Harry, Hermione and Ron discuss in the Gryffindor common room.
Showing posts with label Harry Potter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harry Potter. Show all posts
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008
HARRY POTTER AND THE EVIL TOME?
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
JK ROWLING TO JUDGE: "ARE WE THE OWNERS OF OUR OWN WORK?"
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The best-selling British author returned to the witness stand and told a judge that if he allows the fan-written lexicon to be published, it will clear the way for countless rip-offs of her books, as well as the work of other popular authors.
"I believe the flood gates will open," Rowling said, her voice rising. "Are we the owners of our own work?" [...]
Monday, April 14, 2008
HARRY POTTER GOES TO COURT?
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
WILL JK ROWLING HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT?
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The notoriously shy author is ready to testify herself to protect her ownership of Harry Potter against RDR Books, an independent American publisher, next month.
A US court is to decide whether she can block the publication of an unauthorised encyclopaedia of the wizarding world that she created.
Rowling and Warner Bros, the Hollywood studio behind the epic film adaptations of the Hogwarts adventures, are taking legal action to stop RDR from profiting from a Harry Potter Lexicon, a 400-page guide to the Potter books and movies.
Accusing the unauthorised book of lifting 2,034 of its 2,437 entries straight from her work, Rowling condemned the Lexicon as “a Harry Potter ‘rip-off’ . . . [that] interferes with my rights as a creator and copyright holder”.
She noted that RDR’s attempt “to co-opt my work for financial gain” was out of keeping with the spirit of the Potter stories, which are “full of moral choices and ethical dilemmas”.
She claims that the RDR book not only infringes her copyright but undermines her own planned lexicon. As she will donate its royalties to charity, “the losers in such a situation would be the charities that I hope, eventually, to benefit”. [...]
Friday, March 14, 2008
THE 8TH MOVIE?
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book from J.K. Rowling's mega-selling series, will be made into not one, but two, movies. [...]
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
SEVERUS SNAPE
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Severus Snape Harry Potter least favorite teacher at Hogwart's.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
BELLATRIX LESTRANGE
Bellatrix LestrangeThere are some who claimed that Bellatrix was in love with Voldermort.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
HARRY POTTER BOOK EIGHT?
The book the world never thought it would see: an eighth Harry Potter novel, charting the latest adventures of the boy wizard and his friends.
But sadly for fans of the series, the book has absolutely nothing to do with JK Rowling and everything to do with a gang of enterprising Chinese conmen.
For the equivalent of just £1, residents of Shanghai can pick up a copy of Harry Potter And The Chinese Empire. The novel blends Hogwarts characters, a bit of JRR Tolkien, and sheer imagination to create the impression it is a genuine Potter novel.
Rowling's ever-busy team of lawyers are already on the case, planning cases in local courts and talking to the national authorities about having the bogus Potter novels taken off the streets. [...]
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But sadly for fans of the series, the book has absolutely nothing to do with JK Rowling and everything to do with a gang of enterprising Chinese conmen.
For the equivalent of just £1, residents of Shanghai can pick up a copy of Harry Potter And The Chinese Empire. The novel blends Hogwarts characters, a bit of JRR Tolkien, and sheer imagination to create the impression it is a genuine Potter novel.
Rowling's ever-busy team of lawyers are already on the case, planning cases in local courts and talking to the national authorities about having the bogus Potter novels taken off the streets. [...]
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Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Sunday, July 29, 2007
BYE-BYE HARRY POTTER
It is the richest going-away party in history.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final volume of J.K. Rowling's all-conquering fantasy series, sold a mountainous 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale in the United States, according to Scholastic Inc.
No other book, not even any of the six previous Potters, has been so desired, so quickly. "Deathly Hallows" averaged more than 300,000 copies in sales per hour — more than 5,000 a minute. The $34.99 book, even allowing for discounts, generated far more revenue than the opening weekend of the latest Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," which came out July 10.
"The excitement, anticipation, and just plain hysteria that came over the entire country this weekend was a bit like the Beatles' first visit to the U.S.," Scholastic president Lisa Holton said in a statement Sunday. [..read more..]Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
HARRY POTTER CASTS A GOOD SPELL FOR AMAZON
Amazon said 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' was the company's largest new product release ever.
It said its global pre-order sales total was 2.2 million - a 47% increase on its previous record which was for 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'.
The online retailer was selling one copy of the final instalment every four seconds when pre-orders peaked, it said.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Excellent Ending for Harry Potter
JK Rowling ties up all the loose ends nicely in the last installment of the Harry Potter Series.
Just in case you were wondering Voldy gets his due reward in the end.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
Friday, July 20, 2007
JK ROWLINGS PLEA FOR SANITY
Within hours you will know what happens to Harry, Ron, Hermione and the rest in their final adventure. All the secrets I have been carrying around for so long will be yours, too, and those who guessed correctly will be vindicated, and those who guessed wrongly will not. I hope, you will not be too disappointed! As for me, I feel a heady mixture of excitement, nerves and relief. 'Deathly Hallows' remains my favourite of the series, even after several re-reads; I cannot wait to share it with the readers who have stuck with me through six previous books.
We are almost there! As launch night looms, let's all, please, ignore the misinformation popping up on the the web and in the press on the plot of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I'd like to ask everyone who calls themselves a Potter fan to help preserve the secrecy of the plot for all those who are looking forward to reading the book at the same time on publication day. In a very short time you will know EVERYTHING!
It is sad that some people are so ruled by greed and profit.
Everyone has a take on what went wrong and how ineffective the $20 million dollars was in preserving the secret of Harry Potter.
Seth Godin the internet guru thinks that:
The act of printing, storing and shipping millions of books takes too long for a secret to ever be in a book again.
My solution? A hybrid. Publish the first edition of the book without the last three chapters.
The idea is to then have the final three chapters online. I am sorry to disappoint you Seth but dishonest people could get around that too.
All you would need is some spoof site or mirror site declaring to have hacked the Harry Potter site, etc. All the security measures and such involved would bring that end-of-book-website to a crawl and crash as the million of readers tune in at once.
No, I am afraid no solution would be enough. Except to have people come to their sense and forgo their greed and learn that some things ARE worth waiting for indeed.
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX IN IMAX
I just saw the movie, two thumbs up and more the David Yates directed movie is probably the best Harry Potter movie to date.
The special effects the acting, etc everything was just clicking on all cylinders and the two hours felt like just fifteen minutes.
The IMAX experience added to the movie and did not distract in anyway.
Well done!
The boy wizard still has a magic touch at the box office.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" took in $44.8 million in its first day, the best single-day gross ever for a movie on a Wednesday.
Harry Potter Gryffindor Robe Deluxe Child Costume
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Director Christopher Columbus the first director of the Harry Potter movie franchise.He stayed as close to the original book as possible, I imagine JK Rowling made sure he did.
Nevertheless he was the first.
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CEDRIC DIGORY
Cedric Digory from Hufflepuff House. He was the Hogwarts champion elected to compete in the Triwizard Tournament.
But because of the interferance of the Death Eaters and Lord Voldermort Harry Potter's name was also selected.
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