[NOTD] News Of The Day - 25/06/2007

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Harry Potter Movie Marathon cancelled

San Francisco, CA., June 25 /Press Release/ -- We are very sad to announce that the Harry Potter Movie Marathon benefiting Cure Autism Now has been cancelled due to low ticket sales. Event Chair, Eileen Attridge, of SFTrilogy states: "It would have been difficult to make any money for Cure Autism Now with costs being what they are and the ticket sales so low. No one from the event was benefiting from the event in a monetary way and every single person, including myself, was a volunteer. A big thank you goes to Anthony Shannon for being our WebWizard and donating his time and skills to our website". personally by Eileen for possible return of items. We are hoping to work with a book store for the book launch, set up a table and do a silent auction/raffle for the items where all moneys will go to Cure Autism Now. We thank you for your support and hope you all enjoy the Order of the Phoenix movie and Deathly Hallows.

Published June 25, 2007

Confessions of Harry Puffer

THE teenage stars of the Harry Potter films yesterday shattered their clean-cut image — and confessed to enjoying booze and fags.

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint have maintained an impression of well-behaved innocence for the last seven years.

But Emma, 17 — goody two-shoes Hermione Granger in the films — has confessed she has smoked and enjoys a drink.

She said: "You are careful not to do it in the public eye.

"You have your first cigarette or first glass of alcohol in a safe environment with your close friends — or you choose to do it in a nightclub in the middle of London."

Rupert, 18, who plays the slightly socially inept Ron Weasley, said: "Because we are quite busy we do miss out, but getting drunk for the first time, we still have those kind of experiences."

Daniel, 17, who plays Harry, vowed he won't go off the rails, but admitted: "It doesn't stop us from having a party once in a while.

"Parties are fine and fun, but what I enjoy are the acting and the work."

The stars were speaking before the launch of the fifth film Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix in which Daniel shares his first screen kiss with pretty Katie Leung, who plays fellow Hogwarts pupil Cho Chang.

He said the smooch was a doddle compared to appearing naked on stage as he did in the recent West End hit Equus.

He said: "Once you've been on stage naked in front of 1,000 people you really feel you can do most anything without inhibition."

He added: "The kissing was fun but less sexy than I imagined. We probably got it right on the 30th take." Katie, 19, said: "Daniel was a good kisser. I had so much fun filming it. We were a bit nervous, but I think after the first few takes we started to thoroughly enjoy ourselves."

Daniel also revealed he has NO IDEA what happens in the seventh and final Harry Potter novel — but said he'd ordered a copy online.

Producers, meanwhile, are still looking for two actors to join cast for the sixth film, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince. There are open casting calls at London's Earls Court for the roles of Lavender Brown (July 1) and the young Tom Riddle (July 8).

At the previous cast searches women in their 40s turned up for the part of schoolgirl Luna Lovegood — Evanna Lynch — and some Scandinavians tried out for the role of Asian student Cho.

Staunton Takes Umbridge At Latest 'Potter' Film

The following contains MINOR SPOILERS for the upcoming motion picture, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

Starring in the latest Harry Potter film didn't turn out the way Imedla Staunton figured it would be, according to SciFi Wire. The Oscar-nominated British actress was concerned that playing Dolores Umbridge, Hogwart's new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, would be silly. Instead, she was happily surprised to find that her role in"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" was demanding and often very serious. "I sort of thought, 'Well, it'll be a lot of wand pointing, and it'll be a lot of effects and a bit of silliness,'" she said. "But actually it was a very serious piece of work." Instead, Staunton found the part challenging, noting that the character covered a wide spectrum, from well-meaning to manipulative. "She's there, and she really believes that she's going to help all these children to a better place," Staunton said. "I would say Dolores has her hat and handbag and a very nice, crisp, clean outfit, coming into this place and just knowing she is going to do an amazing spring cleaning." "I do love her beginning speech to the whole school, which is just so stupid!" Staunton said. But when it came time to confront Harry Potter and his friends, Staunton found her character's actions disturbing. "It was horrible doing the scene when Dolores makes Harry do his detention, and the blood appears on his hand," she said. "You put yourself in that realm as a person who's capable of doing that, and it was very uncomfortable for me afterwards. I did the scene fine, but then I felt horrible. It was horrible, horrible being someone like that. But Dan (Radcliffe), he could handle it. He's been through enough on these films."

In related news, a new IMAX 3-D preview of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is is now available. The film debuts on Wednesday, july 11.

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