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UPDATE: By popular demand we have extended the deadline for submissions to May 21st. Several of you requested more time because school is wrapping up now and the previous deadline was too soon.For all you budding screenwriters and filmmakers out there MuggleNet, Magical Tours, and Alivan's have come up with the perfect contest for you! All you have to do is re-write a scene from any of the seven Harry Potter books, film it on video, and submit it to YouTube. Go HERE for complete contest details.
1st Prize is a complete set of all the British versions of the Harry Potter books – adult covers, boxed and sealed!
2nd Prize is a Majestic Hogwarts School robe, and
3rd Prize is your choice of wands from the Classic or Majestic Collections both from our friends at Alivan's.
Also, Magical Tours has extended the sign-up dates for last-minute guests for the MuggleNet Express Tour. Go to Magical Tours for more details, and to see a new video from the 2008 Magical Tours Intern, Thomas Pardee check this out.
In case you didn't realize it by now, we decided to spend the day coming up with lots of fun news stories that could probably happen in the Wizarding World (Yes, including sex scandals, alcohol abuse, and steroid use). Thanks goes out to Emerson, Micah, and Matt for writing these stories.Also, for all of you MuggleCast listeners, the announcement that we'd be putting Twilight, Lord of the Rings, and Narnia discussions into our show was a prank. We fooled lots of you, and we feel bad for those people who e-mailed us lengthly explanations for why it was a really good/bad idea. We'd NEVER bore you with those other books.
We hope you enjoyed all of the stories for this year's April Fools, not to mention Fred and George's birthday!
After considering more than 600 applicants, and then narrowing the field down to a group of 24 amazing finalists, MuggleNet and Magical Tours are honored to announce the winner of the position: Thomas Pardee of Salida, California!The alternate is Paula DeSeure of Kansas City, Kansas. Congratulations to both of these truly remarkable Harry Potter fans! Thank you to everyone who participated in voting as well. You were all an integral part of the decision!
I'd like to take the time to wish MuggleNet founder and webmaster Emerson "The Lean" Spartz a happy 21st birthday. Congrats, Emmy, you no longer have any age-related legal restrictions (except renting cars in some states, and lower car insurance rates.)Emerson started the site as a homeschooler at the tender age of 12, many years before he began leaning 10 feet across the pong table. Emerson, now in his third year at the University of Notre Dame, has led the site from its original design (and minimal content) to the Harry Potter mega-site it is today.
From all of the fans and the staff here at MuggleNet: Happy birthday, buddy!
Vote for your favorite candidate video today! Here's how to cast your vote (please, only one vote per person): 1) Check each candidate's video link on the right side of this page in the Poll area.
2) Watch all of the candidates and decide which person deserves and is most suited for the internship.
3) Come back to MuggleNet and vote!
The competition was intense with over 600 amazingly qualified applicants from 21 different countries. After an exhaustive process, the top 24 finalists were invited to post video presentations on YouTube to be voted on by our fantastic MuggleNet fan base. Several factors will go into the final selection, but your votes on the video "campaign ads" will be major!
Magical Tours plans to announce the winner and one alternate on February 21st right here on MuggleNet.Com. Magical Tours still has space available on their 2008 Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings tours, but some of the tours are almost filled. If you haven't made your summer plans yet, you should definitely check out their website here. Stay tuned to MuggleNet to find out which Summer Intern would be traveling with you!
We've had a fantastic response to our offering the chance to work as an intern for Magical Tours on all their Harry Potter themed tours next summer. The application period has ended with over 600 incredibly qualified candidates from 21 countires! Every applicant who furnished a valid e-mail address will soon be notified of the preliminary results.24 super-star finalists will qualify to post video presentations on YouTube by February 14th. MuggleNet will post the viewing links so our fans can help choose the best person for the job. We'll announce the name of the winner by February 21st. There's still space available on next summer's Magical Tours, so click here for all the details.
According to our numbers, 0.34% of our visitors visit MuggleNet via their fancy pants iPhones or iPod touches. Those visitors outnumber any other entertainment device besides a computer. With Apple's latest software update (1.1.3), websites can create little buttons that will look nice on the iPod/iPhone home screen. We've now added this capability to our site. Simply load our home page, press the "+" button at the bottom of the screen, then press "Add to Home Screen." That's it! Enjoy the easier access!
You asked for it, now you've got it (a little late, sure, but better than never)! Editorial fans can now subscribe to an RSS feed and be updated whenever a new editorial or column is posted in the section. Just click on the RSS icon on the right side of your browser's address bar and select "MuggleNet Editorials RSS," or copy this link and paste into your favorite feed reader to subscribe. You can also subscribe to MuggleNet's news and MuggleCast feeds.On a related note, we're still working like little house-elves to keep the editorial section going, but we need readers' help! Jo may have answered most of the questions that kept editorials busy before the final chapter, but there are surely topics still worth exploring. We've reopened The Burrow and are accepting submissions for February's topic, so tell us what you think. And hopefully we'll have some new features coming soon!
Once again MuggleNet is on the job with a new talent search. We are teaming up with Magical Tours to find the perfect intern for their 2008 Harry Potter-themed tours in Britain. The person selected will participate in all three Magical Tours itineraries - all expenses paid! Go here for full application details. Qualifying candidates will post video “interviews” on YouTube, and MuggleNet fans will be able to help decide who becomes the intern.
If you're not interested in becoming an intern, but want to learn more about the tours, check out the great tours still available on Magical-Tours.com. Visit soon before all the limited spaces are filled!
NOTE: If you are from outside of the United States you are still eligible to enter. However, please include your complete address in the box beneath your 200 word statement on the entry form.
Good Luck!
Four months in development, today we're bringing you our latest project: MuggleNet's Wizard Rock section! With over 160 bands in our database, you can read interviews, listen to samples, write reviews, and more! It's the perfect place for you to discover the fandom phenomenon that is the music genre of Wizard Rock.MuggleNet will begin covering more Wizard Rock-related news now that we have an area to archive it all. We also have more plans for this section, so check back regularly as it continues to grow! A huge, GIGANTIC thank you goes to Christine Roberts who has conducted interviews with all of the bands and organized all of the information you see. We'd also like to thank Matt, our fantastic coder, who did a perfect job of creating the back-end of our database. This project would not have been possible without either of them.
Get listening, get reviewing, and enjoy!
At approximately 7pm on January 2nd, a team of sexually frustrated men (hackers) penetrated MuggleNet's defenses, bravely fighting off Damon's armies of killer dragons and ninjas to breach our servers. The invaders were driven off, however, and the site has been restored.We apologize for the interruption, and will now continue with our regular business of not messing in other people's business.
The MuggleNet team wishes you and your family a safe, happy, and healthy 2008!It has been over ten years now since Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published in the United Kingdom. At that time, nobody knew what Harry Potter would become and its impact on the world.
To pay tribute, we have put together a Decade in Review highlighting over 50 news stories from the past ten years which shaped the Potter world we've all had the privilege of living in.
Take a look back and enjoy! As time goes on, we'll continue to use this page to chronicle the biggest stories in the Harry Potter fandom. Don't forget, we also have our 2007 Year in Review at this link. BIG thanks go to Kat, Rachel, Nick, Rosey, and Micah for their help in creating this section!
Ah, and what a year it was. 2007 was BY FAR the biggest year for Harry Potter fans that we have ever seen. It was filled with book releases, movie releases, theme park announcements, gay character announcements, and oh-so-much more.We now present to you our fourth annual Year in Review, highlighting the biggest and most interesting stories of 2007.
Feel free to use the comments of this news post to reflect on this year and discuss what's coming in 2008. Also, look for two more big projects appearing here from MuggleNet within the next week!
With only a few hundred copies left in stock, don't miss your chance to purchase MuggleNet's New York Times' bestselling book, What Will Happen in Harry Potter Seven. All copies are signed by Emerson Spartz and are being sold at the discounted price of $9.95. For additional savings, enter the code 14DAYSLEFT and save 10% off.
From our MuggleNet family to yours, we wish all of our American visitors a Happy Thanksgiving! Gather around the table, eat some turkey, and be thankful for over a decade of fantastic Potter craziness.And Black Friday is tomorrow - don't forget to get a deal on all your Potter merchandise!
Elena points out this new Half-Blood Prince filming update over at Wandsworth Guardian. They say the Potter set crews are to begin shooting this evening through Sunday in Surbiton, England:Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, starring Daniel Radcliffe as boy wizard Harry, will be on location overnight from Friday to Sunday.
Café Chaud on platforms one and two at the station is reportedly being used in the movie.
Seargeant Christopher MacKellaich, of the British Transport Police, said: "We will have officers down at the station on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night to assist with any public order issues associated with the filming.
Additionally, our Half-Blood Prince movie section is now online! Accessible via this link, or from the "Movie 6" link on the left navigation, you can get everything related to Half-Blood Prince all in one place. As we are still over a year away from the release (November 21st, 2008), the section will grow. Enjoy!
HP Fan Trips announced today its 2008 summer Harry Potter tour packages, celebrating five years of hosting the most comprehensive, fan-centric Potter tours on the market.The "Sorcerer" Trip for MuggleNet fans is one of the packages and should appeal to all of you who visit this site. Special to the tour this year is a guest appearance by our own Jamie Lawrence of MuggleCast. He'll be having dinner with the group on the final night of the trip!
For more tour packages and full details, click here!
"The MuggleNet Express" is making its rounds again across England and Scotland this Summer, and it's a trip only for fans of this website! Only 20 spots are available this time, so we encourage all of you who missed out last year to check out the details:From splendid castles to spectacular lochs and mountains, there's something awesome every step of the way. For those who love rail travel or have never experienced it, this trip is a dream-come-true! Overnight accommodations for this tour will be in hostels specially selected for their outstanding locations and facilities.
A full itinerary can be found over at the Magical Tours website. Check it out today!
The online social network has just released a new feature that lets websites of any sort promote their own website or company online. We created one for both MuggleNet and MuggleCast, so join up and become a fan to let your friends know who you love!
