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Slumdog millionaire wins 2 oscars – adapted screenplay, cinematography. More to come

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Slumdog millionaire won 2 oscars for best adapted screenplay and cinematography until now.
I had just started blogging about the first win when suddenly they announced the second one too ! Wow !
I must keep blogging…

Spider-Man 3 named the ‘Most Mistake-Riddled Film of 2007′

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Spider-Man 3 has emerged as the ‘Most Mistake-Riddled Film of 2007.’ According to U.K. website moviemistakes.com, filmgoers have counted over 157 blunders in the latest instalment of Spider-man franchise.
The continuity errors included showing Cleveland, Ohio’s Terminal Tower in view during Spider-Man’s fight with the Sandman – despite the scene being set in New York.
However, Spider-man [...]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – by author J. K. Rowling :- The seventh 7th final book of the magical world of Pottermania

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Chapter 1

The Dark Lord Ascending
The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow,
moonlit lane. For a second they stood quite still, wands directed
at each other’s chests; then, recognizing each other , they
stowed their wands beneath their cloaks and started walking briskly in the
same direction.
“News?” asked the taller of [...]

Potter spin-off a hit for tiny Berkeley publisher-Prediction book capitalizes on Pottermania

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Few would have expected that the name Ulysses Press — a small, independent Berkeley publisher — and the phrase “335,000 copies in print” would ever be used in the same sentence.
But it has happened: The publisher’s “What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7,” by authors from the No. [...]

JK Rowling howling at end of Harry Potter

Monday, July 9th, 2007

 
JK Rowling says that finishing her final Harry Potter book was “the most remarkable feeling” she has ever known and that she felt both “euphoric and devastated” when closing the final chapter.

JK Rowling during her interview with Jonathan Ross

The multi-millionaire author finished writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh book of the series, [...]