THE FANS HAVE SPOKEN! 2009 BROADWAY.COM AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
May 25, 2009
Tonys schmonies! We’re dying to know who won that year’s Broadway.com Audience Awards, the only major theater prize chosen by regular theatergoers. Well, the wait is over—after two weeks of online voting, the winners of the 10th Annual Audience Awards are announced, with theatergoers opting to spread the love with that year’s list of honorees.
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Another double winner is Harry Potter film star Daniel Radcliffe, winning Favorite Actor and Breakthrough performance for his ac…
HARRY POTTER ACTRESS KATIE LEUNG SWAPS HOGWARTS FOR ST TRINIANS
May 25, 2009
Harry Potter star Katie Leung is quitting Hogwarts to become a sexy St Trinian’s schoolgirl.
The 21-year-old from Motherwell - who played Harry’s first love Cho Chang - is being lined up for St Trininan’s sequel The Legend of Fritton’s Gold.
Fellow Hogwarts girl Bonnie Wright, who plays Ginny Weasley, has plus auditioned for the movie starring Rupert Everett and Bond girl Gemma Arterton.
A casting agent said: “Katie and Bonnie have auditioned for a sequel to St. Tri…
MTV TO AIR EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE FROM TWILIGHT, HARRY POTTER AND TRANSFORMERS
May 25, 2009
MTV usually knows what the kids want and when it comes to movies, right now, there are plenty of tweens, teens and yes, even adults like myself who are eager to catch as many glimpses as possible at three upcoming sequels. Next Sunday night during the broadcast of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, those of us who tune in will get a sneak peek at the latest installments of the Transformers, Harry Potter and Twilight film series.
Word is, MTV’s going to be airing never before seen footage from Harry Po…
Leaky Con 2009: Boston, May 22-24
May 22, 2009
I’m on my way! There is an ‘Author’s Event’ that afternoon where a bunch of the Gilderoys of the Potter Pundit set will gather for conversation, to sign autographs, and, I’m told, to have our pictures taken with fans. [I’m hoping (with everyone else) that I can get my picture taken with Melissa Annelli.] Tomorrow afternoon, I’m scheduled to give a Featured Presentation on the ‘Eyes of Deathly Hallows.’ Fortunately or unfortunately, online and on th…
‘TWILIGHT: NEW MOON’ STAR JOINS ‘HARRY POTTER’ CAST
May 15, 2009
“Harry Potter” fans, meet your new Dark wizard.
Jamie Campbell Bower will play Gellert Grindelwald, a magician and childhood friend of Dumbledore’s, in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”
In the book, Grindelwald and Dumbledore fall out after the death of Gellert’s sister and his turn to the Dark side, though at the end of his life Grindelwald lies to (and is killed by) Voldemort to protect Dumbledore’s legacy.
The movie versions of “Deathly Ha…
DAVID TENNANT NEW ‘MASTERPIECE contemporary’ HOST
May 13, 2009
David Tennant is the new host of PBS’ “Masterpiece contemporary.”
Tennant will assemble his debut on the long-running public TV anthology that fall, its producing station, WGBH, announced Wednesday.
The 38-year-old Scottish actor, who chases past “Masterpiece” hosts such as Alan Cumming and Laura Linney, played the title role in the long-running BBC sci-fi series “Doctor Who.” His screen credits include “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.”
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HARRY POTTER BEACH SCENES FILMED
May 11, 2009
Filming for the latest Harry Potter movie is under way at a Pembrokeshire beach.
Among the sand dunes of Freshwater West, one of Wales’ top surfing beaches, a cottage has been built out of shells for the film.
The movie is one of two Hollywood blockbusters using the beach to film some of its scenes.
Director Sir Ridley Scott will plus use it to film a battle scene for his Robin Hood movie, Nottingham.
Over the weekend hundreds of Harry Potter fans visited the beach to see the set which has…