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Latest Updates

• 8/13 - added new page, Fun and Games more funny pics added 
• 8/16 - more games and quzzes r added to Fun and Games
• 8/17 - new anime wallpapers
• 8/26 - Added new drawings at My Art Work section
• 9/2 - Hey yall also visit my other site at www.freewebs.com/the_fantasy_realm

 And also note that i might be making less updates as usual since i'm starting school. But i'll try and make updates when i can.

Trailer online for Jason Isaacs' new movie

9/16/03
The teaser trailer for Jason Isaacs' (Lucius Malfoy) new movie, Peter Pan, is up on the Quicktime website. Jason plays the vengeful Captain Hook. (Thanks, Elizabeth!)

Video Video of Dan accepting his Relly Award

9/16/03

TLC has a short video clip from of Dan accepting his Relly Award from Friday's Regis & Kelly Show. (You'll need to have Quicktime to view it.) He says: "Thank you for this fantastic award. This is absolutely amazing, thank you to everybody who voted for me. I'm currently on the set of Prisoner of Azkaban, filming. It's going to be an absolutely wonderful film, I can't wait for you all to see it. I'm really looking forward to seeing you all again when I do the Regis & Kelly show next springtime in New York sometime." Dan Wins 2003 Relly Awards 9/15/03 Daniel Radcliffe has been presented with the Regis and Kelly Show's 2003 Relly Junior Achiever Award. Hogwarts Express Hit by Vandals 9/4/03 From MSN News: AFP - The train used to depict the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter movies has been spray-painted with graffiti by vandals, a British newspaper revealed on Thursday. A gang broke into the depot housing the train in Scarborough, northern England, and proceeded to give it a space-age makeover, The Sun tabloid said. Henry Cavill for Cedric Diggory? 9/1/2003 A group of fans devoted to seeing actor Henry Cavill as Cedric Diggory in the fourth movie have created a website to generate support for their cause. JK Rowling on The Simpsons 8/30/2003 JK Rowling's upcoming role in The Simpsons is discussed in this interview with Al Jean on IGN. (And kudos to TLC for the link.)

The official Danish OotP book cover is here! Click HERE to view it.
9/3/03
The Danish translation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is due out at midnight on October 10th.

Click HERE to see the article. [Note: It is in Danish]

 

Harry Potter Watches Available in the Middle East
9/2/2003

 Courtesy of the Times of Oman:

Omasco, the sole distributor of Disney watches, has just launched a new collection of Disney watches, featuring everyone’s favourite wizard as the new face to appear on the watches.

Harry Potter watches are the new must-have accessories for any fan, and to suit every taste, watches come in a variety of styles. The durable plastic straps will appeal to casual people on the go, while fashionable watch wearers might choose the watches with the stylish leather straps, says Allwyn Lewis, sales manager of Omasco Watches Division.

More extroverted types will love the funky fur straps. Other interesting features include flip-top covers and a spooky glowing light. The watch face features Harry Potter or the Harry Potter logo.

 

          Dan Radcliffe nominated at Relly Awards

8/27/03

Daniel Radcliffe is nominated for the Junior Achiever award for the Regis and Kelly show's 2003 Relly Awards. The other nominees are Hillary Duff, a 2-year-old baseball player, a 3-year-old basketball player, a couple of cute babies, and the singing group PLAY. To vote for Dan, click here.

          John Williams to score GoF

8/27/03

JohnWilliams.org reports that legendary composer John Williams is, schedule permitting, up for scoring the fourth movie.

          'Harry Potter' illustrator also designed

8/16/03

Her illustrations are known to millions of Harry Potter fans. Mary GrandPre, illustrator for the Harry Potter series, provided artwork for Cincinnati Opera's 2003 Summer Festival - including brochures, programs and posters - which ended last month.

The opera will commission a new illustration for its 2004 festival, to be unveiled when the season is announced in September. It is GrandPre's first work for an opera company, although she has designed artwork for orchestras.


For the full article click here

           Recent news about Mike Newell stateing Goblet of Fire will be one movie

8/16/03

Wizard News Reports:

Mike Newell appointed as Goblet of Fire director announcement contained some information which which seems to disprove an earler rumor, that the book Goblet of Fire was so big that it would need to be two movies:

Afraid of alienating die-hard Muggles by cutting scenes, the studio and scribe initially had talked about breaking the book into two separate films to be released in the same calendar year, à la The Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions, but Warners has now opted for a single movie.


For the full article click here