Rowling only woman & author on Forbes 'U.K.'s Billionaires' list (Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator) Forbes has released another list in which "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling is list. Ms. Rowling is the only woman and author on their 'U.K.'s Billionaires' list with a listed worth of $1 billion dollars. ...more...Update: 'James Potter and the Elder's Crossing' may face legal challenge from Rowling (Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator) A few weeks ago we first reported denials from J.K. Rowling's camp that she was writing an eighth "Harry Potter" book called "James Potter and the Elder's Crossing." Now comes news that the author of this book, which will be available via the internet starting in December, may face legal action from JKR. Update It is now being reported that the author has an email giving him the okay to write ......more... New thestral clip from 'OotP' DVD (Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator) The U.S. DVD release of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" will be released next month and Warner Bros. has released a video clip of the making of 'Thestral Flight' from the movie. ...more... Hi-def video 'Tour of Hogwarts' from EA Games UK (Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator) EA Games has sent us a high-definition walkthrough from the "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" video game featuring a 'Tour of Hogwarts,' in which you can view each floor of the school as well as learn what things you can do while playing the game. ...more... Spanish translation of 'Deathly Hallows' set for February 21st (Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator) The Spanish translation of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (Harry Potter y Las Reliquias de la Muerte) has been announced for February 21st in Spain, U.S. and Latin America according to publisher Salamandra. The translator will be Gemma Rovira and Catalan, Valencian and Galician translations will be released on the same day. ...more... ABC Family to air first three 'Harry Potter' movies for Christmas (Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator) Once again U.S. cable station ABC Family will be airing the first three "Harry Potter" movies, this time as part of their '25 Days to Christmas.' Starting the countdown on November 30th will be the first movie "Sorcerer's Stone," followed by "Chamber of Secrets" and then "Prisoner of Azkaban." ...more... New interviews with trio from 'OotP' DVD junket (Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator) To follow up on the many previous interviews in relation to the release of the "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" DVD comes another interview in which Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint talk about the last movie, the upcoming "Half-Blood Prince" movie, the last book and being a celebrity. ...more... First-Ever Gold-Standard Study of Adolescent Reading Intervention Reveals Significant Gains With READ 180(R) - The ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) The Florida Center for Reading Research and The Learning Systems Institute at Florida State University have released the preliminary findings of the most rigorous randomized research study on effective reading intervention for underachieving high-school students....more... 'HBP' filming at UK train station this weekend (Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator) Filming for the "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" movie is scheduled to take place at the Surbiton (a suburban area of London) train station this weekend. Filming will be done overnight from Friday to Sunday with Daniel Radcliffe in attendance. ...more... |