For the month of September 2008
September 23rd, 2008
THE OFFICIAL FAN OF THE YEAR CONTEST!
From the Headmistress:
In all the business and hubbub that is our daily lives, Official Harry Potter Day (July 31st) has come and gone. However, we here at the Official Potterholics Annonymous would like to introduce the contest we had intended to introduce then now on this day of celebration for all Potterholics, the tenth anniversary of The Sorcerer's Stone... drumroll please:
From now until December, we will be running trivia, fanart, and fanfic "mini contests". First up, trivia. Collect 500 points in the trivia contest and you will be eligible to enter the fanart/fanfic contest to collect more points. The highest point earner at the end of the contest will be announced the winner and 2008's Fan of the Year!
The "2008 Fan of the Year" will be announced at the Official Potterholics Annonymous Movie Appreciation Day, celebrating the Harry Potter movies in all their glory. Stay tuned for more details on the contest, prize packages, and OPA Movie Appreciation Day.
September 21st, 2008
J.K. Gives £1 Million To Labor Party
From HPANA.com:
J.K. Rowling donated £1 million ($1.83 million) to the Labor Party in the United Kingdom, in a rather personal appeal she hopes will highlight the plight of the poor. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling party is facing strong opposition from the Conservative Party and J.K.'s very public interjection may help sway the public's favor.
Heyman And Thewlis Collaborate On A Different Adaptation
From HPANA.com:
David Heyman and David Thewlis have collaborated outside J.K. Rowling's universe to make a film based on a very different kind of book - The Boy In The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. It is a powerful story of a young boy who befriends, through a barbed-wire fence near his home, a Jewish boy being held in a concentration camp in which his Nazi father (David Thewlis) works.
DETAILS Offers Potter Premiere Contest
From HPANA.com:
DETAILS magazine, which features Daniel Radcliffe on its cover this month, is running a contest to win a trip for two to the New York premiere of Half-Blood Prince next summer. Entrants must be at least 21 years of age.
Rupert Grint To Star In New Movie
From HPANA.com:
Rupert Grint is set to star in Wild Target along with Emily Blunt and Bill Nighy. He will portray Antoine, a young apprentice for expert hitman Nighy. The film, which is based on the 1993 French film Cible Emouvante, is scheduled to start filming in London and the Isle of Man on September 16th.
Sorcerer's Stone Commerative Read-A-Thon
From HarryPotterFanZone.com:
Scholastic's "Harry Potter Cover to Cover Day", a Sorcerer's Stone read-a-thon in honor of the book's 10th Anniversary, is readily approaching. The event will take place in New York City on Tuesday. Fans and celebrities who attend will collectively read the first book cover-to-cover while sitting in the throne that J.K. Rowling sat in at Carengie Hall. A live webcast will be at this link.
Rupert Grint Best Movie Side Kick
From Ice Cream Man:
Yahoo! Movies has been ranking movies, actors, etc., including 'best movie sidekicks'. Rupert Grint's alter-ego Ron Weasley made the list. You can look who else made the list here. Rupert shares the list with some of the other best movie sidekicks ever including Samwise from Lord of the Rings and Chewbacca from Star Wars.
Appeal In Lexicon Case In The Works
From Veritaserum.com:
In a somewhat unexpected twist in the battle between J.K. Rowling and RDR Books over a printed version of the Harry Potter Lexicon, the losers in the case (publisher Roger Rapoport and Lexicon creator Steve Vander Ark) are laying the groundwork to appeal the decision handed down from a U.S. district judge last week, according to the Detroit Free Press. Vander Ark said that he maintains interest in ultimately publishing the book after editing it to avoid charges of excessive copying. He said, "I've always been very much willing to work with [JK] and try to see what can be done." Rapoport was more circumspect in his view of the decision, saying, "Obviously, it was not the outcome we had hoped for or wanted."
