Archive for May, 2007

Fans get ready for Harry Potter theme park

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

BY: Actress Archives   |   Thursday, May 31, 2007 It’s Harry Potter’s world, we just live in it. Ready to play Quidditch? You will be able too in just a few years. One of the most popular literary creations of all time, Harry Potter, is going to have his own theme park in Florida, which is scheduled to open in 2009, it was announced this week. Harry Potter fans should be going into withdrawal just about the time that “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” opens in Orlando because the final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, hits stores this summer, along with the fifth movie in the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 320 million books sold, a billon dollar franchise of movies, toys, calendars, video games - a Harry Potter theme park was inevitable.

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Attention muggles! Summer movies have arrived

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is ready to take viewers on a new summer adventure in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.”
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Feel the ‘Rush’
This summer’s movies are full of familiar faces from Harry Potter to Danny Ocean to Homer Simpson.
By By Paige Newman
Movies Editor
MSNBC
Summer is the height of blockbuster season and the sequels are out in force with new installments of “Harry Potter,” “Ocean’s,” “Bourne,” “Fantastic Four,” “Rush Hour” and “Die Hard.”

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Big in Japan - premieres hot new ticket in Tokyo

Monday, May 28th, 2007

TOKYO (Hollywood Reporter) - Move over Hollywood. The
star-studded, red-carpet premiere was once the almost exclusive
property of Tinseltown. But now Tokyo is grabbing the
limelight.

The fifth
film, "The Order of the Phoenix,"
will be out in Japan ahead of other markets, with Warner Bros.
officials confirming that
and other key cast
members will fly in to Tokyo when it makes its debut here June
28 — ahead of the glitzy July 3 event scheduled for London.

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Big in Japan: premieres hot new ticket in Tokyo

Monday, May 28th, 2007

TOKYO (Hollywood Reporter) - Move over Hollywood. The
star-studded, red-carpet premiere was once the almost exclusive
property of Tinseltown. But now Tokyo is grabbing the
limelight.

The fifth
film, "The Order of the Phoenix,"
will be out in Japan ahead of other markets, with Warner Bros.
officials confirming that
and other key cast
members will fly in to Tokyo when it makes its debut here June
28 — ahead of the glitzy July 3 event scheduled for London.

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Coming Distractions: Summer Film Highlights

Monday, May 28th, 2007

Angelina Jolie inhabits the real-life role of journalist Daniel Pearl’s widow, Mariane, in
A Mighty Heart
Paramount Vantage
 
 
 
Anne Hathaway is novelist Jane Austen in
Becoming Jane
, a film with plenty of fiction. Miramax
 
 
 
Remy, a rodent with ambitions, seeks to become a chef in
Ratatouille
Disney/Pixar
 
 
 
Don Cheadle grabs the microphone in

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Television movies for the week of May 27

Saturday, May 26th, 2007

‘61. Fred MacMurray. The professor’s latest lab explosion creates “flubber,” glop that makes things bounce sky-high. (G) (1:45) TCM: Sun. 4:15 P.M. (CC)
The Abyss
‘89. Ed Harris. Estranged oil-platform workers and a Navy SEAL make a startling deep-sea discovery. (PG-13) (4:00) SCI-FI: Sun. 3 P.M.
Accepted
‘06. Justin Long. After trying and failing to get into college, a high-school senior and his friends fool parents and peers by creating their own university. (PG-13) (1:35) MAX: Sat. 10 P.M., 2:40 A.M. (CC)

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Fascinating Fact 3302

Saturday, May 26th, 2007

The latest HARRY POTTER book from British author JK ROWLING, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS is being printed in a small town in Germany by labourers forced to work in total darkness so they can’t read the book. Security is so tight that workers at the GGP Print factory in Poessneck are searched upon arrival and departure of the plant and assured they will be fired if so much as a page is smuggled out.

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Orlando Bloom Next to Strip for London Stage?

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Said Bloom: “There’s nothing wrong with a little bit of nudity. I’m not sure I’ll be getting all my bits and pieces out, though.”
Perhaps
Daniel Radcliffe
could give him a little coaching. Posted by Andy
in
London
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Orlando Bloom
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This will be great news for NAMBLA members everywhere. A nude guy with the body of a 10-year old boy but legally of age.

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Orlando Bloom To Bare All On Stage

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

footsteps - by getting naked on stage. Bloom makes his West End theatre debut in London this summer in a revival of David Storey’s 1969 play “In Celebration.”
The actor will play one of three brothers returning home for their parents’ 40th wedding anniversary in the production, which will be directed by Anna Mackmin.
But following the glowing reviews Radcliffe garnered for stripping off in “Equus” earlier this year, Bloom is keen to reveal more than just his stage talents during the play’s run - he’s prepared to get naked too.

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Orlando Bloom swings on to the stage

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Pirates star will return to his theatrical roots in a London production this summer.
By Courtney Lear
LONDON, UK (Hollywood Today) 5/23/07 - After seizing ships and hearts in the much anticipated “Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End,” set to open in cinemas this Friday, Orlando Bloom has revealed his next takeover will be the stage of London’s West End.

“I wanted to feel like going back to basics… and having just a completely different experience,” Bloom told Reuters.

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