Dumbledore fuss surprises Harry Potter’s JK Rowling
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Dumbledore fuss surprises Harry Potter’s JK Rowling
NEWS.com.au - Oct 24, 2007
"It has certainly never been news to me that a brave and brilliant man could love other men," Rowling told a news conference in Toronto, where she is attending an authors\’ festival. Rowling, a mother-of-three, made the surprise revelation in New York on Friday, during her first US tour in seven years. She said Dumbledore was once infatuated w…
Rowling said she made no revelations about Dumbledore’s sexuality before Friday, because she had never before been asked directly. "People wanted so much information in advance of the story, that just to keep my sanity and keep my eye on my own plot, I did not give masses away ahead of time," she said. The seventh and final book in the boy wizard series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows became the fastest selling book in history upon its release in July, selling more than 11 million copies in the first 24 hours in Britain and the US. The fifth film of the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, received three nominations on Monday for the Baftas. Rowling said she "probably won’t" write a prequel to the series, but did not rule it out. "Is that (a prequel) not a little bit Star Wars Episode I?" she quipped. "I’m not going to say ‘never’ because ‘never’ in my life acts as a red rag to bull and I’ve immediately wanted to do whatever it is I said never to.
Potter leads children’s Bafta nominations
Stuff.co.nz - Oct 24, 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix received three nominations on Monday in the junior version of the annual film and television awards. The fifth film based on JK Rowling’s novels is in the running for three prizes: best film, video game and the Bafta Kids’ Vote, the only award chosen by the public. In the film category, the boy wizard is up against the animated rodents of Flushed Away; Happy Feet, about a tap-dancing penguin called Mumble and Bridge to Terabithia, a fantasy adventure featuring a baddie called the Dark Master. The BBC’s long-running series Byker Grove was nominated for best drama prize at the British Academy Children’s Awards…
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix received three nominations on Monday in the junior version of the annual film and television awards. The fifth film based on JK Rowling’s novels is in the running for three prizes: best film, video game and the Bafta Kids’ Vote, the only award chosen by the public. In the film category, the boy wizard is up against the animated rodents of Flushed Away; Happy Feet, about a tap-dancing penguin called Mumble and Bridge to Terabithia, a fantasy adventure featuring a baddie called the Dark Master. The BBC’s long-running series Byker Grove was nominated for best drama prize at the British Academy Children’s Awards. The show, set in a Newcastle youth club, ran between 1989 and 2006 and helped launched the careers of Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
Young Potter fan freed from traffic cone hat
NEWS.com.au - Oct 24, 2007
In the end they called the fire brigade, who took six men and half an hour to release Charlie using cutting tools and pliers. Mrs Thomas said Charlie was left with bruises to his head and pride after his attempt to mimic his Hogwarts hero. "He loves Harry Potter and when he put the cone on he was so pleased with himself, it was very sweet. "But when we couldn’t get it off it was a bit scary. We shouldn’t have laughed but we had a chuckle - he looked so comical even though he was a bit upset," she told the Daily Mail. Share this article.
Amazon reports 41% revenue rise in third quarter boosted by Harry…
FinFacts Ireland - Oct 24, 2007
08 billion in third quarter 2007 and increased to 33% of worldwide net sales compared with 30% in third quarter 2006. The Company sold 2. 5 million copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows worldwide, making it Amazon’s largest new product release. The Company launched a public beta of Amazon MP3, a digital music store with Earth’s biggest selection of a la carte DRM-free MP3 music downloads. Amazon MP3 has over two million songs from more than 180,000 artists represented by over 20,000 major and independent labels. Amazon Europe launched a Shoes store and a Baby store on the amazon.
Harry Potter boosts Amazon profits
rte.ie - Oct 24, 2007
26 billion, beating market expectations. It reported a net profit of $80m, up 313% from $19m in the same period last year. Revenue was helped by the 2. 5 million copies sold of the seventh Harry Potter book - Amazon’s biggest new product release.