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We may know him as Rubeus Hagrid, but few of Robbie Coltrane’s fans realize that he got his artistic start drawing and painting as a student at Glasgow School of Art. In a new interview, Coltrane, who was a student at the art college from 1968-1972, describes his recollections of the era that turn out to be both detailed and colorful. He also reflects on his younger self, a young man with grand ideas about the creation of art and painting.
This year’s Oscars ceremony, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, took place last night in Hollywood. The big winner of the night was Gravity, the movie directed and produced by Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman. It walked away with seven awards. In addition, Earlier this week Cuarón spoke about his son’s role in getting the concept of the movie off the ground as well as his initial expectations of the film’s success. Emma Watson attended the Oscars for the first time, which we reported recently, presenting the award for special effects.
There are so many relationships within the series, so I’ve decided to make this post ongoing, posting related articles in the future. But for now, let’s start with the whole Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione thing. I’m going to begin by saying this news from Rowling isn’t going to be easy for any true Harry Potter fan because we are so accustomed with Character A and Character B being together. They should be together just because they should be together. But why?
Once again, we are cheating a little in our Twitter roundup, using a sneaky highlight from last week. Reunited backstage! #wosawards pic.twitter.com/4h1BhsjVtL — MuggleNet.com (@MuggleNet) February 23, 2014 If the pictures of Dan and...
Anyone hungry? Universal Orlando’s Vice President of Public Relations, Tom Schroder, and Senior Vice President of Universal Creative, Thierry Coup, tweeted photos of some of the food items that will be available at the Leaky Cauldron for the upcoming Diagon Alley expansion. We think the food looks delicious and can’t wait to try it for ourselves!
In this week’s Caption Contest image, Dobby seeks help from the contestants of the 75th Annual Hunger Games. This is a special Maniacal Month caption image! Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
In anticipation of next month’s Quidditch World Cup in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, we’ve been obsessed with all things Quidditch, all over the globe. A countdown for the World Cup has been posted on the IQA home page, and a list of the qualifying teams from across the world has been published. We here at MuggleNet will of course will be covering the World Cup in person at the North Myrtle Beach Sports Complex, which will begin early next month.
Those of us with a passion for “Potter” can certainly agree that Lord Voldemort is as sinister as they come. Here are 7 reasons we love to hate him.
Last month, we told you about Chute 212, a Harry Potter conference with a focus on theatrics and education, taking place this July in the Bay Area. Luckily all attendees can take part directly in such events because the Call for Programming is now open! Further, Chute 212’s directors are asking you to come up with a workshop, lecture, or discussion topic.
