Barack Obama mentions Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling New Address
In a speech in order to be shared with several small pre-school children in the United States, President Brack Obama quote Harry Potter series as an example of passing of our beloved author JK Rowling before publishing his first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
President Obama mention the world basketball star, Michael Jordan, who was denied access to his college team on several occasions and of course JK quote Rowling saying that the first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was rejected 12 times before being finally published in 1997.
Remember that this is not the first time that Barack Obama mentions the series because, as most already know, Bush declared that he has read every book of the series and was declared a big fan of it like their daughters and his wife, who in recent months visited Leavesden Studios in England where they shared with the cast of the series and with the writer. The president's speech is to inspire young students to never desist in their dreams and continue fighting until the end, as is clear example our writer and even Harry Potter himself in the fight against Lord Voldemort.
Undoubtedly, the saga of Harry Potter is full of many values and a unique and inspiring story. And I take the post to ask you two simple questions to all our dear readers: what cause or reason for love and follow every day the development of this saga? "Captive you Harry Potter? See you in the comments, I expect great arguments.
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Revealed DVD Deleted Scenes from 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Whenever lack least enough to have the DVD and / or Blu-ray Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and now we know what are the unedited scenes to be included. It has also been reported that, as bonus material, there will be a video of 11 minutes and 38 seconds over the Harry Potter theme park. Then we let the list of scenes, which have a duration of 6 minutes and 31 seconds:
00:00:26:17 ( "Harry and Hermione walking down aisles at Hogwarts" (SC 85))
00:01:00:01 ( "Harry and Hermione Discuss the Marauder's Map" (SC 95))
00:01:04:08 ( "RON & HERMIONE HARRY ON THE CABINET DISCUSSED evanescent" (SC 118-119))
00:00:38:07 ( "Harry and Dumbledore arrive at the entrance of the Cave" (SC 122))
00:00:19:07 ( "Harry and Dumbledore LEAVE THE CAVE '(SC 124))
00:01:39:22 ( "CLOUDS ON HOGWARTS AND Flitwick directs the Choir" (SC 125-129))
00:00:40:08 ( "JOINS WITH HARRY Ron, Hermione and Ginny in the common room" (SC 140))
00:00:42:16 ( "HARRY HERMIONE AND RON SPEAK ON THE TOWER OF ASTRONOMY" (SC 142))
We will certainly pay close attention because in the coming weeks will reveal new features on the DVD and Blu-Ray in the sixth film.
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Magic concert of John Williams
Last Friday September 4, was performed at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, a musical recital by John Williams, played 5 tracks from the soundtrack of Harry Potter. It was definitely a magical night for the lucky attendees. Once more we realize that Harry is much more than a book and film.
We hope that our philharmonic / symphonic repertoire take the melodies of Harry. Let's campaign from BH;)
Since we imagine a magical night from a park in Buenos Aires, Bogota, Mexico, and Caracas adorned with these tunes.
Well here I leave the videos so far have uploaded to youtube ... me to each of the first video review, which began his presentation with the statement that we all remember in which Vernon tells Harry ... "There's no such thing as magic! "
Spectacular Deluxe Box Harry Potter DVD's for Sale in November
The French site of the renowned Amazon Web sales, recently announced the sale of a spectacular luxury box with all the DVDs of the Harry Potter series, which will be released on 16 November this year. The collection is accompanied by an impressive miniature castle of Hogwarts to cover all 6 DVD's of the Harry Potter films released so far, it is noteworthy that under the small castle of Hogwarts there is a box with capacity and room for six films additionally there are two compartments for DVD's of Deathly Hallows: Part I and Deathly Hallows: Part II.
This sensational product carries the name pottérico Prestige Edition and can be purchased for 199.99 euros, which would be about $ 525 dollars, a price slightly higher and less accessible to many fans but can not be missing from the collection of any fan of this grand saga. So right now they are saving from dear readers, to obtain this excellent luxury box. Significantly, the miniature replica of Hogwarts is apparently created by the Noble Collection and you can see through this link.http: / / www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NN7074&catid=21
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Hogwarts in 'A brief guide to imaginary places'
For those who did not know, I'm a bibliophile and love to be. This summer I spent much time at Casa del Libro (and in bookstores and more specialized in rare and antique books) and bought around 30-40 books. Among them I found one that caught my attention. The book is entitled A brief guide to imaginary places and belongs to the editorial Alliance (in my opinion, one of the best publishers of books in Spanish).
In the back of the book, states that include parts of the world of JK Rowling. Originally, the book did not include them (as is 1980), but the book I bought is an expanded edition in 2000. In this book, the only place in the magical world of Harry Potter's Hogwarts is included, and data is extracted only from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
It is noteworthy that those who are interested in buying this book just for Harry Potter, they should not because it does not bring much information about the magical world created by JK Rowling. But for those who like fantasy, science fiction, magical realism and other trends in this style, the book is commendable and there is not only magical places belonging to English literature but also literature in other languages (eg Macondo is included).
'The Half-Blood Prince' continues to struggle to beat 'The Order of the Phoenix'
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince continues to raise money in the world but has yet to beat Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Now, it has been reported that the sixth Harry Potter film has grossed $ 916.4 million dollars worldwide, nearly $ 12 million more than last week. Similarly, still needs to raise $ 23 million to become the second highest grossing movie of the saga.
Also, it has been reported that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has reached the 50 million pounds in the UK, which had not happened in the series since Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
At this point, there is still some possibility that surpass the Order of the Phoenix, but it is almost impossible to exceed the Sorcerer's Stone. Similarly, the sixth movie was another box-office records and was well received by the public and much of the fandom.
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Update: I take to report, as I said on Twitter, we know that have appeared in Internet photos of an actress from the Harry Potter enjoy their new life in another country, but this blog respects the privacy of the actors, actresses, producers, directors and writer, so we wont publish it.
Tom Felton: Photographs at Dragon Next Upcoming Events Theme Park
The talented actor Tom Felton, who plays Draco Malfoy majestically in the Harry Potter films, recently attended the Dragon * Con 2009 which took place in the city of Atlanta in Georgia, USA. In the aforementioned event, the actor had the opportunity to share with many fans of the Harry Potter and even made a sort of round table discussion touched on several points of discussion related to the saga.
Tom says his favorite scene from The Half-Blood Prince was when he had hit Harry on the Hogwarts Express, also said it is a disadvantage playing Draco Malfoy in the films because, when the children visit the set, tend to feel afraid to see it but says it means he is doing his job very well. Like most actors in the series, Tom is also very sad for the completion of filming of the Harry Potter and says he is fully convinced that the action is your thing and that is why we will focus on this race the rest of his artistic life, and I think it's a good decision because this kid has a talent. After great conversation pottérica, fans and Tom enjoyed a large cake. Here you can enjoy the photos:
Discussion Topic: Are there two Chosen ones?
Posted By: Aura Zephyr in Debates, Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort, Neville Longbottom, Opinion
When I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I had a certainty: there was never elected one. I know that many find strange my point, since one of the names by which knows Harry is the Chosen One. True, Harry was the "chosen" of Lord Voldemort, of prophecy but there are always two options "interchangeable". And in this is one of the errors of the Dark Lord and why he was defeated. Of course I am referring to the existence of Neville Longbottom in history.
Before you throw me over with their counter-arguments, let me explain.
The prophecies are always misleading, ambiguous, subject to various interpretations. Nobody really knows where they came from or who inspired them. One of the knowledge you have about prophecies is that it only has real understanding of where the facts they relate have already been fulfilled. That is why we try to be guided by a prophecy is useless or, in the worst-very dangerous.
Recall the prophecy of Sybill Trelawney, who met in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... Born to those who challenged him thrice the world by the seventh month dies ... And the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... And one of the two must die at the hands of the other for neither can live while the other still alive ... The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born at the end the seventh month ... "
It is true, speaks of "the only ..." But Dumbledore tells us that there were two children magicians who met the conditions of the prophecy, Neville and Harry. I will say that J.K. Rowling later said that Neville was born on July 30 and Harry 31, so it is logical that the prophecy was referring to Harry because he was born on the last day of July. I agree that's a good argument, but really who had the final decision was Voldemort. He would be who would choose the child and "it would mark as his equal." Harry Potter becomes "The One" by the decision of Lord Voldemort to attack him, not because the prophecy dictates.
What I think is that either child could have been the Chosen One.
And I rely on multiple arguments, not only in that both have similar features, but the similarity of the situations and decisions taken by the boys throughout the saga.
The similarities between the two youngsters are clear and known to us all. Both were children whose parents belonged to the Order of the Phoenix. They "lost" their parents when they were babies (the Harry were killed and Neville were hurt to lose your sanity), so both home grown and orphaned relatives. Is not it strange that Neville also lost their parents, even though Voldemort did not attack him? Not me, I am convinced that their fate was to go the same way Harry.
It is true that Harry was much more "certain" that Neville, who was always more clumsy and forgetful. But in a way, Neville had never had a need to develop their personality, as Harry had to do it very early. No doubt Neville grew more protected than Harry. But when it comes time to confront those who made him sick to his parents, no longer the shy boy who was and is evident the strong personality and unwavering principles he holds (remember her performance in HP5).
Now I get to my best and dearest argument: the similarity of the paths traveled both in the saga. And attitudes that were against Lord Voldemort (and even the behavior that he had for them). It is here that the book first and the seventh book come together in a strange coincidence (I say "strange" because it seems that in reality would be something very unusual, and it is therefore clear that Rowling planned it that way because he thought a so much like mine).
In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry finally comes face to face with Lord Voldemort. There, in front of the Mirror of Erised, what's the first thing the Dark Lord? It offers to join him. Harry How do you respond? Never!
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, when the castle gates, Lord Voldemort is for the first time in the series against Neville ... what's the first thing you propose? To join them, and is covierta one of his Death Eaters. And what Neville repond? I will join you the day that hell freezes over!
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, a "spectral" Tom Riddle Jr. treats Harry with obvious interest and contempt at once, yet does not kill directly but tells the basilisk to do so. It Fawkes, the phoenix, who provides the Potter Sorting Hat, which takes-after putting it on the head of Gryffindor's sword and kills the king of serpents.
In The Deathly Hallows, the Dark Lord show your appreciation for the qualities of Neville and when he refused to be your ally, not incurring the immediate act of killing an Avada Kedavra, but inexplicably he who brings the Sorting Hat and placed on the head to set fire Longbottom below. But then Neville drew his sword and beheads the hat of Lord Voldemort's snake.
Is not that an interesting and obvious coincidence that both boys have been killed snakes Heir of Slytherin? I think J.K. Rowling wrote the scene between Neville and Voldemort having an idea in mind. Harry said that not only was dangerous to Voldemort. Neville might have had the same role if the Dark Lord Harry had attacked him as a baby. The only advantage he had Harry to face Voldemort was his ability to get inside the mind of his enemy, to see and feel what they saw and felt Voldemort. The capacity to love, strong principles and unwavering will to confront the dark magic, were qualities that Neville had.
For those who still believe that there is no logic to my point, to think that Rowling never intended to propose this, I ask you to think in various situations of the series in which Neville appears. I will name some I remember:
- In The Order of the Phoenix, Neville is the only partner who is fighting to end with Harry in the Department of Mysteries. The only one apart from Harry took the field with the prophecy in their hands and even the presence when it breaks (though I can not hear it). Even earlier, in the Hall of Prophecy, when Harry attempts to take the field, there is a curious reaction from the boys:
"" I think you should not touch it, "said Hermione Harry saw Harry stretched his arm.
- Why not? "He replied. It has something to do with me, right?
"Do not do, Harry," Neville said suddenly. Harry looked at him. The round face of his comrade was covered in sweat. It seemed that I could not hold more suspense.
"Take my name," insisted Harry.
And with the vague feeling that he was committing an indiscretion, put his hands around the dusty crystal ball. [...]"
In this excerpt, Rowling seems to indicate that both Harry and Neville were attracted by the prophecy and Harry was even more "reckless" or felt more compelled to take it (as it bore his name), completely ignores the warning of Hermione, but There is "something" that makes him stop when Neville asks. I think this is a sign that both young Rowling tied to the prophecy.
- Half-Blood Prince, Neville fighting the Death Eaters to enter Hogwarts, is wounded to pursue and launched with great courage against the barrier with which they block access to the Astronomy Tower. It encounters with him that Harry got out of the tower and who said he escaped where Snape and Draco, and urges him to follow.
- In The Deathly Hallows is the more we understand the true role that Neville has in history. When Harry is not, it is Neville who faces the Dark Lord's reign. He becomes the leader of the opposition at Hogwarts. In the symbol of unyielding beings who fight against evil. It is no accident or whim that the author has written the scene of Neville stood up to Lord Voldemort. Neville Why? Why among all those afflicted by the "death" of Harry, was Neville who still faces the Dark Lord? Why not Ron or Hermione, or maybe Ginny, who could have been driven to avenge the death of her beloved Harry? No, it had to be Neville Longbottom. Granted, he was not the Chosen of Voldemort, but was "elected" to Harry. When he goes to meet death ... leaves in the hands of Neville on completing their mission. This is the moment when Harry realizes that Neville is equal to him, not to capitulate or give truce in the fight against darkness.
In summary, I believe that Rowling gave us many hints and signs, to which it so assiduously, to make us understand why Harry and Neville were so similar and charged with the same mission. Lord Voldemort's mistake was forgetting to Neville, that one other child who "might" be dangerous for him and that "might" be able to defeat him. The prophecy always played against the Dark Lord, and although it was "certain" as to what happened with Harry, totally deceived him with regard to Neville. The mere existence of "the Boy Who Lived" made completely forget the existence of that other child.
The prophecy fell to Lord Voldemort "to believe in it-to choose a single child. But the power behind the prophecy chose two. That power, the real enemy of Voldemort, played to win with a bluff, made his bet and won.
Now I invite you to discuss my theory. I know that I have written enough to write this article (an essay, actually), but I hope you find interesting and inspiring.
Confirmed David Ryall as Elphias Doge in 'The Deathly Hallows'
A few months ago that David Ryall reportábamos could interpret Dumbledore's old friend, Elphias Doge, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, the agency representing the actor has confirmed the news. Doge Elphias Recall that appears in the scene of the wedding of Bill and Fleur which began filming last August 10.
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LEGO relaunches his collection of Harry Potter
On the occasion of the upcoming video game Harry Potter LEGO, the LEGO company is relaunching their collection of Harry Potter toys. Arthur Parson said TT Games LEGO is taking some ideas from the game to put them into reality. This revival, which we will include both new and previous collections, will coincide with the game's release.
For now, it is rumored that the game will be released on 31 March 2010. We will pay close attention because it appears that 2010 will be a great year for the world of Harry Potter (Theme Park, Hallows Part I, Videogame Lego and more).
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Never before seen picture of Chris Columbus, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and
Rupert Grint: Some time ago I saw a photograph of the first time that actors Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint met. Now, eBay is selling a previously unseen photograph of director Chris Columbus with some young Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. No doubt a very tender picture leads us to the days when we waited for the release of the first Harry Potter movie.
Compare that picture with that of Dan, Rupert and Emma in the filming of Deathly Hallows. Does it show much change from child to young adult? See you in the comments.
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Bonnie Wright poses for the magazine No Magazine
Bonnie Wright every day is looming over his career to the world of fashion and has nothing to envy to Emma Watson. Now, Bonnie Wright has posed for the magazine New Zealand No. Magazine. If you liked the photographs for the magazine Bonnie ES, you'll love these. Interesting about this photoshoot is that it gives a completely different side of the tender and sweet girl we saw in the Evening Standard.
"JK Rowling works on the Harry Potter encyclopedia"
And today we woke up with great news yesterday as the celebrated author Ian Rankin, a close friend of our beloved author JK Rowling revealed on the agenda of the BBC Radio Five Live Simon Mayo, the last time you saw and shared with Jo, she was working hard in the Encyclopedia Pottérica, apart from that, Ian said that it was when the writer elaborated the family trees of different families. Significantly, Ian also said he has some time without seeing Joanne and that is why it was not known whether Encyclopedia being developed by mere pastime and amusement of the writer or went beyond it.
This information provided by the aforementioned author certainly makes us more happy one because at least we have evidence that Jo is writing the Encyclopedia Pottérica or maybe "already finished? ... Are we just a few months of the publication of this "delicacy pottérico" which will tell us information never revealed in the 7 books of the saga? Recall that in the trial against RDR Books, the writer said that his encyclopedia would be published between 2010 and 2011.
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Ian Kelly confirmed as Hermione`s Father in 'The Deathly Hallows'
It has been confirmed today that the British actor Ian Kelly has been selected to play the Muggle father of Hermione Granger in the seventh film adaptation, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Ian is rumored to appear briefly in a sequence in which we will see Hermione doing a memory spell on modifying their parents before leaving for the Burrow and looking for the Horcruxes with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, in order to be to Australia and thus achieve protection.
Recall that the actress Michelle Fairley, who plays Mrs. Granger has already filmed her scenes for films, recorded at Leavesden Studios, though still not very clear exactly what they are or at what point will appear within 2 tapes.
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