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London, July 19 : Images of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint have been used to design spoof covers of classic albums, like Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’ and David Bowie’s ‘Aladdin Sane’.
Using images of the actors from the most recent movie, ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part II’, a website has transformed them into subjects including Pink Floyd, Elvis, The Rolling Stones, The Ramones and Queen.
While on one Harry Potter and Ron Weasley are shown as Bowie look-alike complete with the singer’s signature lightning strike face paint, another cover shows Dobby the house elf as one of the four members of Queen.
In another, Voldemort’s army pose in ripped jeans as The Ramones, while ‘He Who Must Not Be Named’ also stars as Jackson on the cover of 1987 album ‘Bad’.
Professor Snape, played by Alan Rickman, stars as Elvis on the spoof cover of his record ‘68 Comeback, complete with leather jacket and guitar.
London, July 5 : Actor Daniel Radcliffe revealed he became dependent on alcohol when he was 18 while struggling to cope with the pressures of fame.
The 22-year-old actor, who rose to fame in 2001 when he first played the titular role in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", says he started drinking heavily while working on the sixth movie in the franchise, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince".
"I became so reliant on alcohol to enjoy stuff. There were a few years there when I was just so enamoured with the idea of living some sort of famous person's lifestyle that really isn't suited to me," femalefirst.co.uk quoted the actor as saying.
Radcliffe gave up alcohol in August last year.
New Delhi, June 24 : J.K. Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter, has launched Pottermore -- a website which builds an exciting online experience around the reading of successful HarryPotter books -- in partnership with her worldwide publishers,Bloomsbury, a statement said Friday.
At a press conference at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London Thursday, Rowling revealed some of key features of the website.
She described how she has brought to life the Sorting Hat experience from her books for the first time on Pottermore, by revealing the questions asked by the "Sorting Hat" -- a magic hat which places newcomers into their respective houses at Hogwarts, the school of magic that Harry attends. She has also brought to the site an interactive module on the magic behind the Wand Chooser that finds the right wand for each user from over 33,000 possible combinations.
From October 2011, Pottermore.com will incorporate an online shop where people can exclusively purchase all seven of the Harry Potter e-books.
"I wanted to give something back to the fans who have followed Harry so devotedly over the years, and to bring the stories to a new digital generation. I hope fans and those new to Harry will have as much fun helping shape Pottermore as I have.
"To add to my input into the website, everyone will be able to join by submitting their own comments, drawings and other content in a safe and friendly environment - Pottermore has been designed as a place to share the stories with your friends as you journey through the site," Rowling said.
Sarah Odedina, publisher & international editor-in-chief of Bloomsbury children's books, said the initiative brings the books and the digital age together in an innovative and unique way.
The site will be open to all users in October 2011.
Washington, June 22 : Tom Felton has revealed that he and several cast members of ‘Harry Potter’ feared being axed from the franchise when they heard that studio bosses were planning to cast new actors for some of the roles.
The Brit has enjoyed a decade-long stint as villainous wizard Draco Malfoy alongside the likes of Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson.
"We all feared that after the fourth film that (sic) they were going to get rid of us and start again with new kids,” Contactmusic quoted him as saying in an interview for his website FeltBeats.com.
“So yeah, we''re very proud to have made it all the way through, so to speak,” he added.
