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The Boy Who Lived Is Coming Back To Broadway!

noreply@blogger.com (jhong) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:03:00 +0000

Inspired casting! We think he's going to do an AMAZING job!

Daniel Radcliffe will be headlining the Broadway revival of Frank Loesser's 1961 musical How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying!

Rob Ashford will serve as both director and choreographer, and the show will begin previews February 26, 2011 before officially opening March 27, 2011!

What do U think?? Do U want to see How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying??
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer Official HD

noreply@blogger.com (jhong) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:24:00 +0000

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (jhong) — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:43:00 +0000

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Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer

Director: David Yates

Cast: Emma Watson, Jamie Campbell Bower, Daniel Radcliffe, Helena Bonham Carter

Synopsis: Voldemort's power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord.

Genre: Adventure

Release Date: 11/19/201

Harry Potter stars fly in for Wizarding World opening

noreply@blogger.com (jhong) — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:35:00 +0000

Stars of the Harry Potter films have begun arriving in Orlando ahead of the official opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort this week.

Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore, and Weasley twins James and Oliver Phelps boarded a Virgin Atlantic flight from Gatwick yesterday bound for Orlando, along with fellow Potter stars Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) and Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom).

The pilot made reference to the famous passengers when he said the aircraft was pulling up at Gate 88 3/4 on arrival in Orlando. The films feature platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross station.

On Wednesday night there will be a Grand Opening celebration attended by celebrities, cast members, media, Warner Brothers and Universal employees, and the new Harry Potter theme park will officially open for business at 10am this Friday.

Source: TTGLive

Filming wraps on last 'Harry Potter.

noreply@blogger.com (jhong) — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:33:00 +0000

‘Potter' filming wraps

Daniel Radcliffe wore his "Harry Potter" attire for the last time as shooting wrapped on the final installment of the series.

"Everyone was really devastated. It was really, really sad," Radcliffe said Sunday.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will be released in two parts, with the first installment coming out later this year and the finale next summer.

Source: Statesman.com

Harry Potter' Director David Yates Meets 'The Hobbit?

noreply@blogger.com (jhong) — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:25:00 +0000

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" director David Yates has been offered the director's chair of "The Hobbit," according to the latest issue of Production Weekly and echoed by an agency coverage email making the rounds of Hollywood.

Yates' representation at CAA told TheWrap that the reports are "not true at all." And indeed, he would be an interesting choice. At least he's no stranger to fantastical adaptations of popular literary works that require extensive special effects, plus most of the pre-vis work will have been done for him, thanks to Jackson and ex-director Guillermo del Toro, who left the project after developing it for two years.

Yates recently wrapped production on the last two "Harry Potter" movies, which now enters an extended post-production phase. That means Yates wouldn't be available to tend to Middle-earth until sometime next year, and I imagine he has press commitments for the final "Potter" movie, which Warner Bros. releases next July.

However, "The Hobbit" is still likely a year away from filming, since MGM has the rights but not the funds to bring it to the big screen and still hasn't officially greenlit the project.

Source: TheWrap

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Memorable quotes for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009

noreply@blogger.com (jhong) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:27:00 +0000

[from trailer]
Harry Potter: Did you know, sir? Then?
Albus Dumbledore: Did I know that I just met the most dangerous dark wizard of all time? No.

[from trailer]
Tom Riddle - Age 11: I can make things move without touching them. I can make bad things happen to people who are mean to me. I can speak to snakes too. They find me... whisper things.

[from trailer]
Tom Riddle - Age 11: Who are you?
Albus Dumbledore: Well, I'm like you, Tom. I'm different.
Tom Riddle - Age 11: Prove it.
[Dumbledore glances at the wardrobe, which bursts into flames]

[from trailer]
Harry Potter: Fight back you coward!

[from trailer]
[Romilda Vane and Harry are staring at each other across the library]
Hermione Granger: [snaps her fingers] Hey, she's only interested in you because she thinks you're the Chosen One.
Harry Potter: But I am the Chosen One.
Hermione Granger: [smacks him on the head with the newspaper]
Harry Potter: Sorry... kidding!

Albus Dumbledore: Take my arm. That was fun. Most people vomit their first time.

Arthur Weasley: Times like these, dark times, they do funny things to people. They can tear them apart.

Severus Snape: How grand it must be to be the Chosen One.

Harry Potter: [From Trailer] You didn't exactly bring Slughorn back to simply teach potions, did you sir?
Albus Dumbledore: No I did not. I want you to get his true memory. Without it we leave the fate of our world to chance.

Harry Potter: Professor, you knew Voldemort. You were his teacher. What was he like?
Horace Slughorn: Dumbledore put you up to this, didn't he?

Hermione Granger: Do you honestly expect you can just walk up to him and ask for his deepest, darkest secret?

Albus Dumbledore: You must be wondering why I brought you here.
Harry Potter: Actually sir, after all these years I just sort of go with it.

[from trailer]
Hermione Granger: [from trailer]
[after she sees Ron and Lavender making out]
Hermione Granger: Excuse me, I have to go vomit.

Albus Dumbledore: [from trailer] Years ago, I knew a boy who made all the wrong choices. He seemed a student like any other. His name was Tom Riddle. Today, the world knows him by another name: Voldemort

Horace Slughorn: [From Trailer] These are mad times we live in! Mad!

Albus Dumbledore: [From Trailer] In my life I have seen things that are truly horrific. Now I know you will see worse.

Remus Lupin: [from trailer] Voldemort has chosen Draco Malfoy for a mission.

Bellatrix Lestrange: [from trailer] Carry out the deed.

Bellatrix Lestrange: Carry out the deed.

Ginny Weasley: Take my hand.

Albus Dumbledore: This is beyond anything I have imagined.

Hermione Granger: You have to realize who you are Harry.

Arthur Weasley: Harry no!

Harry Potter: Oh no, no, no, I mean she's brilliant, but we're friends.

Severus Snape: It's Over.

Albus Dumbledore: Oh to be young and to feel love's keen sting.

Ron Weasley: [from trailer] It's beautiful, isn't it? The moon.
Harry Potter: Divine. Had ourselves a little late night snack, did we?
Ron Weasley: It was on your bed, the box, I just thought I'd try one.
Harry Potter: Or twenty.
Ron Weasley: I can't stop thinking about her, Harry.
Ron Weasley: Honestly, you know, I reckon she was starting to annoy you.
Ron Weasley: She could never annoy me. I think I love her.
Harry Potter: Oh... brilliant.
Ron Weasley: Do you think she knows I exist?
Harry Potter: Well, I'd bloody well hope so, she's been snogging you for three months.
Ron Weasley: Snogging? Who are you talking about?
Harry Potter: Who are you talking about?
Ron Weasley: Romilda, of course. Romilda Vane.
Harry Potter: Okay, very funny.
Ron Weasley: [throws the chocolates box at Harry]
Harry Potter: What was that for?
Ron Weasley: It's no joke! I'm in love with her!
Harry Potter: Alright, fine, you're in love with her! Have you ever actually met her?
Ron Weasley: No... Can you introduce me?

Bellatrix Lestrange: [running from Harry] I killed Sirius Black! He's coming to get me!

Bellatrix Lestrange: [to Snape] Make the unbreakable vow.

Horace Slughorn: What about you Miss Granger? What do your parents do in the muggle world?
Hermione Granger: Ah, my parents are dentists.
Horace Slughorn: And is that considered a dangerous profession?

Severus Snape: [to Bellatrix] Take out your wand!

Severus Snape: [looking at Draco] I will escort him out.

Professor Minerva McGonagall: Potter, take Weasley with you. He looks far too happy over there.

Narcissa Malfoy: [to Bellatrix] Don't you dare blame my husband!

Narcissa Malfoy: [to Snape] Severus... my son... my only son.
Bellatrix Lestrange: Draco should be proud. The Dark Lord is granting him a great honor.

Bellatrix Lestrange: [to Narcissa] Cissy wait! You must not do this! You can't trust him!

Harry Potter: But, Sir, I though we weren't allowed to apparate on Hogwarts grounds.
Albus Dumbledore: Well, being me... has its privileges.

Remus Lupin: Has it occurred to you Harry, that Snape was simply pretending to offer Draco help so he could find out what he was up to?
Harry Potter: That's not what it sounded like.
Nymphadora Tonks: Perhaps Harry's right Remus, I mean to make an unbreakable vow...
Remus Lupin: It comes down to weither or not you trust Dumbledore. Doumbledore trusts Snape, therefore I do.

Remus Lupin: You're blinded by hatred.
Harry Potter: No I'm not!
Remus Lupin: Yes you are!

Katie Bell: I know you're going to ask me Harry, but I don't know who cursed me. I've been trying to remember, honestly. But I just can't.

Lavender Brown: [runs in the hospital wing, after Ron's been poisoned] Where is he? Where's my won-won? Has he been asking for me?
[sees Hermione sitting next to Ron's bed]
Lavender Brown: what is she doing here?
Hermione Granger: [stands] I could ask you the same question.
Lavender Brown: I happen to be his girlfriend!
Hermione Granger: Well, I happen to be his... friend
Lavender Brown: Friend? Don't make me laugh. You haven't spoken to him for days. I guess now you find him interesting.
Hermione Granger: He's been poisoned, you dumb dimbo! and as a matter of fact, I've always found him... interesting.

Ron Weasley: [to Hermione and Ginny] He'll be here, soon.
[starts eating]
Hermione Granger: [smacks him on the arm with a book] Will you stop eating? Your best friend is missing!
Ron Weasley: Turn around, you lunatic!
Ginny Weasley: [Hermione and Ginny looks towards the great hall door and sees Harry covered in blood] He's covered in blood again. why is it he's always covered in blood?
Hermione Granger: [Harry sits next to Ginny] Where have you been?

Argus Filch: [Holding Malfoy] Professor Slughorn, sir. I've just discovered this boy learking in an upstairs corridor. He claims to be invited to your party.
Draco Malfoy: Ok! Ok! I was gate crashing. Happy?

Ginny Weasley: [about Harry] He's covered in blood again. Why is he always covered in blood?
Ron Weasley: Well it looks like it's his own this time.

Harry Potter: [for Quidditch tryouts] Okay, so this morning I'm going to be putting you all though a few drills, just to set things straight.
[everyone is talking]
Harry Potter: Quiet, please.
[everybody's still taking]
Ginny Weasley: [shouts] Shut It!
[everyone is silent]
Harry Potter: Thanks.

Emma Watson eyes end of 'Harry Potter' stint and move from Hogwarts to Ivy League

noreply@blogger.com (jhong) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:25:00 +0000

For most 19-year-olds, deciding to attend college is a normal rite of passage. But Emma Watson hasn't lived anything close to a normal life since she was cast as Harry Potter's friend Hermione Granger at the ripe old age of 9.

Quicker than one could say "Expecto patronum!," her life was magically transformed into a decade-long succession of grueling days on movie sets, screaming fans and the constant glare of paparazzi flashes. Just how far removed she is from normality became apparent last week after news that Watson was taking a break from acting to attend an Ivy League college in the United States ignited a worldwide flurry of gossip headlines.

"I really hope [her roommate] is a massive Harry Potter fan," quipped her co-star Daniel Radcliffe during a press conference for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," the sixth installment in the franchise, opening Wednesday. "I really hope you walk in and see your face on a duvet."

Watson, who wouldn't confirm rumors she'd be attending Columbia or Brown, has an entirely different vision of her future.

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Emma Watson and Rupert Grint dish on 'Harry Potter' kiss

noreply@blogger.com (jhong) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:32:00 +0000

Saving the wizarding realm is a breeze compared to navigating the world teen romance.

“Harry Potter” stars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are used to the pressure of being a part of a internationally beloved franchise, but they’re now facing their most nerve-wracking challenge yet: an on-screen kiss.

The highly anticipated kiss between Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley takes place in the seventh and last book, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” in J.K. Rowling’s hugely popular series.

While in New York promoting the sixth film, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” 19-year-old Watson announced that the snogging scene was filmed only two weeks ago.

As she and Grint, who are good friends off-screen, looked at each other sheepishly, she explained, “Rupert and I were quite nervous that it might look ingenuous as we were so desperate to get it over with. Rupert and I felt the pressure of this kiss, there’s so much interest.”

“It’s not something we were really looking forward to,” 20-year-old Grint agreed. “It was quite a strange thing to have to think about doing.” The young stars recognize that this is the romantic moment the characters, and fans, have been waiting years for.

“This is ten years worth of tension and hormones and chemistry and everything one moment. We had to ace it,” Watson said, “Kissing is awkward, kissing is always awkward.”

The lengthy concluding novel will be split in two films, tentatively slated for late 2010 and summer 2011, but it is still unclear in which movie the Hermione-Ron kiss will take place.

But that doesn’t mean die-hard Harry Potter fans aren’t anxiously awaiting the scene.

A Fandango.com poll found that 59 percent of fans said the on-screen kiss they most want a sneak-peek at is between Hermione and Ron. Only 40 percent chose the kiss between Harry, played by Daniel Radcliffe, and Ron’s sister Ginny Weasley, played by Bonnie Wright, which takes place in the upcoming “Half-Blood Prince.”

Radcliffe, 19, apologized for his kissing skills, or lack thereof, saying, “I saw the film again a couple of nights ago at the premiere and … my God, my lips are like the lips of a horse, kind of distending independently away from my face and trying to encompass the lower half of hers.”

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince HBO First Look Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (jhong) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:46:00 +0000

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince HBO First Look Part1

noreply@blogger.com (jhong) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:41:00 +0000

'Harry Potter' premieres in London, gets good marks from British critics

noreply@blogger.com (jhong) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:16:00 +0000

LONDON - It may have had one of the wettest premieres in memory this week, but that did little to dampen critics' enthusiasm for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", the sixth film in the blockbuster franchise.

British broadsheet newspapers gave Half-Blood Prince solid ratings of three stars out of five, saying that the movie lived up to its predecessors and hit most of the right notes for millions of Potter fans around the world.

The Sun tabloid went further, calling it "the most confident, stylish, individual, warm-hearted and witty Harry Potter yet.

"Instead of 'going darker' again (yawn), Daniel Radcliffe as Harry, Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) go lighter. At times like a High School rom-com."

The film, which hits cinemas on July 15, is based on the novel of the same name by British author J.K. Rowling.

The book series ends with the seventh volume, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", but Hollywood studio Warner Bros has decided to make two films out of the final installment.

Given that the franchise has earned $4.5 billion global ticket sales so far, reviewers are hardly surprised.

"So desperate are the producers not to compromise their revenue stream that the final book, the Deathly Hallows, will be divided into two parts," wrote Andrew Pulver in the Guardian in a generally positive review of Half-Blood Prince.

Sarah Crompton of the Daily Telegraph said: "For fans both of the films and the books, this is an elegant addition to the canon -- even if it is only there to set the scene for the final conflict in the next two movies."

In Half-Blood Prince, Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of the Hogwarts school of magic, grooms Potter for the inevitable final showdown with evil Lord Voldemort, whose presence is constantly felt in color-drained, dark-clouded canvases.

But while menace looms, culminating in the death of a central character, romance blossoms between teenaged wizards, providing for more comedy than some viewers had expected.

Harry has feelings for Ginny, while Ron is caught in a love triangle with the attentions of the over-affectionate Lavender Brown throwing Hermione into a jealous rage.

Alistair Harkness of the Scotsman said in his three-star review that the middle section, concentrating on the characters' love interests, lagged.

"The weightier, emotional stuff the characters are going through often jars with the more comedic elements built around their exploding hormones," he added.

And Wendy Ide of the Times wrote that the romantic awakening, which several reviewers argued was far more innocent that what really goes on between 16- or 17-year-olds, may be more appealing to adult viewers than to children.

"A couple of 12-year-olds at the screening I attended squirmed with agonized embarrassment at the slightest hint of a snog," she wrote.

Half-Blood Prince was directed by David Yates, who also made the fifth film and is in charge of Deathly Hallows Part One and Two. The first of the pair is due for release in November 2010 and the second in the summer of 2011.

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This week's cover: 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'

noreply@blogger.com (jhong) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:14:00 +0000

This week's cover: 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'
by Pop Watch

1056-ew-cover_l After an eight-month delay that drove some fans to brink of madness, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince finally hits theaters on July 15th -- and Entertainment Weekly's new cover story is a behind-the-scenes exclusive on the film. Half-Blood Prince encompasses young love run amuck, secret missions, and impending war. Most Hollywood insiders expect it to be one of the year's biggest hits, partly because it's rated a family-friendly PG, whereas the last two Potter films were PG-13. Still, it will be interesting to see how the movie's brand of innocent romance plays with young audiences smitten by the neo-goth sexiness of Twilight. Even Potter star Emma Watson read all four Twilight books after a friend turned her onto the series last year. "I mean, I wouldn't say I was one of the psycho fans," she says. "Absolute madness, that phenomenon, isn't it?"

As for the Potter phenomenon, the movies are slowly coming to an end, with the remaining JK Rowling novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, to be split into two movies. During the production of Half-Blood Prince -- the final chapter to be set within Hogwarts School -- Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Watson wore their characters' Gryffindor House robes for the last time. "I was like 'Burn it!' Oh my god, to be done with those shoes and that uniform -- that was an exciting day," says Watson. Radcliffe adds, "When you're 18, one of the worst things to be wearing while trying to chat up a girl on the set is a school uniform. You look like a kid! You’re not going to score dressed like that!"

All of the stars are aware that pursuing acting will be tricky, post-Potter. Watson isn't even sure she wants to try. She's decided to go to college (at Columbia University, reportedly), but still has about a year of work on Deathly Hallows to finish first. "My world is still all about Harry Potter," she says. "I really can't see anything beyond it." Radcliffe, on the other hand, is ecstatic about acting. "I have come to the conclusion that I am never happier than when I am on a film set," he says. "This is what I want to be doing. Totally. Absolutely. Unequivocally!"

Production on the Deathly Hallows movies began last February and could stretch well into next year. For Grint and Watson, their hardest scene was (spoiler alert if you've never read the books!) a kiss between Ron and Hermione. "I remember being inches away from her lips and thinking, 'Good lord, this is going to be strange,'" says Grint. Adds Watson: "Rupert is like a brother to me, and our relationship couldn't be more platonic. So kissing him –- well, it felt like incest, to be honest. But I think it's going to be very sweet."

For more about Harry Potter -- including highlights from the new film, and Radcliffe talking about a Deathly Hallows scene he dreads filming -- pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, on stands Friday, July 10.

Harry Potter' Overachiever Hermione Granger Still Can't Pin Down Love

noreply@blogger.com (jhong) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:01:00 +0000

Harry Potter' Overachiever Hermione Granger Still Can't Pin Down Love
In 'Half-Blood Prince,' Ron Weasley's betrayal becomes a thorn in her side.

By Brian Warmoth

The Muggle-born daughter of dentists, Hermione Granger made it known early on at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that she was a witch to be reckoned with. Even as she has continued to overcome prejudice and earn the respect of her instructors, including Hogwarts Headmistress Minerva McGonagall and the school's newly installed Potions Master Horace Slughorn, one subject has continued to confound her — the affection of Ron Weasley.

Since neither of her parents had magic abilities, Hermione learned at the relatively late age of 11 that she was a witch and subsequently received an invitation to attend Hogwarts. While she learned to develop her spell-casting and potion-mixing skills, however, she also encountered prejudice from students like Draco Malfoy, who believed that she was unworthy of attending the school as a non-pureblood witch. That status eventually endangered her life when she was petrified by the basilisk in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." All the while, her two best friends, Harry and Ron, remained constant sources of support, but she and Ron began to develop an odd romantic tension that neither of them could acknowledge.

Actress Emma Watson was actually only 9 when she joined the cast of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." It was her first professional acting role and a big score for the pre-teen Hollywood newcomer. Little did she know that the "Harry Potter" franchise would be home to her entire adolescence, where her comparatively frizzy hair has since smoothed out and shined up in front of international audiences.

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" marks a crucial year in Hermione's life. Even as she continues to hold the title prefect in her house of Gryffindor and surpass expectations at Hogwarts, Ron persists in irritating her and deals the ultimate blow to her ego when he kisses her roommate, Lavender Brown, in public. Meanwhile, Hermione is invited along with Harry into Professor Slughorn's exclusive Slug Club for students who show promise with potions. But all the accolades and high magic-exam scores she has received won't be enough to replace her wounded friendship with Ron.

Hermione Granger Through The Years

As Hermione enters her sixth year of school in "The Half-Blood Prince," Watson, who is now 18, will be starting her own university studies at a yet-to-be-revealed school, where she has said she would like to study English literature and art. Once there, she may need to exercise some Hermione-like ingenuity to schedule her classes around commitments for the two installments of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" that are currently in production.