The Beginning Of The End: Harry Potter DH pt2

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'Potter' conjures up $159.7 million in 5 days and Tops North American Box Office:

The sixth installment, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," took in $79.5 million domestically over opening weekend and $159.7 million since debuting last Wednesday, according to estimates from distributor Warner Bros. on Sunday.

The movie also took in $237 million overseas since Wednesday in 54 countries, bringing its worldwide total to $396.7 million.

With some of the best reviews of any "Harry Potter" movie, "Half-Blood Prince" was off to the fastest overall start in franchise history.

movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/39potter39-conjures-up-1597-million-5-days-ap



This is what i'm talking about


And the Harry Potter Chicago Exhibit isnt doing bad either

movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/quotharry-potterquot-works-wonders-chicago-exhibit-reuters;_ylt=Apk0EP_n7Ha0jw1AvOs_X0VfVXcA

let's still hope that it atleast tops transformer's overall

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Is Harry Potter our Peter Pan?

The New York Times has posted a new article on Harry Potter's importance to Generation Y.

Here's an excerpt:

The continuing pull of all things Potter is a testament to the franchise’s enduring sway. But it also seems like something else: the advent of Generation Y nostalgia.
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Let the boomers have their 40th anniversary of Woodstock. Let Generation X commemorate the 15 years since Kurt Cobain shot himself. For Generation Y — those born roughly between 1980 and 2003 — it’s the pop culture of the late ’90s and early 2000s that makes them wistful.



Read More Here: www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/fashion/23nostalgia.html?_r=2

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Harry Potter: Forget the movie....try Quiditch!!
Quiditich craze hits colleges:

It would seem some curious fellows from the world of Muggle sport have taken an interest in our own magical sport of Quidditch, as witnessed today by a new feature on ESPN.com. The article recaps information about the Intercollegiate Quidditch World Cup held last fall at Middlebury College, and marvels on the game that is now widely played on many college campuses (There won't be any flying -- d**n gravity! -- but there will be broomsticks, held between the legs while running, bludgers ("I'll teach you to try to score!" Whack!) and even a snitch (only the flying golden ball is replaced by a fast guy or gal clad in gold with a tennis ball in a sock stuck in his or her waistband). ESPN also interviews several players from nd Uof W and from LSU as well as Alex Benepe who drew up a 39 page Intercollegiate Quidditch Rule and Guide Book.

"Benepe, 22, is from the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was a varsity distance runner in high school, and during his freshman year at Middlebury he was on the crew team. "I didn't like the way that a major sport eats up your life at college without allowing much time for creativity," he says, explaining why he stopped doing crew, "so I got on board with developing Quidditch in order to combine creativity and sports."

"During the peak of the fall season, I was probably spending 30 hours per week making preparations for the World Cup," he wrote in an e-mail."We had to secure the use of a field, and spray down the markings using field paint," Benepe says later, by phone. "We had to rent bleachers from the college and arrange for band boxes, and get sound equipment. I arranged for catering, to give some free food to people. The Vermont Institute of Natural Science brought owls. I arranged for student bands to play between games."

"It was tough. We thought we had a sponsorship deal, but that fell through," Radford says. "We hosted a benefit concert/party and sold Quidditch club T-shirts, which helped, but mostly we paid for it out of our own pockets. I ended up fronting a lot of the costs to get our seats on the planes reserved, and for the next month everyone paid me back." Kori Leporte from Louisianna State told ESPN:The school actually refused to give us any aid as far as funding the trip went," Lopreore writes in an e-mail, "possibly because the reputation of the club was so questionable at the time." "Even though the trip ended up being personally costly, every single player admitted it was well worth the investment," Lopreore says, "and now that we're the fourth-ranked team in the world, we're hoping to squeeze a little money out of the school for next year's Cup."

"I think Harry Potter gives it the initial hook, but the quality of game really gets people hooked because it's really fun to play," Benepe says. And though it took a lot of work to put the World Cup together, Benepe says, the benefit far outweighed the cost.

"Oh yeah, it was totally worth it," he says. "I definitely enjoyed it. I love Middlebury and my classes there, but doing something on your own that you dream up, all the way from brainstorming to seeing it actually happen, is a very rewarding feeling."

sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=mccluskey/090722


LOOOOL i LOVEEEEE these ppl seriously how fund would that be to actually play it?? ..... maybe in the future we'll have some sort of flying broomsticks

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Director David Yates on Half blood prince and Filming Deathly Hallows:

www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2009/07/qa-harry-potter-director-david-yates-talks-deathly-hallows.html

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Seven Potters 'chase scene' filmed for Deathly Hallows

Filming continues for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, this time in and around Dartford Tunnel in Kent, England. Photos were taken earlier this week of stunt doubles for Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) and Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) shooting the infamous chase scene on Sirius' motorbike.

Pics can be found here:
www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/deathy-hallows-hagrid-harry-stunt-bike-sequence-filmed-kent-66137/

and more here:

hp4u.co.uk/Galleries/22July.htm

[Daisy..]

ohhh i love the 7 potters scene

[Fluffsy]

ME TOO.. seriously seriously i have soo many FAV scenes in this book it's not like other books... ahh cant wait!

[Daisy..]

yeah me too ...the last book was just amazing...i enjoyed reading it the most

[iSamoora- Maghraby ❤]

guyssssss who's excited for harry potter 7?? i think the fact that it's 2 parts will drive me crazy ;d

[hhh]

Jul 26, 2009 14:17:02 GMT -5 iSamoora- Maghraby ❤ said:

guyssssss who's excited for harry potter 7?? i think the fact that it's 2 parts will drive me crazy ;d

ugh i wish the movie wud be in one part, i wud sooooooooooooooo stay 6 hours watching it at the movie theater, it wud be awsome
but does that mean the 2 parts will be released a year apart

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Jul 26, 2009 14:17:02 GMT -5 iSamoora- Maghraby ❤ said:

guyssssss who's excited for harry potter 7?? i think the fact that it's 2 parts will drive me crazy ;d

dude i went FREAKING INSAAAAAAAAANEE when they told us aslan LOOOL... right now even bal3ab il door shwayah and feel 2 parts isnt eough i want three LMAOOO!!

did u find the books or not dude? i cant wait for u read them

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Jul 26, 2009 14:19:42 GMT -5 hhh said:

Jul 26, 2009 14:17:02 GMT -5 iSamoora- Maghraby ❤ said:

guyssssss who's excited for harry potter 7?? i think the fact that it's 2 parts will drive me crazy ;d

ugh i wish the movie wud be in one part, i wud sooooooooooooooo stay 6 hours watching it at the movie theater, it wud be awsome
but does that mean the 2 parts will be released a year apart

DUDE did you see HBP?

and dude lol all the fans would soo watch a 6 hour movie but akeed it's not possible LOOOL

and no it's only 6 months later ;D.. and that to the HP world is the shortest amount of time we had to wait for ANYTHING ( whether books or movies) lool so it'll go by SO fast ;D cant wait

[hhh]

Jul 26, 2009 14:30:46 GMT -5 Fluffsy said:

Jul 26, 2009 14:19:42 GMT -5 hhh said:

ugh i wish the movie wud be in one part, i wud sooooooooooooooo stay 6 hours watching it at the movie theater, it wud be awsome
but does that mean the 2 parts will be released a year apart

DUDE did you see HBP?

and dude lol all the fans would soo watch a 6 hour movie but akeed it's not possible LOOOL

and no it's only 6 months later ;D.. and that to the HP world is the shortest amount of time we had to wait for ANYTHING ( whether books or movies) lool so it'll go by SO fast ;D cant wait

nope not yet, i kno i kno it's a shame but im in tunisia right now and i dont want to see it dubbed in french so im gonna have to wait till the dvd

[iSamoora- Maghraby ❤]

Jul 26, 2009 14:27:30 GMT -5 Fluffsy said:

Jul 26, 2009 14:17:02 GMT -5 iSamoora- Maghraby ❤ said:

guyssssss who's excited for harry potter 7?? i think the fact that it's 2 parts will drive me crazy ;d

dude i went FREAKING INSAAAAAAAAANEE when they told us aslan LOOOL... right now even bal3ab il door shwayah and feel 2 parts isnt eough i want three LMAOOO!!

did u find the books or not dude? i cant wait for u read them

I can't find the books anywhere KHSOSAN at this time.. i went to the flea market and 7azzy el we7sh the guy that sells books and video games and movies and stuff didn't have it but they're getting new stuff and he doesn't know if they're getting harry potter or not cuz he only works there and his uncle or something does all the ordering so i have to go back and check.. i think i'll just get it for $290 it's the only option i have

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Jul 26, 2009 14:33:31 GMT -5 hhh said:

Jul 26, 2009 14:30:46 GMT -5 Fluffsy said:

DUDE did you see HBP?

and dude lol all the fans would soo watch a 6 hour movie but akeed it's not possible LOOOL

and no it's only 6 months later ;D.. and that to the HP world is the shortest amount of time we had to wait for ANYTHING ( whether books or movies) lool so it'll go by SO fast ;D cant wait

nope not yet, i kno i kno it's a shame but im in tunisia right now and i dont want to see it dubbed in french so im gonna have to wait till the dvd

NOWAY? u actually wait for the DVD so u dont see the french dubbed one? COMONNNNNNNN.. ( although it's SOOOOOOOOOOOOO effing stupid i dont know why they do that )

but anyway didu read my review on it aslan? not so good so u can wait for the dvd !!