March 1, 2010
February 27, 2010
Some Averageness...
We recently made the announcement on our last podcast (which is not online yet, so this is kind of a spoiler) that we are no longer having daily new updates on our site. We sucked at it, we were slow, lazy and really? It just didn't work out. You can go to other sites to finds news.
Right now, this site will be dedicated to Siriusly Potter and FUN! Harry Potter Fun of course!
So here's a few posts from My Life is Average concerning the Potter Fandom:
"I was at school and people were walking around with stickers on their shirts that said 'Team Edward' and 'Team Jacob'. 25% of the school wore Edward stickers, 25% wore Jacob Stickers and the rest didn't participate. I wanted to break this tie and so I made my own group. After I made my own group, 40% of the school joined mine. Team Potter won. MLIA."
"A few days ago I was eating in the dining hall with my friends and someone pointed out a guy who looked a lot like Harry Potter. I said, "It's because this is secretly Hogwarts." Right at that moment a guy walked by carrying a Harry Potter style broomstick. Wizards have uncanny timing. MLIA."
"Today when I was walking down the street some girl said I looked like Edward from twilight. To mess with I went shhh and she started to get excited and asked for an autograph. I said sure if you keep it quiet. She gave a pen and paper and I wrote proudly Cedric Diggory lives on and ran away MLIA."
"Today, I walked past a Miley Cyrus poster in the hallway at my high school. Then, I watched my teacher beat her picture with a water bottle, saying "Why is Miley Cyrus on the wall?! We shouldn't have to look at her!" New favorite teacher? Definitely. MLIA."
Okay... couldn't resist that last one.
Apparently there's an Average Wizard site too! Here's one more:
"While visiting my cousins in Arizona, I saw a VW Beetle and thought nothing of it until I saw the licence plate which read: THEBARD. I just saw Beedle the Bard driving down an Arizona Freeway."
Siriusly, check these out!
www.mylifeisaverage.com
www.averagewizard.com
February 9, 2010
January 28, 2010
Helping Haiti Heal- UPDATE!
Harry Potter Fans Unite Fan Communities Across the World Raise Over $50,000 (and counting) for Partners In Health
(Final Fundraising Webcast to take place Saturday, January 30, 2010)
Throughout the week, thousands of people have been contributing with the hopes of receiving one of over 200 thank you gifts based on individual donation levels from such donors as J. K. Rowling; Harry Potter actors Evanna Lynch, Tom Felton, and Matthew Lewis; bestselling authors Sir Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, and the Printz award winning John Green; as well as "Ghostbusters" actor Ernie Hudson. The campaign, which has already been one of the top trending topics on Twitter, will culminate this Saturday with leaders of multiple fan communities, as well as interviews with "The Wire's" Sonja Sohn, "Heroes" actor David Lawrence, and Oprah Radio network host and best selling author Marianne Williamson.
"We just built an unprecedented coalition of fan communities and creators of popular culture to benefit Haiti," says Andrew Slack, Executive Director of the Harry Potter Alliance. "This coalition includes the most prominent fan sites for Harry Potter, "True Blood," "Mad Men," "Firefly," "Lord of the Rings," "The Guild," "Ghostbusters," as well as stars from many more. Rather than simply sitting in front of our computers and tv screens, our collective love of story has brought us together with the hope that we may contribute to the very story of our times and plan on more to come in the future. For Helping Haiti Heal, we chose Partners In Health because they have written the book on addressing poverty in Haiti and will be with Haiti, rebuilding long after the initial effects of this recent earthquake subside."
After the first webcast, scores of people from across the world were tweeting, "I have never been prouder to be a Harry Potter fan or a fan of any thing in my life. Bravo everyone!"
Donations continue to pour in as the final day of Helping Haiti Heal is Saturday, January 30 and will end with another exciting webcast at 2 pm EST at http://thehpalliance.org/
(http://www.mugglenet.com/), H
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CONTACT:
Andrew Slack, Executive Director of the Harry Potter Alliance
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The HP Alliance (www.thehpalliance.org) is a 501c3 nonprofit that engages Harry Potter fans in social activism. With over 30 active chapters, the HPA has raised over $15,000 to protect thousands in in both Darfur and Burma, put out original podcasts on Darfur that have been downloaded over 120,000 times, donated over 14,000 books world wide (4,000 of which are being shipped to a youth village in Rwanda), helped educate over 2 million people on Wal-Mart’s unfair treatment of employees through the famous “Lord WaldeMart” videos, and continues to work on promoting media reform, marriage equality, and tools for our members to live more creatively or “magically.”
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has recognized the HP Alliance on her web site, www.jkrowling.com, awarding it the Fan Site Award and praising its efforts.
Our work has been featured in over 200 US publications including the front covers of Politico and the Chicago Tribune Business Section.
From Time Magazine’s 2007 Person of the Year article about J.K. Rowling: “When asked about the [HP Alliance], Rowling practically levitates off the couch, spilling her coffee along the way. ‘It’s incredible, it’s humbling, and it’s uplifting to see people going out there and doing that in the name of your character,’ she says. She’s especially pleased by the group’s choice of mission, and the old Amnesty International worker in her surfaces.”
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CONTACT:
Andrew Slack, Executive Director of the Harry Potter Alliance
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The HP Alliance (www.thehpalliance.org) is a 501c3 nonprofit that engages Harry Potter fans in social activism. With over 30 active chapters, the HPA has raised over $15,000 to protect thousands in in both Darfur and Burma, put out original podcasts on Darfur that have been downloaded over 120,000 times, donated over 14,000 books world wide (4,000 of which are being shipped to a youth village in Rwanda), helped educate over 2 million people on Wal-Mart’s unfair treatment of employees through the famous “Lord WaldeMart” videos, and continues to work on promoting media reform, marriage equality, and tools for our members to live more creatively or “magically.”
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has recognized the HP Alliance on her web site, www.jkrowling.com, awarding it the Fan Site Award and praising its efforts.
Our work has been featured in over 200 US publications including the front covers of Politico and the Chicago Tribune Business Section.
From Time Magazine’s 2007 Person of the Year article about J.K. Rowling: “When asked about the [HP Alliance], Rowling practically levitates off the couch, spilling her coffee along the way. ‘It’s incredible, it’s humbling, and it’s uplifting to see people going out there and doing that in the name of your character,’ she says. She’s especially pleased by the group’s choice of mission, and the old Amnesty International worker in her surfaces.”
January 22, 2010
Helping Haiti Heal (HP Alliance!)
J. K. ROWING DONATES SIGNED UK EDITIONS OF HARRY POTTER SERIES, PERSONALIZED NOTE TO HELPING HAITI HEAL FUNDRAISER
(Fans Unite to Help Haiti Heal this Saturday, January 23, 2010, in a Live Fundraising Webcast Benefiting Partners In Health)
JANUARY 22, 2010 - BROOKLYN, NY - Worldwide bestselling author J. K. Rowling has donated a full UK edition set of Harry Potternovels and handwritten note card to the Helping Haiti Heal, a home-grown effort to contribute to the growing humanitarian aid and charitable relief activities in Haiti by benefiting Partners in Health (http://www.
The Helping Haiti Heal live fundraising webcast will take place Saturday, January 23, 2010, at 2 P.M. EST via Livestream (http://www.thehpalliance.org/
"This community is uniting with other popular and vibrant fan communities to harness the energy of popular culture toward making a genuine difference in Haiti," says Andrew Slack, Executive Director of the Harry Potter Alliance. "We have chosen Partners In Health because they have written the book on addressing poverty in Haiti and will be with Haiti, rebuilding long after the initial effects of this recent earthquake subside."
The Helping Haiti Heal fundraising webcast aims to raise monetary funds for the benefit of the Haitian people through the donation drive of unique and personalized items donated by prominent musicians, authors, and actors. In addition to the one-of-a-kind contribution by J. K. Rowling, items up for auction include:
The fundraising webcast will also feature podcasting personalities from leading Harry Potter podcasts that reach well over 50,000 listeners: PotterCast (http://www.pottercast.com/), MuggleCast (http://www.mugglecast.com/), Hogwarts Radio (http://www.hogwartsradio.com/
# Helping Haiti Heal is sponsored by The Harry Potter Alliance (http://www.
January 18, 2010
December 9, 2009
A Nostalgic Look at Harry Potter
CNN has this great article about the Harry Potter movie franchise that has a one on one conversation with some of the actors.
It's very nostalgic... like black and white photography. But in the wizarding world nostalgic is an old Shooting Star broom.
There's also some video footage if you're interested, right above the article.
Click here to read!
December 7, 2009
New Image!!!!!
There so much new stuff today!!!! We also have a new image from Deathly Hallows Part 1. It's of Daniel Radcliffe in what I assume is Grimmwald Place. YAY!
New Trailer!!!!!!!!!!!!
The bonus section on the Half- Blood Prince DVD ( which will be released on December 8th ) has a teaser trailer for the first part of Deathly Hallows. But we have the trailer early so click here to see it:
November 6, 2009
Harry Potter Is Naked?
Filming is underway for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and director David Yates was asked to comment on the rumors about Daniel Radcliffe being naked in the last movie he said"
"Daniel Radcliffe appears naked in one scene where Harry and Ron are fighting a magical creature, who fled to confuse and create a vision. In the view we see Harry and a woman embracing and kissing. It’s an intriguing scene and very sensual. "
Things are getting a little risque over at Hogwarts!
November 3, 2009
Benedictine monk says HP is OK
There have been some resenters of Harry Potter from some religious communities, putting Harry Potter and many banned books lists, but a Benedictime monk doesn't agree. Fr. Luke is publishing a book titled "Baptising Harry Potter: A Christian Reading of Harry Potter". "I do not think there is any intelligent view out there that says these books are evil. They are the sort of objections that come from people who have not read them. I don't feel at all that the books were leading children away from Christian spirituality. They are full of Christian themes of love and sacrifice," he said. -Mugglenet.
JK Rowling Cafe reopens
The cafe where JK Rowling originally started writing the Harry Potter books is reopening after being a chinese buffet. The owner said: “It’s a big space, so we need to make it cosy – we will welcome people to come along and sit all day – and write books if they like." -Mugglenet
Hogwarts construction contiunues
The Orlando Sentinel reports: "The skyline of Islands of Adventure continues to morph as the Wizarding World of Harry Potter goes up. It's fun that you can see Hogwarts from Interstate 4 now, especially in the eastbound lanes. We took the usual counterclockwise spin through Islands on Sunday and construction sounds were evident in a couple of places, including behind the tarps obscuring the Dueling Dragons castle." -Mugglenet http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2009/11/universal-islands-of-adventure-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter-pictures.html for pictures of the construction.
Cover of Empire Magazine
Daniel Radcliffe will be on one of the covers of the December issure of Empire Magazine with nine other film icons. "The UK film magazine says this issue will contain a feature that has 'Ten years of the boy wizard. Ten years of Daniel Radcliffe - by Olly Richards'".-The Leaky Cauldron. Other icons on the covers include Viggo Mortensen as Aragon from Lord of the Rings, Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, and Daniel Craig as James Bond.
Hedwig's Theme
The harry Potter theme song by John Williams was selected as the all time favorite for childrens classics for the station Classic FM in the UK. Hedwig's Theme was running againsts other movie scores like Jurassic Park, E.T., and Pirates of the Caribbean.
October 13, 2009
Superdy-Duper Cake!
You may remember that for the Order of the Phoenix Los Angeles premiere in July 2007, Ace of Cakes star Duff Goldman created a very cool Hogwarts cake for the cast, crew, and special guests.
As it turns out, the cake was so good Duff was invited back to create a cake for the Half-Blood Prince New York premiere! An episode of Ace of Cakes featuring a behind-the-scenes look at his creation will air on the Food Network starting October 29th at 10 PM EST.On a related note, FeltBeats caught up with Duff at the Half-Blood Prince premiere and he revealed a couple details about this new cake. You can watch the interview right here on YouTube.
PHOTOS!
October 4, 2009
Happy Birthday to McGonagall!
J.K. Rowling's calendar has been updated to wish Professor Minerva McGonagall a happy birthday.
It's today do celebrate!!!!!
Rowling Denied Presidential Award by Bush Admin
This news initially broke a couple weeks ago but has recently been picked up in various major media outlets. According to a new book by Matt Latimer, who was US President Bush's speechwriter, Bush's administration had denied JK Rowling a Presidential Award because the Potter books promoted witchcraft.
From the BBC:
The claims appear in Latimer's new book called Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor.
He wrote that "narrow thinking" led White House officials to object to giving Rowling the civilian honour.
The award acknowledges contributions to US national interest, world peace or cultural endeavours.
Thanks to everyone who has e-mailed in with the tip.
Emma is being Stalked!
Emma Watson's hopes of being just another college student have just been shattered. The Harry potter star was stalked by Harvard students when she was visiting a football game between Brown and Harvard. The stalkers posted on Twitter or "tweeted" earlier that day that they would "possibly stalking Emma Watson, so keep your eyes peeled". During the game the stalkers posted such things on twitter as "Let's go Hermione! Lolz," , "In enemy territory. lokking for a certian witch" and " WATSON FOUND! I repeat WATSON FOUND!"
September 28, 2009
Twilight Website!
Ok Twilight Fans on Episode 24 of Siriusly Potter Divya suggested I create a new Twilight Website so i can post Twilight news and I thought it was a really good idea. But the problem is I'm having problems thinking up a name for the new site. So I'm going to you, the fans, for ideas. If you have a cool idea for a name for the new site email me at vanessaevanssiriusly@gmail.com!
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