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Harry Potter Recipies Acid Pops Lollipops Honey Pop rocks Dip lollipop into honey. Then roll lollipop into pop rocks. Enjoy. Butterbeer (Version 1) 1 pint vanilla ice cream (softened) 1/2 stick butter (softened) 1/3 cup brown sugar 2 tsp. of cinnamon 1 tsp grated nutmeg 1/4 tsp. ground clove 1 quart apple cider Cream butter, sugar and spices together. Beat in the vanilla ice cream. Re-freeze the mixture. Scoop out the frozen mixture into a glass. Pour hot Apple cider over the ice cream mixture. Optional: add an ounce of rum for an adult treat. Butterbeer (Version 2) 3/4 cup of root beer *Much thanks to April and her friends Steve and Karmen!!!) |
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SECRETS FROM THE STARS OF HARRY POTTER Oprah and many of the kids in the audience learned more about the magic of making Harry Potter movies from the series' three main stars, Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Emma Watson (Hermione) and Rupert Grint (Ron). Question: What's it like to have an action figure made in your likeness?Daniel: I think the weirdest thing is to see me in Lego! They've got the round heads. It's cool, but it's really weird, and I actually sat there for an hour and built me. Emma: It's strange to think that people can own a copy of me. I don't think it even looks much like me. Question: When you made the scary parts in the movie, were you scared?Rupert: The massive spiders the size of a car, they were terribly scary. Emma: It was really scary. I hate even the smallest spider, so when you multiply it by fifty, it's terrifying. Question: Have you met the author, J.K. Rowling?Daniel: Yes, and she's really nice. She came a few times to the set of the first film, but not too much to the second film. Question: What was your favorite movie to film?Emma: For me, definitely the second one. We knew all the people, we knew the cast, we knew the crew, we knew the director and we knew what we were doing. Question: If you were to receive a Hogwarts letter, would you go?Daniel: Yes! I'd run. Oprah: You'd all go, right? I would even go! I'd give up my day job for that. Question: What was the first thought that came to mind when you found out you were in the movie?Emma: Rupert and I went to the audition together, and we just thought it was another audition—we'd done like seven or eight already. They sat us down and told us we'd gotten the part. I didn't expect to get it because there were so many people going for it. Daniel: We all auditioned together. But when I got the part I just cried. I was in the bath, and I started to cry because it was so unbelievable. Rupert I was with Emma when I found out and it was amazing. My first thought was: 'Cool. So cool.' Question: What was it like to be in the Quidditch match?Daniel: It was absolutely amazing, because there are so many people around the world who would like to play Quidditch, and it's really brilliant. Question: Do you do your own stunts?Daniel: Some things have to be done by a proper gymnast, but I get to do about 75–80% of my own stunts, which is cool! Question: Do you believe in magic and Hogwarts and witches and warlocks?Daniel: I definitely believe in magic. It just may not manifest itself in ways that we see on the film. I do think it happens though, because some things seem completely illogical but they still happen. Emma: I don't believe in the whole "black hat, white bunny" scenario, but I do believe that there's something happening. HARRY POTTER Basic Facts Real Name: Daniel Radcliffe Birthplace: England Birthdate: 1989 Fact: Radcliffe's parents wouldn't allow him to audition for a 1999 TV production of Oliver Twist. But the young actor persevered, his parents relented, and he won the role of a young David Copperfield in a BBC production of David Copperfield. Daniel Radcliffe News and Features •No 'Secret': Fans Wild About 'Harry' •PASSAGES: 'Harry' Hits American Shores: New York gets its dose of 'Potter' fever; Police to reunite next year; •PASSAGES: Police Foil Posh Kidnap Plot: NABBED: London police arrested nine people this weekend in connection with a supposed ... •Radcliffe Comes Clean on 'Harry Potter': Daniel ... •Director to 'Potter' Kids: Ease Off: It could be early retirement for the young British stars of the •Harry Potter IS Found!: Forget all those earlier reports. Warner Bros. has found its leading man -- or, rather, boy > •Harry Potter Kids: Rupert Grint: Harry Potter's carrot-topped sidekick parlays his newfound fame into another feature-film role. •Harry Potter Kids: Daniel Radcliffe: He's a major star, but Daniel Radcliffe says he still enjoys the simple things, such as pizza parties. •Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Kenneth Branagh, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman •Harry Potter Kids: How They Changed: Imagine what's happened in the lives of the four child stars -- Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron), Emma Watson (Hermione) and Tom Felton (Draco) -- who portray the books' now-iconic characters in the movies. •Harry Potter Kids: Emma Watson: Harry Potter's female pal is a force to be reckoned with -- just like the actress who plays her. •Harry Potter Kids: Tom Felton: Harry Potter's snarling, snobbish nemesis has his eye on a new career after the film series is finished. •Harry Potter: Once upon a time J.K. Rowling had a vision of a boy who didn't know who he was. The result of > November 18, 2002 No 'Secret': Fans Wild About 'Harry' STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN document.write(''); Despite the filmmakers' warnings that this was a darker, more ominous installment than the original, the sequel "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" took in a whopping $87.7 million this weekend, making it the third-best movie debut ever, according to studio estimates. "Chamber of Secrets," starring Daniel Radcliffe as the teen wizard, trailed only the record $114.8 million that "Spider-Man" grossed in its first three days last spring and the $90.3 million opening weekend haul of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" a year ago. As scrutinized by the Wall Street Journal Monday, this "Harry"'s opening weekend box office was a telling three percent lower than the first "Harry," with especially slow sales on the first day the movie opened. That could signal a slight waning of interest in the series, says the paper. Furthermore, the box-office "slip could ... indicate the challenges Warner Bros. faces as each 'Potter' sequel is geared to an audience of children six to 10 years that made 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' such a megahit." (Warners, like PEOPLE, is part of AOL Time Warner.) "Stone" made $317 million in North America alone and another $644 million overseas. Still, what nevertheless remained good news for J.K. Rowling -- the author behind the Harry Potter phenomenon -- wasn't such good news for Eminem, who was bumped from the top spot at the box office. His semi-autobiographical "8 Mile," which took in a staggering $54 million its first three days, dropped some 58 percent to earn a second-place $21.3 million. Also worth noting is that on Tuesday, the year's surprise blockbuster, the $5 million romantic comedy "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," is expected to hit $200 million in ticket sales. The Top 10 movies this weekend, according to studio estimates, were as follows: 1. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," $87.7 million 2. "8 Mile," $21.3 million 3. "The Santa Clause 2," $15.1 million 4. "The Ring," $11 million 5. "Half Past Dead," $8.2 million 6. "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," $4.7 million 7. "Jackass: The Movie," $4.03 million 8. "I Spy," $4 million 9. "Frida," $2.9 million 10. "Sweet Home Alabama," $2.4 million November 11, 2002 PASSAGES: 'Harry' Hits American Shores STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN document.write(''); UNVEILED: "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" held its American premiere at New York's Ziegfeld Theater Sunday night, with its stars calling it "a billion times better than the first movie," Daniel Radcliffe, 13 (aka Harry Potter) tells NBC News. Director Chris Columbus describes the new film as "darker and funnier" than its predecessor, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Robin Williams and his children were also among the attendees (as were Joan Allen, Susan Sarandon, Liam Neeson and their broods). Williams, 40, tells NBC the movie was good, too, though without the abundant enthusiasm that Radcliffe showed. ANNOUNCED: Former British rock legends the Police, whose hits included "Roxanne" and "Message in a Bottle," will get together for a one-show reunion, the band's drummer Stewart Copeland told a news conference in Milan, according to Reuters. "I am a dinosaur of rock," said Copeland, 50, revealing that he, Sting and Andy Summers have agreed to play three songs at a ceremony in New York in March to mark the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He said the group also was invited to perform at a concert organized by former South African president Nelson Mandela, but the band's former frontman Sting had not yet said whether he'd be there, too. KILLED: Actor Merlin Santana, 26, who appeared in this year's Eddie Murphy movie "Showtime," was shot to death early Saturday in South Los Angeles while sitting in a parked car, police tell the Associated Press. No arrests were immediately made and investigators had not determined a motive for the attack, Lt. Clay Farrell said. Santana also had guest roles on "The Cosby Show" and "Moesha." REVIVED: A fourth installment of the lucrative dinosaur franchise "Jurassic Park" is in development, Universal Pictures has confirmed. Steven Spielberg, 56, who directed the first two "Jurassic Park" films and produced the third, has not yet determined his role in the new project, said his spokesman. Of "Jurassic III," PEOPLE said in its review: "Despite the fact that the digitally generated creatures look more ferociously real than ever as they thunder across the screen to chomp on yet another human ... you sit there and yawn, 'Oh, yeah, more monsters.'" CANCELED: Guns N' Roses' opening night concert for its first U.S. tour in nine years was abruptly canceled Thursday when a riot ensued before the doors to the Vancouver, British Columbia, venue were even opened, MTV News reports. The cancellation was due to a delay in the L.A.-to-Vancouver flight of frontman Axl Rose, 40, due to mechanical problems. Upon hearing that the show was off, fans (who had paid up to $80 for the show, says MTV) reportedly displayed their disappointment in bursts of anger. Some threw rocks and bottles. The aborted Vancouver show may be rescheduled. October 25, 2002 Radcliffe Comes Clean on 'Harry Potter' STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN and CAROLINE HOWARD document.write(''); Daniel Radcliffe's relationship to his J.K. Rowling-created character, Harry Potter, may be a little too close for comfort, PEOPLE reports. "I think I'm going to have to have therapy one day," Radcliffe, 13, said at a press conference in New York this week. (The second installment in the "Potter" series, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," opens Nov. 15.) "When I read the books I find out more about myself that Harry has in his personality, too: curiosity, loyalty and getting in trouble. We don't break the rules; we just kind of bend them," the young British actor said. "The best thing without a doubt is playing a character who's inspired children and adults all over the world," he mused. "And at the (Los Angeles) premiere (of last year's 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone') I met Ben Stiller, and then at the New York premiere I met Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon," he added. "That was the best thing for me so far." Radcliffe has also found his celebrity has turned him into a teen heartthrob. "Personally, I can't see it. But if other people can, great," he said. As for the future? "We're all definitely doing the third one. After that who knows? Each film takes about a year to make so we've got quite a long way before we come to that decision." Shooting on the third installment, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," begins in March. October 23, 2002 Director to 'Potter' Kids: Ease Off STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN document.write(''); It could be early retirement for the young British stars of the "Harry Potter" movies, director Chris Columbus tells Reuters. "If I were a betting man I'd say they'll probably stop after three," the filmmaker, 44, said about 12-year-old Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and his sidekicks Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), 12, and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), 13. The talented trio that starred in last year's hugely successful "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" will be seen again, reprising their roles in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," which opens Nov. 15. A third movie, "The Prisoner of Azkaban," is slated to begin filming in March for a June 2004 release. Though Columbus directed the first two films, he will strictly serve as a producer on the third, as Alfonso Cuaron ("Y Tu Mama Tambien") takes over as director. The move is because he would like to spend more time with his family, he said. Columbus and his wife, choreographer Monica Devereaux, have three children. As for the kids in his "Potter" pictures, "If they ask my opinion, my advice would be to go back to being kids," said Columbus. Asked for his own opinion about playing the bespectacled Potter in the future, Radcliffe told reporters Tuesday, "We're all definitely doing the third film. After that, who knows?" Harry Potter IS Found! STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN document.write(''); Forget all those earlier reports. Warner Bros. has found its leading man -- or, rather, boy -- for its upcoming movie version of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." As revealed yesterday on the Web site of the studio (which, like PEOPLE is owned by Time Warner), British actor Daniel Radcliffe, 11, will play the highly coveted role of the young boy wizard. Radcliffe recently portrayed young David in the BBC's "David Copperfield. "Having seen Dan Radcliffe screen test, I don't think (the movie's director) Chris Columbus could have found a better Harry," Rowling is quoted as saying on the site. Also cast are newcomers Rupert Grint, 11, and Emma Watson, 10, in the roles of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, Harry's best friends at Hogwarts magicians school. Previously announced in roles for the movie are Dame Maggie Smith, who will play Harry's professor, Minerva McGonagall, and the rotund Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, as Hagrid, who befriends the youngster. Daniel Radcliffe: Taking It All in Stride He's a major star, but Daniel Radcliffe says he still enjoys the simple things, such as pizza parties. document.write(''); Daniel Radcliffe has faced having his mug on masses of Harry Pottermerchandise. "In England," Radcliffe told PEOPLE in 2001, "they have Harry Potter paper towels, which are just plain strange." (Peter Kramer/Star Max) Talk about a tailor-made role. Daniel Radcliffe, who rode his broom to fame as bespectacled boy wizard Harry Potter, is still amazed at how similar he is to his big-screen alter ego. "I think I'm going to have to have therapy one day," he told PEOPLE earlier this month. "When I read the Potter books, I find out more things about myself that Harry has in his personality, too." Among them, says Radcliffe, 13, are his natural curiosity and loyalty. But Radcliffe insists that the fame he's earned playing Harry Potter hasn't sent his ego into overdrive. "My life hasn't really changed at all," he insisted to London's Daily Telegraph in October. "The only difference is that people come up to me in the street and want to talk about the film, which is fine with me because they're always so enthusiastic." Radcliffe, who got his acting start in a 2000 Masterpiece Theatre production of David Copperfield and the 2001 spy film The Tailor of Panama, won the Harry role only weeks before the first film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, went into production in September 2000, beating out 16,000 other young hopefuls. Upon meeting him, director Chris Columbus knew he had found his Harry. "There is so much depth, so much going on behind his eyes, you realize: This is a kid who has lived a life," he told Entertainment Weekly in 2001. The London-based actor, who has shot up 8 in. in the past year, credits his parents, Marcia, a casting director, and Alan, a literary agent, with keeping him grounded. And Radcliffe, who treasures his border collies Binka and Nugget and loves listening to punk rock music (particularly the Sex Pistols and the Stranglers), still enjoys the simple pleasures of life. "I do normal kids' stuff ... I have pizza parties all the time. I get pizza and invite friends round and just be lazy," he told the Press Association last month. As for his future, Radcliffe looks forward to playing Harry in upcoming sequels, but has other aspirations besides acting. "I love English, reading and writing. I might like to be a writer when I grow up," he told PEOPLE earlier this month. "Or I might like to be a director." -- SERENA KAPPES r 13, 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Kenneth Branagh, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman Spell it out: Daniel Radcliffe must use all his wizardry skills to save himself and his pals in the latest Harry Potter adventure. (Warner Bros.) The verdict on the Harry Potter sequel? It's better than the first but still not a movie that adults must rush to see unless they're toting ticket and popcorn money for young charges. Or unless they too are as wild about Harry as kids and have been eagerly awaiting the further adventures of the British boy magician at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This faithful screen adaptation of J.K. Rowling's second book in the Potter series is more tightly plotted than the original film and boasts a welcome, lighter touch in its early scenes. But it devolves, during its wearying 161-min. running time, into a been-there-fought-that action hero yarn featuring an adolescent Harry (Radcliffe) making like Indiana Jones as he battles giant spiders and a gargantuan snake. All that's missing is the felt hat, rawhide whip and 5 o'clock shadow. Amusing and inventive scenes are plentiful early on, though, as Harry and his mates Ron (Grint) and Hermione (Watson) begin their second year at Hogwarts. They learn to repot mandrake roots, tame pixies and turn small animals into goblets. (Attempting the last, Ron, whose wand skills are lacking, ends up converting his pet rat into a fur-covered glass with a still twitching tail.) But there's evil lurking in Hogwarts's hallways -- messages scrawled in blood on walls are never a good sign -- and Harry and his pals must figure out who's behind the threatened mayhem. Director Chris Columbus, returning for a second Harry tour, elicits adequate performances from his young cast members, who are given scant chance to develop their characters. The adults (the late Harris, Smith, Coltrane and Rickman), a who's who of England's acting elite, again seem to be having a jolly good time under their heavy robes and makeup, while newcomer Branagh adds to the fun as a preeningly vain but spectacularly inept wizard. (PG) BOTTOM LINE: Solid sequel, but not quite magic Harry Potter Kids: How They've Changed Wiz kids Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe (center) and Rupert Grint practice some hocus-focus for the cameras at the New York premiere of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. "We've become absolute best friends," says Radcliffe of his Potter posse. (Evan Agostini/ImageDirect) It's hard for most of us to remember the world before Harry Potter. Imagine what's happened in the lives of the four child stars -- Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron), Emma Watson (Hermione) and Tom Felton (Draco) -- who portray the books' now-iconic characters in the movies. As the release of the second movie installment, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, approaches, find out what the young actors have to say about their lives in the Age of Harry. Once upon a time J.K. Rowling had a vision of a boy who didn't know who he was. The result of that flash in the then-unknown British writer's imagination was Harry Potter, the wizard hero of four unbelievably successful books who is now conquering the silver screen. While you wait for your post-owls to pick up tickets, read about young stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, plus Rowling herself and illustrator Mary Grandpre (Address to the Stars) Bonnie Wright ( ginny weasley) C/O Peter Frrasers & Dunlop Drury House 34- 43 Russell street London WC2B 5HA James and Oliver Phelps ( Fred and George Weasley) JOP Project PO Box 9765 Sutton Coldfeild B75 5XB England UK email: j.o.p@ angelfire.com Daniel Radcliffe ( HARRY!) c/o BBC Po Box 1116 Belfast BT27AJ UK Emma Watson ( Hermione) c/o Harry Potter Production Leavesden Studios PO Box 3000 Leavesden, Hertfordshire WD2 7LT UK Sean Biggerstaff ( Oliver wood) c/o ICM London, W1N OAX England Robbie Coltrane C/o CDA 19 Sydney Mews London SW36HL UK Tom Felton ( Draco Malfoy) c/o Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets production Leavesden, Hertfordshire WD2 7LT England Rupert Grint ( Ron) Peter Fraser and Dunlop Drury House 34- 43 Russell street London WC2B 5HA United Kingdom
