John Williams, composer of the first three Harry Potter films, returns to the Hollywood Bowl on August 30 and 31. This year he will not only be conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic in some of his greatest hits, including Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, and hopefully Harry Potter, but actress Julie Andrews will be joining him for a tribute to director Blake Edwards and composer Henry Mancini.
Episode #268 is the penultimate episode of our Harry Potter podcast. Join Andrew, Eric and Micah as we celebrate the return of veteran co-host Jamie Lawrence, and we follow-up on the recent reveal of J.K. Rowling as the author of The Cuckoo’s Calling. Also, there are British Jokes, anti-jokes and other news items such as Rupert Grint’s theater turn and the upcoming cover reveal by Scholastic of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
In this week’s Caption Contest image, Ron returns to camp with the broken locket. Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
Alohomora! – our Harry Potter global re-read podcast – has reached Chapter 4 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Listen along with hosts Kat, Laura, Rosie, and fan guest, transcriber, and MuggleNet...
Further proving that Pottermania won’t be fading away anytime soon, a public library in Barrie, Ontario, Canada will be celebrating Harry’s 33rd birthday this year with arts and crafts for local children at the Downtown branch.
Back in February, we mentioned that Dan Radcliffe was in final talks to play Igor in a remake of Mary Shelley’s horror classic, Frankenstein. While no official word has been given on the subject of this role, his name is now the only one attached to the project as a cast member on IMDB, and we have learned that X-Men: First Class star James McAvoy is now in final talks for the role of Victor Von Frankenstein.
You may own the movies, but can you watch them all with the extra scenes added in just the right spot? Only some of the Ultimate Harry Potter editions have the extended movie version that includes these great scenes for you, but beginning this Saturday morning, you can watch your favorite Harry Potter films with those cut scenes you love so much!
On a magic-filled Sunday in July, throngs of Muggles boarded the Knight Bus and the Hogwarts Express to King William’s College near Castletown on the Isle of Man to take part in a fundraiser benefiting the charitable foundation Junior Achievement Isle of Man (JAIOM).
Rumors that Rupert Grint will make his stage debut this coming fall have been confirmed – the Harry Potter actor is set to star alongside Brendan Coyle and Ben Whishaw in a production of Mojo. Mojo is described as a dark comedy which takes place at a Soho nightclub during the late 1950s. Grint will play Sweets, a pill-popping associate of a murdered nightclub owner.
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