Our friend Amy from Box Office Magazine is looking for some help from diehard Harry Potter fans! She writes:
Box Office is launching a new magazine for movie fans that will be hitting a theater near you in November. We're looking for Harry Potter fanatics for a feature called "Fantastic," where we'll profile the best movie memorabilia collections in the country. We know Potter fans are diehard, but we're also open to entries about other amazing displays. If you or a friend has a collection that reigns supreme, send us a few pictures and tell us about yourself at amy@boxoffice.com.
So if you think you have an impressive collection, please do e-mail her!
As it is now July 31st in the United Kingdom, we'd like to wish the happiest of birthdays to Harry Potter author JK Rowling and her lead character.
Jo is turning 45 today, while Harry is turning 30.
As EVERYONE can agree, JK Rowling and Harry Potter have made a huge impact on all of our lives. We are so grateful for the stories JK Rowling has given us. Thank you, Jo!
Be sure to leave your birthday wishes for Jo and Harry in the comments.
Not even two months after the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park opened in Orlando, today there are rumors concerning a park to be opened in India featuring rides from Universal properties such as Harry Potter. From The Wall Street Journal:
Reliance, a media-to-energy conglomerate backed by billionaire Anil Ambani, would be full owner of the park but would pay Universal royalties and fees for using brands and content linked to popular Hollywood movies such as "Jaws," "E.T.," "Spider-Man" and the "Harry Potter" franchise, this person said.
The park would look much like Universal's other major theme parks in Los Angeles, Orlando, Fla., and Japan, with a variety of roller coasters and rides, shops with movie-related merchandise and nearby hotels. The complex is expected to stretch over 400 acres, which would make it one of the biggest such sites in the world, the person familiar with the matter said.
Reliance's Big Entertainment subsidiary and Universal, a unit of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal, still are discussing terms, but could reach a deal this year. One person familiar with the matter warned, however, that talks are at an early stage, and could yet break down.
The Scotsman reports that a horoscope and natal chart written by JK Rowling some time ago for the parents of a baby boy is now up for sale:
The multi-millionaire writer, who celebrates her 45th birthday tomorrow had met the parents of the boy at baby classes she attended with daughter Jessica when she was a penniless single mother in Edinburgh.
The horoscope, dedicated to Jack David Buchanan who was born in 1994, offers a fascinating insight into Rowling's writing and imagination before she went on to worldwide success.
The cover illustration depicts the chart's key astrological symbols of the sun, fishes and a lion in pen, ink, and coloured pencil laid down on bright blue coloured card.
In it, Rowling, who is worth more than £500million, displays a detailed knowledge of Western astrology which was later to play an important part in her books.
She wrote: "Born the cusp of Aquarius and Pisces. He will enjoy school, perhaps be accident-prone, (like all Pisces) could be prone to alcoholism, and (perhaps like us all) may well fall in love with someone totally incompatible."
Thanks to MuggleNet reader Laura for pointing out that a new Harry Potter shirt has hit Hot Topic stores, and it appears to be for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
The black shirt has an "Undesirable No. 1" poster on it with Harry's face and name. A similar shirt appeared at Comic Con and was given out to those who attended the Warner Brothers panel.
You can check it out on HotTopic.com at this link.
To remove the tail that Hagrid gave Dudley in the hut on the rock, the Dursleys went to a private hospital where the staff was very discreet, and said that a wart had gone out of control.
The lead actor of the Harry Potter film series spoke with The Los Angeles Times today via phone and commented on the rumors about his presence at this past week's Comic Com:
"I apologize to all the wishful thinkers for my disappointing non-presence," Radcliffe said Monday by phone from London.
The actor, who has finished some post-production voice work on the last "Potter" film, says he is still grappling a bit with the concept that he will never wear the robes of Hogwarts on screen again. He still cares deeply about "Potter" fans, though -- he sounded genuinely distressed to hear for the first time about the wildfire rumors that led fans to believe he would be at the San Diego pop-culture expo that wrapped up on Sunday.
"Really? Oh, God, I had no idea. I suppose it's like when I'm at Reading Festival and I hear that suddenly some amazing band is going to play a surprise gig and then it turns out to be total fiction."
Dan also discussed how his 21st birthday went. He revealed that he had spent the time with two friends in St. Petersburg. Read the full article at this link!
UPDATE: Melissa from Leaky and Andrew recorded a Leaky Mug podcast to recap EVERYTHING that went on concerning Deathly Hallows today! To download, update your MuggleCast podcast RSS feed or click here to directly download the file. We dive into the Deathly Hallows footage that premiered today, talk about our interview with Tom Felton, and more!
The Deathly Hallows panel took place earlier today at Comic-Con 2010 and included a great new clip from the two-part finale. Check out the description in our blog below (we will have video as soon as it is available).
Andrew covered the event live and interviewed actor Tom Felton (who says hello). You can continue to follow his tweets right here @MuggleNetLive as things wrap up.
- Clip included: shots of a dead Dumbledore, Nagini, Bellatrix holding Harry, the 7 Potters, Harry and Hagrid driving through Hogwarts, Snape meeting with Voldemort, Death Eaters congregating, Ron talking about listening to the radio, Harry and Ron's fight, Bellatrix going crazy and lots of shots of Harry and Hagrid on the motorbike. - Felton: "Everyone has put absolutely everything into it. Without question we're most excited about these films." - Tom Felton takes the stage at Comic-Con. - Crowd goes wild as Deathly Hallows introduced.
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Peeves was never a living person. He is not a ghost but an indestructible spirit of chaos, who can unscrew chandeliers, throw walking sticks and generally cause mayhem.
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