'Harry Potter' Adventures to Get All-Nighter at BFI IMAX

Warner Bros. and BFI IMAX team to unspool movies across
two nights.

LONDON – Harry Potter fans will be wide-eyed in wonderment as the BFI IMAX theater and Warner Bros. Pictures team up for plans to unspool all seven adventures to date across two nights for audiences here.

The BFI IMAX complex in central London will play host to all seven pictures over two nights on two weekends with the same program repeated over the second weekend.

The program kicks off Friday June 17 with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).

Then on Saturday, June 18 it resumes with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010).

Fans will get the chance to do it all again on June 24, 25.

BFI IMAX said it plans to serve free tea and coffee during the 30-minute intervals between each film “to help everyone stay awake all night long.”

And fans are invited to dress up in their most imaginative wizarding outfits, as each night prizes will be awarded for the best costumes.

BFI IMAX head of operations Justin Johnson noted that should theatergoers plump for all seven installments, they’d spend “almost 20 hours in the company of all their favorite characters! “

Tickets are priced up to £29.50 ($48) (adults) but brave bookers for both screenings are being offered a joint ticket, saving £10 ($16) on the full price adult ticket.

The move comes ahead of the world rollout of the eighth and final installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, from July 15.

(SOURCE: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

First LEGO Harry Potter Y5-7 Video Game Promos of Harry, Ron, Hermione at Hogwarts

The first stills from the upcoming LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7 video game, the sequel to the successful Y1-4 game, were released at this week's E3 gaming convention. The images, featuring Harry, Ron, and Hermione lurking about Hogwarts in the wee hours, as well as Ron in the rubble-strewen courtyard in Deathly Hallows, and Harry and Hermione at the Hogsmeade station, can be found, courtesy of GameSpot, in our galleries.

LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7 video game will be released this holiday season. The full press release issued with the announcement of the game, which included numerous facts about the installment, can be read here.

(SOURCE: SNITCHSEEKER.COM)

Deathly Hallows: Part II NYC Premiere Confirmed for July 11, 2011; New Sweepstakes

Harry Potter fans in the U.S. who own Time Warner Cable can win a chance to attend the New York City premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, which is set to take place on Monday, July 11, 2011 - four days before the release of the final film - as confirmed by Time Warner to SnitchSeeker. For more information on how to participate, head to Time Warner's official Facebook.

Time Warner Cable digital customers can now enter the Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsTM – Part 2 Sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip to the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in New York City. Be the first of your friends to witness the final chapter in the Harry Potter Series!

One Grand Prize winner will receive a two-day, one night trip for two to New York City including airfare and hotel accommodations; as well as two tickets to the premiere screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 on July 15th.

Customers can enter the sweepstakes now through June 19th by completing and submitting the online registration form on the Time Warner Cable Facebook page. The Grand Prize Winner will be selected on June 20th.

For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/timewarnercable.

(SOURCE: SNITCHSEEKER.COM)

Pre-Order "Dear Mr. Potter" and Enter for a Chance to Win Amazing Prizes

A few weeks ago, we reported that pre-orders were open for "Dear Mr. Potter: Letters of Love, Loss, and Magic." The book will feature hundreds of letters and pictures from fans and notable fandom figures who have been impacted and inspired by Harry Potter.

As an added bonus for those who have pre-ordered before the book's release, fans will automatically be entered into a draw to win a signed copy from actor Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley)! Between 15 to 20 winners will be selected.

Additionally, 50 fans that pre-order will also be randomly chosen to receive a customized Hogwarts letter with their copy of the book.

"Dear Mr. Potter" goes on sale July 1, 2011. All proceeds from the book will benefit the Harry Potter Alliance.

(SOURCE: THE LEAKY CAULDRDON)

Daniel Radcliffe to Sing at the Tony Awards

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is set to sing at the 2011 Tony Awards this Sunday, 12th June, according to both AP and the official Tony Awards website. The actor will perform "Brotherhood of Man" from "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", the Broadway musical in which he stars in a leading role. Announcing his performance at the Tony Awards, Radcliffe commented, "I think we're one of the first, if not the first." The awards ceremony begins at 8/7c on CBS, so tune in early to make sure you catch the performance!

Adds AP:

Radcliffe was passed over for a Tony nomination, but says he's pulling for co-stars John Larroquette and Tammy Blanchard, who are up for awards. "If John won it would be just amazing," he says. "Only because I have a lot of scenes with him."

Find out more about the Tony Awards here on the official website.

(SOURCE: THE LEAKY CAULDRON)

Emma Watson: 'I Wanted To Pretend I Wasn't As Famous As I Was'

Here's a short interview with Emma Watson from OMG! on Yahoo! Emma discusses how fame has been hitting her lately and why she temporarily left Brown University. Thanks so much to our Hogwarts mate Sylvia for the heads up! :-D

The recent widespread reports that "Harry Potter" star Emma Watson left Brown University due to bullying were a bit hard to take. The 21-year-old seems pretty well-adjusted and easy-going and it seemed sad to think that mean-spirited taunts would derail her entire life.

So we feel relieved to find out that this was, in fact, not what led to Emma's departure.

"It made me so sad when all this stuff came out that I left Brown because I was being bullied. It made no sense at all. Brown has been the opposite. I've never even been asked for an autograph on campus. I threw a party for nearly 100 students and not a single person put a photo on Facebook," she told the Sunday Times Style Magazine.

She did indicate, though, that there may have been a few foolish Brown students who occasionally gave her a hard time.

"Anyway, even if I was being given a hard time, I wasn't going to wuss out of university because someone said 'Wingardium leviosa' to me in a corridor, or 'Ten points for Gryffindor,'" she said. "I've been dealing with the media since I was nine. If I can't stand up to a few people giving me a hard time, it's a bit pathetic, really. I've had so much worse."

Watson admitted that she may have miscalculated how easily she'd be able to have a "normal" college existence.

"I was in denial," she told the magazine. "I wanted to pretend I wasn't as famous as I was. I was trying to seek out normality, but I kind of have to accept who I am, the position I'm in and what happened."

And if you imagine that the beautiful Watson is overrun with suitors and dates, it turns out that, surprisingly, that is not the case.

"I say to my friends, 'Why hasn't X called me? Why doesn't anyone ever pursue me?' They're like, 'Probably because they're intimidated.' It must be the fame wall," she said. "It must be the circus that goes around me. Me, as a person, I find it hard to believe I would be intimidating... Sometimes, maybe because they feel intimidated, they feel they have to knock me down. They know perfectly well who I am, but they'll ask me, 'How are the Narnia films going?'... I'm single at the minute."

Somehow we find ourselves feeling bad for Watson now. Will some nice, normal, non-wisecracking guy please ask her out?

(SOURCE: OMG! from YAHOO!)