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'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince': 114 days (and counting) till its premiere!
Published 7/30/2008 by Gary Susman at Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
... on fire, the main thrust of the trailer is a flashback to Dumbledore's first meeting with the young Tom Riddle, the future Voldemort, played in suitably Damien-creepy fashion by 11-year-old Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (nephew of Ralph Fiennes, who is briefly seen here as the adult Voldemort). Feel free to discuss the teaser clip's clues and occasional deviations from the sixth book's text in the comments section; I'm just going to sit back and start counting the days and minutes until the Harry Potter flick's Nov. 21 release. (114 to go...) Excited yet, PopWatchers?

J.K. Rowling to release 'Dealthy Hallows' wizard tales
Published 7/31/2008 by Kate Ward at Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
J.K. Rowling to release 'Dealthy Hallows' wizard tales Brace yourself Potterphiles. The Tales of Beedle the Bard — the wizard-centric stories mentioned in J.K. Rowling 's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — will soon make its way into the hands of fans worldwide less than a year after the author originally produced seven hand-written and illustrated copies (Amazon purchased one for $4 million at an auction). "There was understandable disappointment among Harry Potter fans when only one copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard was offered to the public ...

Box Office Preview: 'Twilight' to suck up buckets of blood...and big bucks
Published 11/21/2008 by Joshua Rich at Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
... Summit has the marketing chops to open a blockbuster. But let's get real. Any fair assessment of Twilight 's demographic reach (it's hard to imagine many young women would rather see Bolt or Bond ), ticket presales (it has already sold out hundreds of shows nationwide), and general zeitgeist penetration points to big, big box office. Bigger, indeed, than HSM3 's debut ($42 mil) or Hannah Montana 's ($31.1 mil). Maybe even -- dare I say it? -- Harry Potter big. This'll be a fun race to watch. 2. BOLT -- $41 million To me, all ...