US Premiere Nov. 12 in NYC

Aug 26, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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WB has just confirmed that the London premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will be Nov. 6, while the US one will be Nov. 12 in New York City.

Word of the Day

Aug 26, 2005

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Today’s Miami Herald notes that rhapdophobia is an unreasonable fear of magic wands. Guess that explains the Dursleys?



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