Harry Potter is inclueded in the December issue of  Details magazine  as one of the top 50 most influential men under 45 and Harry is at number 41.

41 // Harry Potter
Wizard; Age: 17
Nine years after her fictional boy wizard first cast his spell in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling is the wealthiest author in history. On July 21, fans who had camped out in front of bookstores overnight finally got hold of the seventh and final installment of the series. Across the United States, 8.3 million copies (worth a total of nearly of $170 million) sold within 24 hours. Warner Bros., which has grossed $.47 billion worldwide on the first five film versions, has two more movies in production. And while there’s speculation that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows represents the book industry’s last gasp, Potter himself will live on – through a theme park in Orlando, Florida, and a musical in London’s West End. This wizard will continue to work his financial magic for some time.

There was a tiny snippet and picture in Sky Magazine and thanks to catzclare from the Sassy! Forums we have a scan of it!

Click HERE to see it!!

USA Today has a new article about college Quidditch! I’ll have a scan in a bit.

The broomsticks they hold between their legs can’t help them fly. The Snitch is not a winged golden ball but a young man who sprints across the field at lightning speed. And at times, the game looks like the mongrel offspring of rugby, dodge ball and soccer. But somehow it all works.

I don’t know about you all, but I would TOTALLY be on my schools team! Ha ha.

UPDATE: Scans HERE! (the first 2)

IESB has a new interview online including Alan Rickman (Professor Snape in Harry Potter) and Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange in Harrt Potter).  There is mature content in this interview so parents be cautioned.

Although reticent to discuss Harry Potter, Alan Rickman laughed about the recent rumor of a JK Rowling inspired musical; “who is shoving that around?” He further informed the IESB that there is an online porn version of the franchise making the rounds. (Harry Pooter is my vote for the title)
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Helena also has some big projects in store, she is due to have her second child with partner Tim Burton in two weeks time and said she’ll be “breast feeding in time for the filming of Harry Potter 6 in February 2008.”

When asked about the HP franchise she commented, “it’s made me very popular with kids although they all seem to be scared of me.”

IESB also has lots of clips from Sweeney Todd, that you can see HERE! The film, which has been rated “R” contains mature subject matter with violence, and is not suitable for young children.

Hey guys! I just added an awesome new link to the support our friends section of the navigation. It leads you to FreeRice.com.  You are probably wondering what it is, well in short it is a vocabulary game you play to donate rice to help end world hunger.  My friend had a link to it in her profile so checked it out and its a great cause to support! So go on over and donate some rice!

FreeRice is a sister site of the world poverty site, Poverty.com.

FreeRice has two goals:

1. Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.
2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.

This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site.

Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor country, improving your vocabulary can improve your life. It is a great investment in yourself.

Perhaps even greater is the investment your donated rice makes in hungry human beings, enabling them to function and be productive. Somewhere in the world, a person is eating rice that you helped provide. Thank you

MTV has a new interview with Toby Jones, who voiced Dobby in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. There are SPOILERS so don’t continue reading this if you haven’t read Deathly Hallows (soon I am gonna stop this spoiler business since everyone should have read by now).

“I can only take a certain amount of credit for inhabiting Dobby, because clearly these brilliant people at Industrial Light and Magic have created Dobby and I just voiced the character,” he humbly confessed. “[But] am always amazed and flattered at how much that character has endured even though he hasn’t been in any films for a while. Every time a book comes out people phone me, and write to me from around the world saying ‘He’s in! He is in!’”

Of course, he HASN’T been in the movies, not since “Chamber of Secrets” anyway. But there may be no way around including him in “Deathly Hallows,” thinks Jones, not now that he has what Jones calls a “tragic hero death [amid] a string of tragic deaths.”

So if they came calling?

“I think it certainly would be fun to do his death,” Jones said, a wry smile across his face. “It would be fun.”