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The Gryffindor Gazette

Archive for the ‘Harry Potter Misc’ Category

June 20th, 2008

The Top Ten Best Harry Potter Lego Sets

I love Harry Potter (duh), so there’s a very special place in my heart for Harry Potter Lego sets. I decided to do a little sleuthing and found that there are a ton of really awesome Harry Potter Lego sets out there, but here are my picks for the absolute top ten.
10) The Graveyard […]

By Wendy -- 3 comments

April 24th, 2008

The Most Expensive (and somewhat weird) Harry Potter items on Amazon.com

I thought it would be pretty interesting to see what kinds of Harry Potter stuff is available on Amazon - and not just the stuff we’re used to (movies, books, etc.). Here are some truly strange - and VERY expensive - items.
First, a Harry Potter Sorcerors Stone Final Challenge Chess Set for $500.

Next, […]

By Wendy -- 4 comments

March 25th, 2008

Harry Potter goes to college

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More and more colleges are embracing Harry Potter as part of their course offerings. For instance, Yale:
Danielle Tumminio, a Yale Divinity School graduate student and the instructor for Yale’s Harry Potter course “Christian Theology and Harry Potter,” said her academic background in literature and […]

By Wendy -- 6 comments

January 10th, 2008

Nicholas Flamel was a real person

First, a little about the Nicholas Flamel from the world of Harry Potter:
Nicolas Flamel (c. 1325[2]–1992 or soon after) is a fictional character in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, who is based on the real French alchemist, Nicolas Flamel. He is something of a MacGuffin; though he is the clue to the whole mystery […]

By Wendy -- 5 comments

September 26th, 2007

Actor calls educators who encourage reading Harry Potter “idiots”

You know, whenever I come across these kind of items in the news, most of the time the people who are saying these kind of inflammatory statements haven’t even READ any of the Harry Potter books.
In a recent interview, a character actor from Scotland who portrays the popular Inspector Rebus has launched an odd […]

By Wendy -- 4 comments

August 21st, 2007

McSweeney’s tackles Harry Potter

THINGS
YOU CAN LEARN
ABOUT THE PLOT OF
THE NEXT HARRY POTTER
BOOK JUST BY LOOKING
AT THE COVER ART.
BY MATTHEW A. COHEN
- - - -
Given his prominent placement on the cover, it is unlikely that the first line of the book will be “Harry was surprised and saddened by Dumbledore’s sudden death, and he vowed to never think of […]

By Wendy -- 1 comment

July 11th, 2007

ITV does Order of the Phoenix: Behind the Magic

LOADS of new clips here, along with interviews with the cast, directors, and lots of great background information. Well worth watching. Okay:
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Part 6:

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June 30th, 2007

Harry Potter computer worm is on the rampage

Yikes! Watch out for this one:
A NASTY computer worm is taking advantage of the worldwide Harry Potter mania to infect PCs around the globe.
With the release of the last ever Potter book and the premiere of the fifth movie in the franchise, the W32/Hairy-A worm is disguising itself as a copy of the eagerly-anticipated novel […]

By Wendy -- 1 comment

June 21st, 2007

First look at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Orlando, Florida

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is coming to Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure, with construction to being this year with a planned 2009 opening. Here are some early artist renderings:

Fans of Harry Potter will have a chance to experience the magical village of Hogsmeade when “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” opens at Universal’s […]

By Wendy -- 1 comment

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