CC #349: Week of June 30, 2013
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July birthday reminders – Do you share a birthday with someone from “Potter”?
We would like to extend a very happy birthday wish to the actors, actresses, characters, and MuggleNet staff members that make the Harry Potter series so successful today.
Harry Melling Talks Fame and Weight Loss in New Interview
In a recent interview, Harry Melling, who is known for his portrayal of Dudley Dursley in the Potter films, talks of how he finds it “a godsend” that he doesn’t get recognised for his role in the franchise. Speaking to the Daily Mail‘s Saturday magazine, Harry discusses how his weight loss was motivated by his wish to “not play those [fat] roles for the rest of my life” but concedes that it has also had other benefits.
June birthday reminders – Do you share a birthday with someone from “Potter”?
We would like to extend a very happy birthday wish to the actors, actresses, characters, and MuggleNet staff members that make the Harry Potter series so successful today.
Rare “Potter” book with Rowling illustrations fetches record price at Sotheby’s auction house
A first edition print of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone that had 43 pages covered with illustrations from author J.K. Rowling sold at Sotheby’s for 150,000 GBP (or close to $300,000 USD). It was a bidding war between two buyers as the auction raised a total of 439,200 GBP for English PEN, which campaigns for freedom of expression.
Dan Radcliffe among mourners at Richard Griffiths funeral yesterday
The funeral for beloved actor Richard Griffiths was held yesterday at the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon and included 300 mourners paying their respects to the 65-year old actor who portrayed Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films, among many other stage and film characters.
Would “Harry Potter” Have Been Better as a TV Show?
The adaptation of the Harry Potter novels into films is one that has been debated by fans the world over for a number of years. Should it have been just eight films? Should they remake them? Would they have worked better as a television series? This final question appears to have become the one most discussed in recent years.
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Tributes Pour in for Richard Griffiths
As previously reported, the actor Richard Griffiths passed away last week after complications following surgery. Since the tragic news broke, fans and colleagues alike have paid tribute the “supersized man with a supersized talent.”
