The Gryffindor Gazette

May 14th, 2008

Updates from the set of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

SUPER long update for you today; here’s a summary:

The inside of The Burrow was amazing, the attention to detail. I climbed up the stairs to Ron’s room, the bedrooms aren’t there but the corridors have doors coming off them with pictures and ornaments. One of the doors had a picture of mushroom on it. Downstairs […]

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May 10th, 2008

Saturday Half-Blood Prince updates

A couple of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince updates for you that I’ve picked up at a few places:

Jessie Cave, who plays Lavendar Brown, talks about kissing Rupert Grint: “It was a bit embarrassing. Our first screen kiss was on my third day of shooting.” says Jessie. “It’s been an amazing experience […]

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March 24th, 2008

My favorite Harry Potter art of the week

Gosh, I haven’t done one of these for a while! Okay, here are my favorite Harry Potter art pieces for the week, as always from the lovely deviantART.

Voldy Jon by ~mistic56 on deviantART

McGonagall by ~kyoultai on deviantART

Please, Lily… by ~AtreyuSue on deviantART

emma by ~seiya13 on deviantART

Remus blue version by ~ArgosArt on deviantART
Tags: 7th harry […]

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March 20th, 2008

Harry Potter producer talks about the decision to split Deathly Hallows in half

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There is a great (long!) interview with one of the producers of Harry Potter about the decision to split “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”; here’s an excerpt:
We just thought how are we going to approach this? Is this going to be a four and […]

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March 18th, 2008

Sad news: Maggie Smith is battling cancer

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Sad news today that Dame Maggie Smith, who plays Minerva McGonagall, is battling breast cancer. She’s already had one tumor removed and is undergoing chemo; here’s prayers and good thoughts that she will come through all of this!!!
Tags: 7th harry potter, Harry Potter, Harry Potter […]

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March 15th, 2008

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be in IMAX

From the official IMAX press release:
Our release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is scheduled for November, and we expect that as with Harry Potter 5, certain sections of the film such as the finale will be presented in IMAX 3D. We are currently working on adding another film for release in September or […]

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March 13th, 2008

Where do you think Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows should be cut?

Okay readers: with yesterday’s news that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows being cut into two parts, now comes the really hard part: where should they split it? Let’s discuss this. Here are a few options:

After the death and funeral of Dobby at Shell Cottage. They could even pan away with Dobby’s gravestone […]

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March 12th, 2008

My favorite JK Rowling quotes

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Here are my top five favorite JK Rowling quotes. There’s a good reason why she’s such a popular author; it’s not only the strength of her stories, but the strength of her character!

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.
It takes a great deal of […]

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March 12th, 2008

IT’S OFFICIAL!! Deathly Hallows will be a two-parter!

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YES!! According to the LA Times, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” will be split into two parts. More to look forward to!! Here’s the scoop:
After months of rumors, Warner Bros. and the producers of the massively successful movies will announce Thursday that they plan […]

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March 11th, 2008

JK Rowling speaks out against homophobia

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In an interview given to Edinburgh University’s Student newspaper, JK Rowling defines what homophobia means to her as well as the thought process that went into outing Dumbledore as a gay man:
“Homophobia is a fear of people loving, more than it is of the sexual […]

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