Terry Greenwall, a portrait artist living in Chichester has painted a series of oil paint portraits of several of the Harry Potter characters. During the week, these paintings will be on display at the Chichester Library on Tower Street.
We recently reported that several Harry Potter stars donated doodles to an eBay auction to benefit the charity Epilepsy Action. The auction ended a couple of days ago, and Harry Potter stars alone raised $1,452.92 (937.97 GBP).
From Platform 9 3/4, to the Great Hall, to Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom, the locations of the Harry Potter films have become celebrities in their own rights, complete with screaming fans and insane queues. Not surprisingly, Yahoo! Movies reports that Harry Potter tours for visitors rank at the top of the UK’s popular attractions.
From February 16 to the 24, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter is having ‘Wand Week,’ a complete celebration of wands; from how they are made, to the elaborate choreography that makes wand duels look natural & oh so impressive. Our resident witch, Rosie Morris, was in the middle of the action.
This video gave me the chills (in a cool way) so I thought it would be a good idea to share it with the world via MuggleNet. Submitted to us by YouTube user Eli Neiman, this Harry Potter themed remix creates a collage of scenes from all eight of the magical films while Matisyahu’s “One Day” plays in the background.
For many years Warwick Davis – the actor who played Professor Flitwick and Griphook in the Harry Potter films – has been an advocate for dwarfism and helping children and families who have had similar troubles to his own. As a matter of fact, he co-founded the organization Little People UK.
Over this past weekend, the Western Cup of Muggle Quidditch was held at Maidu Park in Roseville, California. While seventeen teams from the region came to play only ONE team could call themselves the Western Regional Champion. But the good news is that six teams from the region have earned a spot during the Quidditch World Cup.
Dame Maggie Smith has been acting for 60 years after joining the stage at the age of 21 in the review New Faces of ’56 and became a regular performer at the Royal National Theatre during the 1960’s. But fans of Harry Potter will never forget her as the Head of Gryffindor House and Deputy Headmistress Professor Minerva McGonagall.
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Harry defeats Lord Voldemort
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Ravenclaw's Diadem, Nagini, Hufflepuff's Cup, and the Horcrux in Harry are destroyed