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20 year old British actress Jessie Cave has been cast as Lavender Brown in the next Potter film. She beat off competition from thousands of other girls who were all desperate to spend much of the Half-Blood Prince snogging Rupert Grint. It's not known if Jessie attended the open auditions for Lavender that were held earlier this year. Potter is top of UK movies Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was the biggest UK film of the year, grossing 49.2 million. Home-grown films accounted for more than a quarter of the UK box office this year, according to new figures. Harry Potter boosts Time Warner profit Time Warner Inc on Wednesday posted a higher quarterly profit, matching expectations, on more subscribers to its package of digital cable services and strong box office results for the latest Harry Potter film. Revenue at Time Warner's movie division rose 33 percent to $3.2 billion, led by box office sales of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Happy 24th birthday to Chris Rankin! Chris Rankin, who was born in Auckland, New Zealand on November 8, 1983, is 24 years old today. Chris Rankin plays Percy Weasley in the Harry Potter movies. Between Harry Potter movies he appears in plays in the Norfolk, UK, area, and has also worked as an usher at Norwich's UCI cinemas near where he lives. join wizard news and post ur comments abt these news. also share news abt harry potter here.

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document.write(flat('ytirahc rof '));Signed copy of Deathly Hallows to be auctioned for charity
A signed copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is among the items in an AbeBooks.com's online charity auction taking place between December 6 and 11. Earlier this year, AbeBooks.com sold a signed copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for $5,500.

Emma Watson is In Style
Harry Potter actress Emma Watson is being featured in the January issue of In Style magazine. In the article, on the photo shoot outfits, Emma said, "I love the clothes and that there's so much colour. I wish I could dress like this every day of my life." Emma shunned the services of a stylist, saying, "Getting someone else to choose things takes the fun out of it."

Potter stars sign for run of Equus on Broadway

Daniel Radcliffe and Tony winner Richard Griffiths have inked a deal for the Broadway production of Equus, which will open next fall. To sign on for the New York production, Radcliffe had to stand up to Warner Brothers. who wanted the actor to make the final two Harry Potter movies back-to-back movies. Radcliffe balked, saying he wanted a break between movies to do Broadway, sources say.

Stanford Law group enters fray over Harry Potter guide A group of lawyers say they will help defend a small publishing house being sued by author J.K. Rowling over its plan to print an unauthorized companion guide to her Harry Potter novels. Rowling and Warner Bros. argued that the lexicon borrows too heavily from the novels and amounts to copyright and trademark infringement.

Harry Potter rocks out

Lots of wizard-rock bands probably see themselves as pioneers of the genre, but the Switchblade Kittens really did get there first, with their 2000 Potter anthem, "Ode to Harry." After three million downloads, and thousands of emails begging for more, the Kittens obliged with a full-fledged wizard rock album for their sophomore effort, called "The Weird Sisters." Lord of the Rings tops movie adaptation poll The Lord of the Rings films have been named Britain's favourite children's book adaptation. The adaptations of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books came second in the poll. Fliss White of lovefilm.com said, "It's hard to recreate the magic of the page on the big screen but every title listed here has managed to do just that." Happy 65th birthday to Gemma Jones! Gemma Jones, who was born in London, England on December 4, 1942, is 65 years old today. Gemma Jones plays Madam Pomfrey in the Harry Potter movies. She was in Bridget Jones' Diary, and also in Wilde, which also starred Stephen Fry, the voice of the Harry Potter audio books in the UK, and Zoe Wannamaker, Madame Hooch.

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Happy 47th birthday to Kenneth Branagh!
Kenneth Branagh, who was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on December 10, 1960, is 47 years old today. Kenneth Branagh plays pompous Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Known for his Shakespearean acting, he's also in the recent movie Five Children and It which also stars Zoe Wanamaker


J.K. thanks her fans at Potter's end
Today on her official web site, J.K. Rowling updated her diary after a four-month absense, and she talked about what she's been doing since the final book came out, how she felt as the story ended, and thanked fans for their support.

A year in the life of J.K. Rowling
Today on here official web site, J.K. Rowling revealed that for the last 12 months she has been filmed for a documentary which follows my life over the last year of writing Harry Potter and includes footage of me working on 'Deathly Hallows', on tour, at the launch and much more.

Barbara Walters names J.K. Rowling year's most fascinating person
J.K. Rowling has been crowned the year's most "fascinating" person on the annual 10 Most Fascinating People list presented by Barbara Walters, who said Rowling deserved to top the list because of the entertainment her books had brought to millions, and "Like her Harry Potter series her life has been a dark yet wondrous fairy tale."

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WFTV honors J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling was among those honored at the U.K.'s 17th Women in Film and Television Awards, awarded over lunch at London's Hilton, Park Lane. Rowling received the U.K. Film Council-backed script award, which recognizes the contribution of women in the U.K. film and TV industries.

Quidditch taking off at Amherst
According to collegiate Quidditch organizers, the official wizarding sport of the United Kingdom and most of the world (excluding the United States, which prefers a variant game known as "Quodpot") will hopefully be making a permanent appearance at a local Northeastern liberal arts college near you next fall.

i wanna watch the documentary, cnt wait thnx...