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Premieres for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince continue around the globe. James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George) are in Sweden for that premiere, with a new interview of the brothers airing here on Swedish TV.  Now here in our galleries, you can also see screencaps of the interview here, which included two quick clips of previously release scenes from the attack on the Burrow and at We...

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Happy Birthday wishes go out today to actress Fiona Shaw, who portrays the character of Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter films.  Ms Shaw is celebrating her 51st birthday today.  Cheers to you!

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Previously we told of you comments made by author Jessica Adams on her website regarding a contribution from Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling  to Kids' Night In Three, a compilation book edited by Adams for charity. The earlier remarks read: "Also on the charity book
front we're really excited to have J.K.Rowling on board for Kids' Night
In Three, which debuts in October. It's the nex...

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There is a new video interview online with actress Helen McCrory where she speaks to her role as Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter films. In the interview recorded a few days ago in London, she says that she is due back next few weeks to begin filming scenes for Malfoy Manor in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, noting the set and the high level of quality WB is bringing to these films. Yo...

Poo nugget for this weekend: Doo You Know? - Farting Freedom - While most modern civilizations shun those who pass flatus in public, a forward-thinking ruler, Roman emperor Claudius (10 BC - AD 54) first legalized farting thousands of years ago out of concern for his subjects' well-being. By lifting the ban on farting at banquets, he was in line with the prevailing notion that retaining flatus could be harmful to one's health.

Poo nugget for Monday, July 6: Doo You Know? - Cow-Tipping... Humans lack the enzyme necessary to digest cellulose, the main constituent in high-fiber foods. Cows also lack these necessary enzymes, but are able to digest the cellulose found in plant cell walls by utilizing enzymes produced by bacteria residing in their intestines.

Poo nugget for Tuesday, July 7: DrStool.com Q & A - What Causes Rectal Pain After A Massive Dump? - There are three possible causes of a sore rectum resulting from passage of a turd. First, the girth of the stool causes your anal sphincter to stretch. On occasion, this can result in the formation of an anal fissure, which is a small tear in the sphincter muscle. Second, you can have irritation of the perianal region caused by the ingestion (and eventual excretion) of spicy foods. Third, you can have hemorrhoidal inflammation.


Poo nugget for Wednesday, July 8: U.K. TP - Andrex, a United Kingdom subsidiary of Kimberly-Clark, sells 1.5 million rolls of toilet paper in the UK each day. That's the equivalent of 18 rolls a second! Each year, 8.25 million miles of Andrex are used in the UK. Twelve years of usage would be enough to stretch to the sun.

(This link from Sharlene is appropriate... CNN on Why Toilet Paper Belongs To America, or Its History. Also speaking of toilet paper, I'm down to about four rolls now, so I need to buy more of the stuff, what with my issues! :P)


Poo nugget for Thursday, July 9: Doo You Know? - The Power of Poo - After you flush down your poo, it ends up at a wastewater treatment facility. There, it ferments into biogas, a tremendous potential power resource. If biogas from a wastewater treatment facility was captured and used to power a fuel cell, each person's poo could produce approximately two watts of electricity per day.

Poo nugget for Friday, July 10: Doo You Know? - "Poopsocking" - With the increasing popularity of online gaming comes a new term to describe the unwavering commitment of some players who would rather poop in their sock than take a break from their computer to use the toilet.

According to J.A. Rogers, there have been 5(now 6) black presidents in the U.S. When the "one drop" rule is applied(i.e., even a great great ancestor who was half black makes you black), Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Warren Harding, and Dwight Eisenhower were all black.


Source: The Five Negro Presidents by J.A. Rogers.

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Earlier today we told you about the new special issue of Entertainment Weekly on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that is due out tomorrow, Friday, July 10th. Thanks to our Order partner BonnieWrightOnline we can show you more new scans from the feature; one is this adorable new photo of the Trio of Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Bonnie Wright here on mopeds. Also new is thi...

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We have two more behind the scenes specials on the making of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to update you on tonight. First, thanks to our own Erna, we that the German tv station Pro7 will be airing their special Sunday, July 12 at Sunday, 7:10pm. You can see some early photos including new ones of Bonnie Wright, Jessie Cave, Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson here in our Image...

Listen to me talking about death, saints and this blog on Radio National's "Book Show" program: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2009/2619486.htm
Enjoy!

From the banks of Albert Park Lake I held a large yellow lemon, tempting black swans to glide their way towards me and peck. Their disappointment registered as a chorus of grunts and squeaks. Their friends caught on quickly, and I found myself birdless.

On the living room floor I measured myself in lemons, pleased to discover that my height in lemons is identical to my age in years!

I wrote an amazing entry yesterday about throwing things away, but my blackberry lost it. Perhaps I'll recreate it some day, but not today. Yesterday I was throwing things away to make room for Kayla in my apartment and today the old bank statements and broken picture frames salvaged from the street and ticket stubs and post-it notes have all been hauled away by the trash men.

I am proud of myself, the packrat, who holds on to things after they have stopped being useful (if they were ever useful), for remembering that moving into someone else's established living space is hard. The transition from "mine" to "ours" involves cleaning out the closets and getting rid of piles of papers and finally trading in all those pennies I've been collecting from the street. I am throwing things away and I doubt I will miss any of it.

That was yesterday.

Today I'm thinking of private jokes and the created languages of groups. I'm thinking of how possessive I get of the in-jokes and how when I see something that was MINE that I shared with YOU being shared by all of your other friends, it bothers me. It shouldn't. Language is free, and anyway, I stole the joke or the phrase from HER or HIM, and it was OURS before it was OURS, if you know what I mean. And before that, the person I borrowed it from said, "... really?" and "like you shouldn't know from" and "obvi" to someone else who understood exactly what those phrases meant and lobbed the responses back as fast as lightning.

I'm less possessive of places. I take every person who stays in my house to Tiny Cup, the cafe I first fell in love with with Kim Vermillion last fall. And as much as I will always associate Kim with Tiny Cup, I don't hesitate to take new people there. Sharing the experience doesn't make the original any less OURS.

Language is different for me. A "your mom" joke is less tangible than a cup of tea at a particular table, but I don't mind if you eat cupcakes with someone else as long as you don't use our slang while you're doing it.

But when a relationship ends, I can't take back my inflection the way you took back your favorite sweater.

No one owns words.

Love,
Beth

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"Whereas Malfoy's becoming a fully fledged evil person, Harry is
maturing into this real fighter," says Radcliffe. "He's not a boy
anymore, he's a soldier who knows what he has to do. He's set himself
goals, along with Dumbledore. I see Harry becoming Dumbledore's
favorite foot soldier in this film."So says actor Dan Radcliffe in the USA Today, echoing remarks made to TLC earlier tonight du...

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Earlier tonight we were able to broadcast live from the red carpet for the premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in New York City. We now have press photos to show you from the event, starting here in our Image galleries. The premiere saw Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, Warwick Davis, director David Yates, producers...

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A quick reminder that actor Dan Radcliffe will be a guest tonight on Late Night with David Letterman. The show is broadcast at 11:35pm on CBS. We now have photos of Dan arriving at the studio to tape the show earlier today, then making his way over to the premiere of Half-Blood Prince. We will have the video from the appearance up later, stay tuned!Reminder too, Dan and Rupert Grint will both b...

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Last month, TLC first told you the DVD for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince would be out in December. Tonight DVD times is reporting a firmer date for now: December 7, 2009. The film will be released on both DVD and Blu-Ray, with Amazon.com already providing an alert opportunity for fans on pre-orders.

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Hey everyone, guess what! Courtesy of MTV,  it's new clip 10, 012 from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (well O.K., maybe not 10,012 but it's yet another new clip!) The scene: The trio is having drinks in the Three Broomsticks where they seen Ginny and Dean...snogging. Later the trio is joined by Professor Slughorn who invites Harry and Hermione to his supper club gathering (except for po...

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Our favorite boys from Boston are featured in the new issue of Time magazine, with a new article on Harry and the Potters. In a piece called "The Boy who Rocked," the article notes that Wizard rock "music about Harry Potter for people who think Harry Potter is awesome," and tells again the story of Paul and Joe Degeorge, the rise and popularity of the Wizard rock community, and the still flouri...

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Talk about some cool Muggle Magic:  LIVE from the red carpet in New York City, you can watch the premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince here via the PotterCast Ustream! UPDATE: The red carpet interviews have now concluded. Thanks so much to all who stopped by!

Is the trash that hasn't been taken out in over 2 weeks...  

Tomorrow is trash day.  Go away flies.