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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, September 29, 2006 - 7:00 pm
i've read about this several places: The actress who plays Hermione Granger in the series thus far has yet to sign the contract for the last two installments. The worst part is, she doesn't seem eager to do so. "I don't know yet," Watson told Newsweek. "Every film is such a huge production, and it's a long time." The 16-year-old actress says she isn't even sure she wants to keep acting. "Losing Watson would be a hard thing to change and it would be disrupting ... but ultimately the films' young stars have to do what's right for them. This is their lives," said Potter producer David Heyman. Adding, "I'm cautiously optimistic that it will work itself out." If Watson doesn't return, this would be the second recast Potter part. Michael Gambon was cast as Albus Dumbledore after Richard Harris died. And from what we hear, Gary Oldman, who plays Sirius Black, almost didn't return after battling it out with the producers over salary. I'm hoping this is just a ploy to get a bigger and better contract.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, September 29, 2006 - 7:26 pm
Thanks, Cnd! I don't keep up with this stuff as much as others. It'd be tough to see somebody else playing Hermione but that's the way it is sometimes. I can believe they're all getting burned out.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 6:51 am
It definately wouldn't be the same with a new Hermione.
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Sewmommy
Member
07-06-2004
| Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 3:05 pm
Hey, the secret door at www.jkrowling.com is open for the WOMBAT part 2 test. If you need a hint on how to get in go here http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#article:9092
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, June 22, 2007 - 12:00 pm
I created a new thread called Speculation about the Deathly Hallows and moved some posts there. I thought it might be fun to have a separate thread for those of us who want to speculate about what happens in the book. Link
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 10:00 am
I found a book called "Who killled Albus Dumbledore?" on Amazon.com today, I didn't even realised it existed, but one of the reviews, where the person bring up a main speculation of the book, caught my eye.
quote:"In the tower scene in book 6, Harry is petrified by Dumbledore. Harry sees Snape cast the AK spell at Dumbledore. Harry sees Dumbledore slowly fall off the tower. After Dumbledore hits the ground, Harry is now longer petrified. Harry figures that Dumbledore's death released the spell. But Harry must be wrong: AK kills instantly, so Harry should have been released _before_ Dumbledore started falling to the ground. Moreover, a third person can release the victim of a Petrificus spell; on the Hogwart's Express at the beginning of the school year, Draco petrified Harry, and Tonks released Harry from Draco's spell. On the tower, Harry was un-petrified just as Snape disappeared into the stairwell. And Snape, BTW, has previously shown that he can cast an area-wide spell that cancels all currently operative spells; he did this once in a class. All this suggests that what happened on the Tower may have been quite elaborately staged, and that the people who staged the event wanted to ensure that Harry saw everything. "
It does actually make sense, at least the AK part, because it is well known and mentioned many times in the book that it kills instantly, so the fact that Harry wasnt released immediately does seem suspect. I guess we'll find out SOON!! So excited! I'm thinking I'll be going to wal-mart and buying it that day. I usually wait until I get it from the library, because I don't end up reading book repeatedly, but with HP, I've read them a lot.
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Krissn
Member
07-09-2005
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 10:11 pm
I am on Chapter two so far! The first page made me tingle... LOVING IT. If anyone wants to come chat as you read the end of chapters, I am going to be online! I rested all day so I could spend the night reading. Yay Book 7!
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 10:46 pm
Hi Krissn! After spending 2 hours waiting to get the book in my hands (a before party plus 1/2 hour waiting in line), I'm too tired to crack it open tonight! good luck with your read! Did you pick yours up at a bookstore "party"? We had a really good one with live owls, tarot readings, costume contest ( a really great Prof Trewlawny won!), and "more" as they say. Oh, cafe transformed all its regular dishes into Harry Potter polyjuice and the like.
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Krissn
Member
07-09-2005
| Friday, July 20, 2007 - 11:31 pm
Oh! That sounds like it was so much fun. I just went to my local Wal-mart at 11:45. I was like 35th in line or so and went ahead and picked up both the book and the cds. I adore Jim Dale's interpretation of the characters. He was reading a little slower than me so I have paused him for now. Make sure to come back when you have started to read. I know I will need to chat... actually I am only 4 chapters in and really want to talk already about what I have read! Happy Pottering.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 11:02 am
Love your posts Krissn! I left a question for you in the Spoiler thread just now!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, July 27, 2007 - 2:25 pm
The new Entertainment Weekly (issue #946, August 3, 2007) has a 36 page special section on Harry Potter. Received mine in the mail a little while ago, looks great. Oh and this Sunday at 7pm EST NBC will air a one hour Dateline special featuring an expanded interview with JKR. I saw a little of it on MSNBC last night. Good grief, I'm noted as "Last Poster" in five separate threads in the Harry Potter folder. That's just sad, lol.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, July 27, 2007 - 2:40 pm
No ... as Harry would say, "It's brilliant!"
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 27, 2007 - 2:49 pm
LOL Calamity! You're just dedicated.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Saturday, July 28, 2007 - 10:03 am
That's the polite way to put it, lol. Anyway, I'm back because even though the blurb I read online said the interview was one hour, I saw on my satellite guide that Dateline is scheduled for two hours, 7-9 pm Eastern. JKR's interview is listed first so it may be on for the first hour but if anyone is recording it, you may want to set it for two hours just in case.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Sunday, September 16, 2007 - 4:20 pm
could someone please tell me what happened to Dumbledore's Phoenix after DD died? my dh can't remember either. thanks in advance.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, September 16, 2007 - 4:32 pm
He flew around the grounds singing a very mournful song. I expected that he would return in some way in the Deathly Hallows but as I recall that was the last he was seen in the books. I've just been re-reading the series and I'm in the middle of Order of the Phoenix. Gosh I love these books.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Sunday, September 16, 2007 - 4:43 pm
thanks, jimmer. i was hoping that he was bequeathed to Harry or at least that he went to live with DD's brother. i wonder if she will cover that in her encyclopedia?
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, September 16, 2007 - 4:45 pm
Yes ... I loved him and he played such a pivotal role in the previous books.
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-22-2006
| Monday, September 17, 2007 - 12:27 am
I think I remember it being said that once the Phoenix sang its song, he flew off to never be seen again.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Monday, September 17, 2007 - 6:42 am
awww, that is so sad. i really liked Fawkes. thanks, jimmer & DC.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, October 19, 2007 - 7:43 pm
Rowling Says Dumbledore is Gay: http://www.newsweek.com/id/50787
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, October 19, 2007 - 8:20 pm
As I recall, Dumbledore's romantic interests were never discussed in the books.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, October 19, 2007 - 8:32 pm
Hiya Jimmer! I know - but I tripped over this in the MSNBC site and figured it was newsworthy for the fans. Evidently, the article says that someone asked Rowling about Dumbledore and that's when Rowling made the statement. She also commented on other characters 'endings and situations' not covered in the book. Since the books come from her imagination, she is the SOURCE for all things HP whether or not they've been published, eh? I think it's fun to find out stuff that's not covered in the books. But that does remind me, I still haven't read the last one yet. I still have to get my hands on it.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, October 19, 2007 - 8:45 pm
I agree that it is fun when she throws this stuff out there and expands a bit on the characters. I loved the way she mapped the books out in advance and had a good idea of what was going to happen in the final book before she even finished writing the first one. There must be so much more about the Harry Potter "world" that she defined to herself as part of her writing process that goes beyond what was written in the books.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 10:44 pm
Jimmer, she's said herself, that there's a teensy possibility that this isn't the last book. I can see her coming back to it in a few years and embellishing on it, basically with the stuff she's talking about now. Or not. LOL. It's just that she really seems to be so enmeshed, (immersed?) in that imaginary world, and with all that extra stuff floating around in her noggin' it seems like a shame not to squeeze it all out of her for the rest of us. Grin.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 4:17 pm
Maybe she'll write another book when Harry becomes head of Hogwarts.
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 10:59 pm
Totally weird OT...I was just watching some overnight TV and stopped on a 1986 movie called "Troll". The main characters are named Harry Potter and Harry Potter Jr. Michael Moriarty plays Harry Potter Sr. and Noah Hathaway(Neverending Story) plays Harry Potter Jr. This was over a decade before J.K. published the first book. It took me by suprprise, so I figured I'd mention it here. Here's the IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092115/ Pretty cheesy movie!
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