JK Rowling May Write Eighth Harry Potter Book
The News Review:
- JK Rowling May Write Eighth Harry Potter Book
- David Hicks refuses to apologise
- The year in books
- Wizard to play the magician of Somalia
- Prognosticator extraordinaire: Reader beats media pros
JK Rowling May Write Eighth Harry Potter Book
FOX News - Dec 30, 2007
Rowling May Write Eighth Harry Potter Book - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment. Rowling May Write Eighth Harry Potter Book , Although the seventh Harry Potter novel was published last January amid much fanfare as the final book in the series, author J. Rowling has said in recent interviews that an eighth book is not out of the question.
David Hicks refuses to apologise
NEWS.com.au - Dec 30, 2007
Education authorities confirmed there was nothing to stop the former Taliban fighter waiting at the school gate for his children. "A parent has a lawful reason for coming to a school unless under the restriction of a restraining order or parenting order," SA Education Department spokeswoman Mel Hein said. And it has emerged the global Harry Potter craze did not pass by Hicks. "He was very into Harry Potter at one stage," Mr Hicks said. "He seemed to like that type of thing. He’s always liked fantasy type stuff. " Hicks is the second Australian, after Melbourne’s Jack Thomas, to be released on a control order that limits movement and imposes overnight curfews.
The year in books
Toronto Star - Dec 30, 2007
Rowling âoutedâ Dumbledore this year, it certainly didnât hurt sales. Here, Beijing fans line up to buy the Chinese translation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the series finale, in October.
Wizard to play the magician of Somalia
Guardian Unlimited - Dec 30, 2007
The Harry Potter actor has seen off competition from Hollywood’s A-list to star in the true story of a young British photographer who met a tragic end. The film, Journey, will see Radcliffe play Dan Eldon, a 22-year-old who was among four journalists stoned to death by a mob in Mogadishu in July 1993. Eldon left behind 17 journals, thousands of pictures and a legacy that has won admirers including Madonna and Julia Roberts. His mother, Kathy, says that she has rejected numerous bids for film rights to the story, and met but turned down leading actors including Orlando Bloom, Heath Ledger, Ryan Phillippe and Joaquin Phoenix, all of whom were eager to play the part. But then she sat down with 18-year-old Radcliffe and his parents at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles.
Prognosticator extraordinaire: Reader beats media pros
ABC News - Dec 30, 2007
As a team, however, the analysts’ averaged five right to 3. 4 by our nearly 1,000 reader entrants. The 2007 scorecard 1)Which megasequel will generate the most box office in its three-day opening weekend?a) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Fox nws); b) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner twx); c) Live Free or Die Hard (Fox); d) Ocean’s 13 (Warner); e) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Disney dis); f) Spider-Man 3 (Sony sne)…
That out-swashbuckled Pirates’ $114. Trailing: Harry Potter ($77. 1 million), Fantastic Four ($58. 1 million), Ocean’s 13 ($36. 1 million) and Live Free or Die Hard ($33.