News
Student Refuses to Answer Harry Potter-based Question
From
Rueters :
Eighteen-year-old John Smit did not answer a comprehension question on a review of one of J.K. Rowling's books on the boy wizard, worth 30 percent of his English exam.
"He wouldn't answer it because it supports witchcraft, and we're against witchcraft ... the Bible is against witchcraft," Smit's mother, who did not wish to give her first name, told Reuters.
The family has written to provincial director of examinations to complain. Authorities have yet to respond.
"I hope they will give him his average mark. This shouldn't happen again," she said.
Although he stuck to his morals, his grade has yet to be changed from its current failing status.
Source:
HPANA
Posted by: Katherine on 3 November, 2004
Chris Rankin Posts Photos from Recent Trip to the U.S.
Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley) recently returned from a whirlwind trip across the states, and has now added the
pictures from his travels onto his site.
Source:
ChrisRankin.com
Posted by: Katherine on 3 November, 2004
Please Enjoy the Musical Stylings of Professor Snape!
Alan Rickman (Snape) is
due to perform at “Stars Shine for Autism” on December 13th. The event is an annual Christmas concert, which serves as a fundraiser for the National Autistic Society.
Source:
MuggleNet
Posted by: Katherine on 3 November, 2004
The DOOR Opens!
The door opened at J.K. Rowling's Official Site revealing many easter eggs and tidbits as usual. Including a riddle and three chapter names as clues. It is just speculation as to whether or not these are actual chapter names; however, JKR has never lead us astray before:
Chapter 2. Spinners End
Chapter 6. Draco's Detour
Chapter 14. Felix Felicis
The clues lead to a Happy Halloween! pumpkin
Posted by: Kat on 31 October, 2004
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Happy Birthday Molly
Molly Weasley's Birthday is today October 30th.
Posted by: Kat on 30 October, 2004
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Happy Birthday John Cleese
Today actor John Cleese( Nearly Headless Nick) turns 65. Happy Birthday John!
Source:
TLC
Posted by: Kat on 27 October, 2004
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Rowling to recieve award
J.K. Rowling is set to receive "The Variety UK Personality" award at this year's British Independent Film Awards. This award will be given to the Harry Potter author for her contribution to the industry.
The awards will be presented on Tuesday, November 30th in London, England.
Source:
TLC
Posted by: Kat on 27 October, 2004
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Harry Potter Among Top 5 List
In another list from Forbes Magazine, this time of "Top-Earning Fictional Characters", Harry Potter is ranked 4th with earnings of $2.8 billion dollars. According to this story from the BBC, to be included on this list,"characters must have debuted in a narrative story on screen, in print or in a videogame." The top 3 money earning characters were Mickey Mouse & Friends, Winnie the Pooh & Friends, and Frodo Baggins, Lord of the Rings.
Posted by: Kat on 23 October, 2004
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Happy Belated Birthday
Happy Belated Birthday to Filius Flitwick, whom according to JKR was born on October 17th.
Posted by: Kat on 18 October, 2004
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Today’s Updates
I’m BAAAAAAAACK! :D
Much thanks to Kat and Katherine for all their hard work!
--Added a bunch of new quotes to the
Quotes Page! (Thanks to Kat M. and Rachel Weasley!!)
Source: Kat M. & Rachel Weasley
Posted by: Katie on 17 October, 2004
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New Additions
Updated
Characters Page by adding 3 new characters: Professor McGonegall (who was lost in the original switch) and Bill and Charlie Weasley.
Posted by: Kat on 14 October, 2004
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GoF Visual Effects
Australian company Rising Sun Pictures has signed on to create visual effects for the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Says the Sydney Morning Herald:
The film's centrepiece, a magical goblet surrounded by flames, is one of the complex images the company will construct before the film's completion next August.
The company has previously worked on such films as Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, The Last Samurai and The Lord of the Rings.
Source:
TLC
Posted by: Kat on 14 October, 2004
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PoA Soundtrack Wins Award
The Public Choice Award at the World Soundtrack Awards went to John Williams for the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban soundtrack. The awards were a part of the 31st Flanders International Film Festival in Bijloke, Ghent.
Source:
TLC
Posted by: Kat on 11 October, 2004
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Another Potter Character to Die
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling said Friday that one of her characters will not survive the next book in her series about the young wizard.
Asked on her official Web site whether she planned to kill off any more characters, Rowling replied, "Yes, sorry." But she refused to identify that character.
The sixth book in the series, "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince," is due to be published next year.
Potter himself is safe, at least for now. Rowling has previously said her teenage hero will survive until the seventh and final book in the series, but has refused to say whether he will reach adulthood.
"You have to wait and see whether he survives to be a grown-up," Rowling said in August.
The 39-year-old author keeps the plots of her novels tightly under wraps, teasing fans with morsels of information.
Before the publication of her last installment, "Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix," she said a major character would die. Readers had to wait until the book appeared last year to discover the victim was Harry's mentor, Sirius Black.
Source:
Yahoo! News
Posted by: Kat on 8 October, 2004
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The Verdict is in: Jason Isaacs is SEXY!
Empire Magazine's list of the 100 Sexiest Stars of All Time is hitting newsstands along with their November 2004 issue - and Jason Issacs makes the list, somewhere down below Orlando Bloom, who's the top name on the male side (Kiera Knightly is on the female side). Thanks to Kate for letting us know!
Jason Issacs plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies.
Source:
TLC
Posted by: Kat on 8 October, 2004
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Happy Belated Birthday Birthday Christian Coulson!
Oct. 3 was actor Christian Coulson's, who plays Tom Riddle in HPCoS, 26th birthday. We hope he had a good (non-evil!) one!
Posted by: Kat on 7 October, 2004
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Everything There is to Know about Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (If You're not J.K. Rowling)
It is a TLC/Floo project, and marks the launching of
HPandtheHalfBloodPrince.Org as well as
HPHBP.org.
This site is a massive FAQs listing of everything HBP. Please check it out.
Source:
TLC
Posted by: Kat on 7 October, 2004
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JKR Praises Fight To End Child Torture
Harry Potter creator JK Rowling has praised Sunday Mirror readers for their fight to end the torture of Czech children.
More than 3,000 of you wrote in demanding action after we revealed how "mentally ill" children in bleak, State-run homes are kept locked up for up to 23 hours a day.
Younger children are kept in "cages" 4ft high. Older youngsters live in 8ft by 3ft cells with bars up to the ceiling. Ms Rowling, who is pregnant with her third child, said last night: "I am delighted that Sunday Mirror readers have spoken out in such numbers against the use of cage beds.
"I hope this takes us a step nearer the abolition of this dreadful practice."
Campaigning Euro-MP Emma Nicholson, 63 - who is leading the fight to help the children - will next week meet Czech Prime Minister Stanislav Gross and present him with the Sunday Mirror protest letters.
Source:
Sunday Mirror
Posted by: Kat on 4 October, 2004
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Happy Birthday Professor McGonegall!
JK Rowling has stated that today, Oct. 4 is Professor Minerva McGonegall's birthday!
Posted by: Kat on 4 October, 2004
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September postings Moved
The September News updates have been moved to the:
Archives Page
Posted by: Kat on 1 October, 2004
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Happy 74th Birthday Richard Harris!
Richard Harris, who was born in Limerick, Ireland on October 1, 1930, would have been 74 years old today. Richard Harris was Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter movies, but was previously most famous for A Man Called Horse and King Arthur in Camelot. He only agreed to be Dumbledore after his then 11-year-old granddaughter threatened never to speak to him again if he didn't.
Posted by: Kat on 1 October, 2004
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It's Official: Jo Rowling is "Cool"
From the London Times:
The Cool Brandleaders Council panel of experts, tasked with identifying all things hip, has noted that author Jo Rowling is 2004's Coolest Author.
Source:
TLC
Posted by: Kat on 1 October, 2004
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