harry potter

Harry Potter is the lead character in a phenomenally successful series of children's books written by the Scottish author JK Rowling. It was subsequently made into a series of movies.

Famously Rowling (whose first name is Joanne, but publishers were concerned a female name would put off boy readers) was rejected by 12 publishers before Bloomsbury published Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. It was with the fourth book in the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, that Rowling really got major attention, and Harry became a cult figure.

Harry ages with each book, being very much a child in the beginning, but by the Half-Blood Prince he's an adolescent, and almost an adult by the conclusion of the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, he's virtually an adult.

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• Its a kind of magic- The Making of Harry Potter Studio tour

  
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• Harry Potter For Kinect Flies Over To Xbox 360 This Fall

  
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• Radcliffe wants to play superhero

  
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• Even if Muggles can’t fly on brooms they can still play Quidditch

  
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• Harry Potter Studio Tour!

  
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  Sarah had her birthday the first week of our travels, but she celebrated it today at the Warner Bros Harry Potter Studio Tour.  She wants to tell you all about it: The Harry Potter studio tour was awesome (and gigantic)! There were 3 ‘rooms’. The first room was full  of inside props, such as the boy’s ...
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• Catholic Church’s Head Exorcist Priest Says Kidnapped Girl was Victim of Vatican Sex Party Ring

  
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• Selected Strange and Unintended Consequences of Pop Culture Trends

  
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• Holy Harry Potter/Twilight Crossover! Tom Felton and Ashley Greene Are Starring in The Apparition Together

  
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• The Apparition (2012) Official Trailer [HD]

  
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• Rupert Grint - Rupert Grint Lands Two New Film Roles

  
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  Rupert Grint has landed two new film roles and will take on small parts in The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman and CBGB. Rupert Grint has landed two new film roles. The Harry Potter star will take on small parts in both The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman and CBGB. Countryman stars Shia LaBeouf as a ...
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• Jetlag, sausage feet, flamingos, missed exams and discovering Florida

  
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• New ‘Harry Potter’ box set to be released

  
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• Bonnie Fught

  
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• Harry Potter Actor Rupert Grint Cast In CBGB And Charlie Countryman

  
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  Harry Potter star Rupert Grint who is known for his character Ron in the franchise has signed up for two new movie projects. The best friend of Harry will star in the drama flick entitled CBGB, a story that centers on the iconic New York city music club by the same name. The story comes from director Randall Miller ...
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• Messenger

  
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  Messenger 5" x 5" watercolor on paper click here to buy now Yesterday I new I wanted to do a small animal painting, but I couldnt decide which one! So I posted it on my facebook page and let my followers decide it for me. Nearly everyone wanted me to paint an owl, with a cat coming in second, and no ...
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