deathly hallows – Page 2

July 29, 2007December 29, 2011

Checking in with Harry Potter

The new Entertainment Weekly is chock full of Potter, including Daniel Radcliffe’s thoughts on the new book.

The HP week in review

Naomi Watts, Joseph Fiennes, and Stuart Townsend are not going to be in Half-Blood Prince, their agents say. But I read it it on the internet!
John Ostrander on HP alternatives.
Amy H. Sturgis recs political analysis of Potter.
Slate’s Book Club dissects Deathly Hallows
Would you send your kids to Hogwarts?
Fans translate Hallows into Spanish.
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Potterdammerung.” But nothing beats the Russian Snape fans who burn a copy of DH. Dude. We’re crazy, but not that crazy.
A mind-cleansing LOLcat.

July 26, 2007December 29, 2011

The JK Rowling Interview

The first part of the Today Show’s interview with JK Rowling has aired. The second part airs on Friday.

Summary article (for those of us who are still at work ::cough::) and video can be found on their website.

Here there be SPOILERS. (Don’t say we didn’t warn you.)

July 25, 2007December 29, 2011

Interview with J.K. Rowling

Today updated their first J.K. Rowling story with more info from their interview, and added another earlier this morning.

July 24, 2007December 29, 2011

JK Rowling, chief instigator of the Potterdämmerung, will be appearing on NBC’s Today Show on Thursday and Friday. And (according to NBC’s teaser article) she’s now feeling free to discuss some key decisions.

Don’t go there if you’re not done reading!

July 24, 2007December 29, 2011

Resistance is futile

I just happened to run across this, I swear: Seventy-two million copies. The world really isn’t going to shut up about Harry, are they? God help us all.

Speaking of, Andrew Wheeler and the Dozen Potter Stories.

Hell, not even the Sith are immune.

July 23, 2007December 29, 2011

Potter Morning Newsblast: The End

Perhaps we slightly overestimated the whole Potterdämmerung thing. Live and learn! In any case, this is the last time I’m googling it.

All is well

Deathly Hallows sets sales records. 8.3 million copies in 24 hours, and that’s just Scholastic. Globally, an estimated 20 million.
Reviews: AP calls it a ‘fitting finale’; Entertainment Weekly, ‘stunningly beautiful;’ BBC, an ‘entirely fulfilling end.’
Is Potter on track to being the biggest franchise of all time?
Did Deathly Hallows harm Order of the Phoenix at the box office?

July 21, 2007December 29, 2011

Potterdämmerung: It’s heeerrrreee!

Maybe now that the book is out there can be a little less bemoaning? Or not. In any case, I got a wrap to do so I’ll just point y’all towards Andrew Wheeler’s HP round-up.

July 20, 2007December 29, 2011

Potterdämmerung Midnight Bulletin

J.K. Rowling is ‘staggered’ by pre-release reviews, but they won’t stop fans from buying.

So far tonight…

AP interviews Rowling
Authorities could find leakee by tracing camera
Crossover! John Ostrander speculates on Hallows.
The story so far…
It’s hard saying goodbye to Harry. Buck up kids! Write fanfic!
What lurks beyond HP for the the literary world?
You might be a Potter addict if…
Now I’ve seen everything: Harry Potter grief counseling. (via Boing Boing)

July 18, 2007December 29, 2011

Media notices that cat is out of bag

The news that somebody uploaded photos of (probably) every page of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” several days before its official release date did not stay as buried as Scholastic and Bloomsbury might have liked: It was on the front page of the New York Times site, for one thing, and the AP picked it up as well. Spoilerphobes had better head to the back of the cave. Where is Sir Dan with his blindfolds when you need him?

July 18, 2007December 29, 2011

Potterdämmerung Morning Bulletin

Why is Harry so big? Been asking this for years, but I’m not sure Gannett here has all the answers… Online fandom, certainly, has a lot to do with reader base and the growth of the internet, but is Jo Rowling really the best author of the age?

The series is also adding to the chaos of the Middle East. Harry.

Dissecting the Deathly Hallows leak.
UK issues Potter stamps. And here we waited thirty years.
Advice for parents: Helping kids deal with character deaths.
For the clueless: a character cheat sheet and the loose ends.
Adults like HP, too. Shocking!
It must be everyone loves Natalie Portman month.
And of course no phenomenon is complete without recipes.

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