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Congratulations
Congrats to J.K. Rowling, who was awarded a Legion of Honor of France.
Here is USA’s article: http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-02-03-rowling_N.htm?csp=34
And a full translation of her acceptance speech from MuggleNet: http://mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/2146
She deserved this!
Add comment February 5, 2009
3 in 1
Hey guys!
3 posts in 1 here:
1) Rupert Grint is scared to kiss Emma in Deathly Hallows! Read the interview here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/4278869/Emma-Watson-kiss-worries-Rupert-Grint.html
2) Deathly Hallows could have been called “Hallows of Hogwarts”. J.K. Rowling revealed this in an interview with the awesome Melissa Anelli of TLC.
http://harryahistory.com/2009/01/vault-8-seabottom-and-the-hall.html
3) Deathly Hallows part 1 starts test filming! Emma Watson updated her site to let us know–she’s taking the SATs soon. We wish her good luck!!!
http://www.emmawatsonofficial.com/#ems/show/1866
Add comment January 21, 2009
2008
Happy New Year!!!
Here’s a look back at 2008 in Harry Potter news! (Thanks, Mugglenet.com)
2/10: Jim Dale wins a Grammy for his recitation of Deathly Hallows.
3/12: Deathly Hallows announced to be 2 films!
3/21: “Mysterious Ticking Noise” wins Best Comedy Video of 2007 on Youtube Awards.
4/14-4/16: Van der and Rowling fight in a 3-day copyrights trial.
4/25: Deathly Hallows Part 1 to come out 11/19/10.
4/25: WB announces a Harry Potter exhibition.
5/1: The first time in a decade, the NY Time Bestseller List doesn’t hold a single Harry Potter book.
5/20: Cover art from Mary Grandpre for 10th-anniversary edition Sorcerer’s Stone is revealed.
5/28: Jo wrote a prequel!
6/10: Prequel sold for 25,000 pounds!
7/18: The Worst Harry Potter Trailer Ever (the 6-second Half-Blood Prince audio one) premieres with The Dark Knight.
7/29:…But a teaser trailer for Half-Blood Prince with The Mummy premieres. And it’s better.
7/31: Happy 28th Birthday Harry!! and Jo! They gave us a present of publishing The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
8/14: Half-Blood Prince is DELAYED to 7/19/09!!!!!
8/19: WB’s president Alan Horn issues a very un-satisfying statement about the delay.
9/8: RDR Books cannot publish a Harry Potter encyclopedia.
9/9: The Half-Blood Prince game is also delayed.
10/26: An international teaser trailer for Half-Blood Prince leaks online.
11/11: Emma Thompson announces that she will not return as Professor Trelawney in Deathly Hallows.
11/14: Surprise!! New trailer!! It was attached with the Twilight movie, which ironically took the date that Half-Blood Prince was supposed to come out on.
12/4: The Tales of Beedle the Bard is released. 8 million copies were printed.
12/9: The Tales of Beedle the Bard became the fastest selling book of 2008. 2.6 million were sold in the first week.
12/11: The Harry Potter Exhibition will open in Chicago on 4/30/09.
2 comments January 1, 2009
The Tales of Beedle the Bard Ads
More promotions are popping up as its release is drawing closer:
http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/books/beedle/index.htm
Add comment August 25, 2008
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
Hooray! … It actually is being published!
THANK YOU
WWW.AMAZON.COM
AND J.K. ROWLING!
Standard Edition… $7.59
Collector’s Edition… $100.00
4 comments August 1, 2008
J.K. Rowling Suite
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THE FABULOUS LEAKY CAULDRON:
“The room in Edinburgh’s picturesque Balmoral Hotel where J.K. Rowling finished writing Harry Potter has been renamed, with the author’s permission, the J.K. Rowling Suite, the Telegraph reports. It costs £965/night to stay there.The suite is room number 552 in the hotel, and reps for the Balmoral say that since it was revealed on ITV’s JK Rowling: A Year in the Life documentary last December, “wealthy fans from across the world have stayed there, specifically requesting the suite.” A hotel source told the Telegraph that the 180-square-foot room is exactly the same as when JKR wrote there, including the writing desk she used “as well as the queen-size bed in which she slept.” (However, TLC can report she used the room mostly as a day office, and went home at night; she didn’t spend the whole time there, and likely didn’t spend the night in the bed at all.)The hotel also has on display in the room is the marble bust of Hermes on which JKR wrote, “JK Rowling finished writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in this room (552) on 11th jan 2007.” You can see a picture of the signature here in our galleries. The bust was originally removed from the room, but has now been replaced and sits in a glass case.
The room also now boasts a brass plaque on the front door and a brass owl instead of a door knocker.“
1 comment July 20, 2008
POTTER PREQUEL! UPDATE
OMG
In the first 20 hours it was posted, the Harry Potter prequel was read over 70,000 times!
If you have not read it yet;
SHAME ON YOU!
Find the link on the earlier post…
3 comments June 20, 2008
Potter Prequel? UPDATE AGAIN
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THE FABULOUS LEAKY CAULDRON:
“Early reports are starting to surface tonight from the charity auction at Waterstone’s, featuring the special card from author J.K. Rowling. A new 800 word prequel to the Harry Potter series sold tonight for 25,000 pounds ($48,855) reports Bloomberg.com. The article continues to note the “buyer was an absentee bidder. More than 100 guests attended the invitation-only event, called “What’s Your Story?’’ and run by Sotheby’s auctioneer Edward Rising at the Waterstone’s branch in Piccadilly.” “ UPDATE: As reported previously, one of 13 cards donated for this charity event in London, England, AFP now has more on the prequel involving two of our favorite Marauders set 3 years before Harry was born. The article reports that the prequel story involves Sirius Black and James Potter who “are confronted by two policemen after a high-speed motorcycle chase, and evade the authorities using their broomsticks and magic.” ( Editor’s Note: A motorcycle! No word if that is indeed the motorcycle of later flying legend, but very exciting business indeed) J.K. Rowling is also quoted in the article as saying “I had great fun writing the card and I’m absolutely delighted that it has raised 25,000 pounds for two such worthy causes.” UPDATE 2 Lizo, now from BBC, has a new video report online, where he reads an excerpt of the prequel whichyou can watch via this link. In the excerpt, we hear a bit on James and Sirius as they are confronted by the two police officers in front of a dark alley. The contents of the card,which will be placed online tomorrow for all fans to read via this link to Waterstone’s.”
5 comments June 11, 2008
