Saturday, October 20

• Dumbledore comes out of the closet

  In her first US tour in seven years, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling addressed an audience at Carnegie Hall and informed them that the character of Albus Dumbledore was gay.

  Although the character's sexuality was never explicitly addressed in any of the books or movies, Rowling revealed that she had always envisioned his relationship with Gellert Grindelwald--who is discussed in the final book of the series--as a romantic one.

  Maybe that's why he is always dressed so well.

  Source: Reuters

  
  

  Posted 10/20/2007 by Heather

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Wednesday, July 18

• Final Harry Potter book leaked

  Despite Fort Knox-like security measures, the final installment of the Harry Potter series has been leaked to the internet--mere days before the book is scheduled to hit shelves this Saturday, reports The Boston Globe.

  At the Los Angeles press junket for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix just over a week ago, filmmakers and talent (including Daniel Radcliffe-The Boy Who Lived himself) on the remarkably lucrative series professed that only 10 people in the world had seen the final book--and they weren't part of that lucky number.

  Nonetheless, images of every page of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows appeared on file sharing websites yesterday. The publishers are quickly moving on finding the person(s) responsible, but in the meantime copies of the images are now circulating throughout the internet.

  Lord Voldemort simply must be behind this.

  
  
  Next Showing: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows hits shelves Saturday.

  Posted 07/18/2007 by Heather

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Saturday, June 2

• New Harry Potter theme park to further drain parents' disposable income

  Warner Bros. and Universal announced today that they'll be joining forces to build a new Harry Potter theme park in Orlando, Florida, Bloomberg News reports. The new attraction, dubbed The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, is set to open in late 2009.

  In addition to various Potter-themed rides, shops and attractions, the park will include life-size re-creations of Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest and Hogwarts Castle.

  What remains to be seen is whether the theme park will be built around a specific version of the Harry Potter character. Will it focus more on the naive, precocious tyke we saw in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone? Or will it be geared more toward the temperamental, hormone-crazed teenager featured in the forthcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?

  
  
  Next Showing: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix opens July 11, 2007

  Posted 06/02/2007 by Thomas

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