The Gryffindor Gazette

July 23rd, 2008

Happy 19th Birthday, Daniel Radcliffe!!!

Daniel Radcliffe, star of all the Harry Potter films, is turning 19 today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DANIEL!!! Here’s a present:

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July 22nd, 2008

Evanna Lynch at the premiere of The Dark Knight

Here’s Evanna Lynch, the perfectly cast actress who plays Luna Lovegood, looking gorgeous in a vintage-looking burgundy gown at the London premiere of The Dark Knight. Any of you lovely readers seen this movie yet? It looks pretty good.

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July 21st, 2008

Wouldn’t you like to stay in the JK Rowling Room?

Of course you would! The Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland, have decided to re-name the room in which Jo Rowling completed her writing of Deathly Hallows. There’s a bust that JK signed upon completion of the book; in addition, the hotel has added a plaque to the room and a brass door knocker.

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  JK Rowling left autographed bust in hotel room to commemorate the ending of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• JK Rowling gives clues as to the ending of Deathly Hallows
• The Harry Potter spoiler train WILL NOT leave the building

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July 18th, 2008

The OFFICIAL Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince teaser trailer - watch!

Holy Cow. Just found this, the official Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince teaser trailer. It is very short, but WORTH IT. Watch:

The voice you hear of course is Dumbledore. What do you think??!?!?!?!?

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July 18th, 2008

New image from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - it’s Professor Slughorn!

Sqweeee!! Just got another image from Warner Brothers today; this one is of Professor Slughorn, played by Jim Broadbent, talking to Harry Potter (of course, played by Daniel Radcliffe). What do you think?

(L-r) JIM BROADBENT as Professor Horace Slughorn and DANIEL RADCLIFFE as Harry Potter in Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” Photo by Jaap Buitendijk

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July 17th, 2008

Severus and Lilly video tribute

This video, while it does get a wee bit cheesy, is also pretty moving. Don’t watch it if you haven’t read Deathly Hallows!

What did you think? I thought it was pretty well-done; the whole relationship dynamic between Lilly and Severus was one of my favorite parts of the entire series.

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July 16th, 2008

Twilight’s Robert Pattinson talks about Harry Potter

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Robert Pattinson, who played Cedric Diggory, is making his way again on the silver screen, this time in an adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s popular book “Twilight”. He spoke to MTV about his experiences with Harry Potter:

MTV: You’re the only actor to appear in both the “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” universes. Is Stephenie Meyer’s material meatier, in your opinion?

Pattinson: “Twilight” is a first-person narrative. It’s very obsessive, and it’s a much more personal book, I think, than “Harry Potter” is, in a lot of different ways. There are only two characters pretty much in the trilogy. Well, I guess three, but essentially two. It’s just about a love story rather than a massive adventure and an entire world. It’s set as much as possible in the real world, so it’s different. - source

I have to admit, I haven’t read any of these books, but they look really good. Any readers out there who want to comment? Should I give ‘em a try?

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July 15th, 2008

Actual movie footage of Slughorn’s house - watch!

Well, now we’re getting somewhere! Here is actual footage of the location used for the exterior of Slughorn’s house in Half-Blood Prince. The house, situated in Lacock, England, was used for shooting in October 2007 - you can see it about halfway through the video:

What do you think? Interesting. I’m looking forward to seeing the interaction that Slughorn, played by Jim Broadbent, brings to the Half-Blood Prince.

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July 15th, 2008

The Half-Blood Prince teaser trailer will be attached to The Mummy 3

OMG, you guys. Oh. My. GAWD.

For like the bazillionth time, we’re hearing “confirmed” reports about the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince teaser trailer. First we heard it was going to be on “Get Smart” (great movie, by the way), then on “Dark Knight”, and NOWWWW, we’re getting reports that it’s going to be attached to “The Mummy 3″. Here’s more:

The Half-Blood Prince teaser trailer will be arriving with The Mummy on August 1st in the United States. This information came to them from Warner Brothers Mexico.

While this is by no means an official confirmation (an official one would be from Warner Brothers’ US offices), it lends credibility to Mummy reports we received last week from a couple of movie theaters. - source

ARGH. Okay, so which movie do you think the teaser is actually going to be attached to?

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July 12th, 2008

This week at the Gryffindor Gazette

Hey there, Potter fans! Here’s what we’ve been talking about this week here at the Gryffindor Gazette:

• 16 new pictures from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
• Official Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince trailer news
• New deluxe version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for sale
• Daniel Radcliffe compares Half-Blood Prince to “Trainspotting”
• The Emma Watson Song
• Trailer for the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game
• It’s officially confirmed: we’ll see the Half-Blood Prince teaser in front of Dark Knight
• Voldemort wins the honor of the Best Movie Villian of all time

And you know what, I know this week we’re all practically ready to send Warner Brothers a petition to GET THAT TRAILER OUT ALREADY, so I’ve found a video that will stand in for the real thing until we get it. Well, kind of, anyway. Stay with me! It’s pretty darn good:

Not too bad, right? Hope you have a happy Saturday!!!

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