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 27th, 2008

Why is JK Rowling trying to block the Harry Potter encyclopedia?

Here’s the back story:

JK Rowling is to appear in a US court in an attempt to prevent RDR Books from publishing an unauthorised encyclopaedia covering the Harry Potter books and movies. She claims that 2,034 of the 2,437 entries violate her intellectual properties.
The lawyer for RDR books counters that the lexicon is a new work […]

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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
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March 23rd, 2008

JK Rowling states that she had suicidal thoughts

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JK Rowling has publicly stated that she once had suicidal thoughts when suffering from poverty (this was before she started writing the Harry Potter books). Here’s what she has to say about that time in her life:
“We’re talking suicidal thoughts here, we’re not talking […]

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March 22nd, 2008

Harry Potter font

If you’re looking for some Harry Potter fonts to spice up your blog or site, I’ve rounded up a few for you.
First, the Dingbats font:

Next, the classic Harry P font:

You can see all these fantastically addicting fonts and more at DaFont, one of my favorite sites on the Web. All are free for personal […]

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March 21st, 2008

Official plot summary for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

We all know that the movie is going to be cut - a lot - but you can get a sense of what exactly is going to hit the cutting room floor in this official summary of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”:
Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and […]

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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 19th, 2008

Rare Harry Potter book to go for big bucks

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Got any rare Harry Potter books laying around? Because they could go for a LOT OF MONEY!!! Check this out:
A rare first edition of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone — one of only 500 printed — is up for auction today at […]

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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!!!
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