Several Harry Potter stars are participating in 2014’s National Doodle Day, to raise funds for the charity Epilepsy Action, an organization that works to improve the lives of those living with epilepsy. We’ve got images of the Potter stars’ contributions for you to check out right here! Which is your favorite of the doodles?
Last week MuggleNet took you behind the scenes of the Diagon Alley construction, and now we’ve got even more exciting news for you: a rumoured description of the Gringotts ride experience! Theme Park Insider claims to have obtained the storyline of the upcoming ride. If this indeed turns out to be true, then it goes without saying that this ride is shaping up to be pretty spectacular.
We posted last weekend about the exclusive Gilderoy Lockhart audio clips that Pottermore revealed during their panel at Orlando’s “A Celebration of Harry Potter,” and those clips have now been officially added to the Pottermore site!
If you’re a Potter fan who lives in or around Los Angeles, we’ve got an exciting opportunity to tell you about! Gary Oldman, who played Sirius Black in the Harry Potter films, will be appearing on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on February 17, and the website 1iota is offering free tickets to the taping!
“Kill Your Darlings,” starring Daniel Radcliffe as poet Allen Ginsberg, will be available on Blu-ray and DVD in the US on March 18. The film follows Ginsberg through a critical year of college at Columbia University, where he meets fellow students Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs and becomes involved in a scandal surrounding the death of David Kammerer.
A team of students from DePaul University and University of Michigan have created a Quidditch virtual reality game, called Oculus Quidditch, which allows players to simulate what it’s like to play the famous wizarding game. The game was created during MHacks, a marathon of programming where students work around the clock for an entire weekend attempting to complete ambitious coding projects.
Helena Bonham Carter has joined British Prime Minister David Cameron’s new Holocaust Commission, which will serve to find ways to educate future generations about the horrors of the Holocaust. The committee, which also includes Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, senior politicians Michael Grove and Ed Balls, and others, is cross-party and multi-faith.
We posted last month about Emma Watson guest editing Wonderland, and now it’s only a few days until the issue is available for sale!
The UK release date for Noah, a re-telling of the famous Biblical story that co-stars Emma Watson, has been pushed back from March to April 4, which means audiences will have to wait a little bit longer to view the film.
Amos Diggory
Set decorator – RIP
2007
Xenophilius Lovegood
Harry Potter
Composer
1991
Rose Granger-Weasley (CC – London)
2017
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