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.
Fans lined up hours early to make sure they got a chance to meet James and Oliver, but everyone in the queue agreed it was worth the wait–and really, there’s no better way to spend a Saturday morning than by geeking out about Harry Potter! You can read the full report here.
Caitlin (aka @lightsfan1cm on Twitter) was once trying to purchase a Mandrake online when, after not finding one, she decided to create one of her own and show it to us. We think it looks pretty real!
In my experience surfing the web, CollegeHumor videos are among some of the funniest, especially when they’re tied back to Harry Potter. See what happens in this video, “Dangerous Wands,” when one teacher from out of town tries to convince a group of underprivileged witches and wizards that they too can be great at magic.
In 1999, Emerson launched MuggleNet at the age of 12 as a home-schooled child and has overseen its progression to become the World’s No. 1 Harry Potter Fan Site with over 200,000 followers on Twitter and 182,000 on Facebook. After graduating from Notre Dame, he founded Spartz Media alongside his soulmate and wife Gaby.
This fan was lucky enough to meet the Phelps twins and tour Harry Potter: The Exhibition on the same day, at #NYSeeingDouble at Discovery Times Square.
As we previously reported, actor David Bradley who played Argus Filch in the Harry Potter films will be playing the role of the original Doctor Who in an upcoming televised special, An Adventure in Space and Time by Mark Gatiss. Here we have the first-released image of Bradley as the character of William Hartnell.
Nearly 15 years since releasing, the Harry Potter series is still being recognized for awards. This time it’s for the 2013 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards. Nominations were announced just this week, and you can vote for the series in the ‘Favorite Book’ category.
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