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| Trivia Question |
| What type of food does Dumbledore typically use as the password to his office?
Last issue's trivia: What time does the Hogwarts Express leave King's Cross Station? 11 AM. |
| Spotlight Theory |
| Since it is still not entirely clear just how Snape proved to Dumbledore
his loyalty to the Order, could Snape's life debt to James/Harry have been
a factor in his "switching sides"?
- hermioneluna |
| JK Rowling says: |
| On Aunt Petunia exhibiting magical tendencies... "No, she won't. Aunt Petunia has never performed magic, nor will she ever be able to do so." |
| Popular Pics |
| With the open casting call for the role of Luna Lovegood, many girls have attended in hopes of winning the part of the quirky Ravenclaw. In addition, fans were treated to new Goblet of Fire promotional pics of the main GOF actors of that have recently surfaced. |
| Recent Headlines |
HBP in paberback: The US paberback edition of Book 6 is slated for a July 25th release and will retail at $9.99. |
Jo to attend charity dinner: She's set to attend a dinner in Bucharest, Romania on January 25th to raise money for European orphanages. She will also do an interview with a local TV station which will be broadcast at 9:50 PM on the 25th. |
GOF DVD release date: WB recently announced that the Goblet of Fire DVD will be released on March 7th. The DVD cover/rear artwork can be seen here. |
New JKR interview: The Harry Potter author recently did an indepth interview with Britain's Tatler magazine. Read it here. |
Luna Lovegood casting: After previously announcing they had narrowed their Luna hopefuls down to five, Warner Bros revealed they would be holding an open casting call for the part. 15,000 girls turned up, and a week later, the auditionees were reduced to just 400. |
| No News Is Good News |
| Written by K'lyssa Selmon |
| ...well, it is in the Harry Potter world anyway. In recent weeks, new news has been well - virtually nonexistent. But for once, it’s good that we don’t have anything to update with because it means that not only is JK Rowling hard at work on Book 7, but that Order of the Phoenix will begin filming soon. There have, however, been a few newsworthy stories to keep us occupied as we approach the inevitable finale of the HP book universe.
JK Rowling did an interview with Tatler Magazine that gave us more insight on our favorite author than we’ve seen in any other interview. Luna Lovegood auditions began last weekend, with more than 15,000 hopefuls turning out! The number has now been dropped down to 400, and we can expect a gradual decrease as the weeks go on - with shooting on Order of the Phoenix set to begin sometime in February. Although it seems like only yesterday when we received the hardback version of Half-Blood Prince, Scholastic announced last week that the paperback version will be released on July 25th for a mere $9.99. Awards season has been good to Goblet of Fire, as the film has been nominated for numerous awards - most recently three BAFTAs (Production Design, Achievement in Special Visual Effects, and Make-Up and Hair). Perhaps the biggest news of the new year so far came when Aaron Lambert was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for his part in the theft of two copies of Half-Blood Prince in June of last year. After stealing the books, Aaron tried to sell them to a Sun newspaper reporter for a large sum of money - even going so far as to threaten the reporter with a fake firearm. He should begin serving his sentence soon, and all for stealing a book that was due to be released in less than a month.. As the year progresses, we hope to see set pictures of Order of the Phoenix as well as hear more about the final book in the series that has changed all of our lives. So stay tuned to MuggleNet, we'll be sure to keep you updated as any news becomes available to us and we hope to have several new sections coming soon as well. |