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Check It: The Latest Harry Potter Trailer!
Another month, another trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. This one is just as mesmerizing as the last and includes some new tidbits (and more Ron Weasley!). Just like the other Potter movies, Half-Blood Prince looks like it will be visually stunning.
Awesome Teaser For Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
"You're the chosen one, Harry."
This new international teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince makes it even more of a bummer that the release date got bumped from November to July '09. The trailer makes the movie look exciting and dramatic and funny and darkly beautiful.
Buzz News Roundup, 9/8
- J.K. Rowling has won her copyright infringement lawsuit against a fan who wanted to publish a Harry Potter encyclopedia. — AP
- Spike Lee is working on a sequel to Inside Man.
J.K. Rowling to Publish Tales of Beedle for Charity
More Harry Potter-related news, you say? Yes! It's been an exciting week for the world that J.K.
J.K. Rowling vs. Mega-Fan Lexicon Guy: Who's in the Right?
The legal battle between J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter uber-fan Steven Vander Ark is getting stickier. All day yesterday I kept running into headlines about the 50-year-old Michigan fan "breaking down in tears" when he was called to the stand in the copyright infringement case.
It's Official: Final Harry Potter Book to Be Two Movies
It was a rumor before, and now it's confirmed: the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is to be made into two separate films: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The films are set to be released in November 2010 and May 2011.
The movies will be shot back-to-back and will be directed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince director David Yates.
Buzz News Roundup, 2/29
- Papers filed in J.K. Rowling's lawsuit indicate she is not happy about one Harry Potter fan's plan to publish an unauthorized reference work, the Associated Press reports. Rowling has previously praised the fan site, Harry Potter Lexicon, on which the book is based.
- Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels has talked about casting a nonblack actor to play Obama on the show with the Washington Post.
- OneRepublic and Fabolous are teaming up to tour college campuses this spring, Billboard reports.
- Zap2it has news that the next installment of Indiana Jones might make its debut in France at the Cannes Film Festival.
- NBC is releasing a Heroes soundtrack on March 18 featuring several exclusive new singles; details about which artists are included are at The Futon Critic.
- The New York Times reports that Time Warner has decided New Line Cinema will become a unit of Warner Brothers and will no longer operate independently.
Last Harry Potter Book May Be Made Into Two Movies
It's nothing officially official yet, but word from UK source The Mail on Sunday is that the seventh and last Harry Potter book will turn into two movies instead of one. While the obvious reason for this would be that Warner Bros. stands to make even more gazillions of dollars with a Harry Potter 7 and a Harry Potter 8, the article claims that "sources insist the reason behind the two-movie plan is artistic rather than financial."
Dumbledore: Gay. Discuss.
As many of you hard-core Harry Potter fans probably already know, J.K. Rowling has revealed that the character of Dumbledore is gay and that Dumbledore had been in love with Grindelwald. At her appearance at Carnegie Hall on Friday night, the last stop on her U.S.
Variety's Women's Impact Report: J.K. Rowling
Every year, Variety issues their Women's Impact Report in which they highlight women in the entertainment industry that they think deserve some praise. From industry executives (like United Artists bigwig Paula Wagner) to household names (like Angelina Jolie), the list spotlights some strong, smart, intriguing ladies.
For the next few Wednesdays I'll focus on some of the women who I find particularly noteworthy as well.
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