| Harry Potter Casts Final Spell | | Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:05:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | The day many Harry Pot-ter fans have been both dread-ing and anticipating is almost here. Bloomsbury Press, the publisher for the wildly popu-lar series, has stated that on Jul. 21st, the seventh and final book will be published. The release of "Harry Pot-ter and the Deathly Hallows" will mark the end of a decade long streak of bestsellers for author J.K. Rowling. Her books have become a world-wide sensation, and they have gained a cult-like following. According to Bloomsbury Press, her latest book, "Har-ry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" sold 2,009,574 copies on the first day it was released in the United Kingdom. This has proven to be the fastest selling book of all time. According to the publish-er's website, Rowling's idea for Harry Potter was born 17 years ago on a long train ride from Manchester to King's Cross, England.... | |
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| | | Prince William And Harry Don't Want Celebrity-Filled Xmas Party | | Posted Friday, December 01, 2006 1:09:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | Sources say that Princes William and Prince Harry have banned celebrities from their Christmas party in an attempt to keep the festive event private. The young princes are organizing a pre-Christmas celebration for their friends at London's trendy Crystal club on Wednesday. A source told Britain's Daily Star newspaper, "Wills is expected to turn up with his girlfriend Kate Middleton and Harry is arranging for his girlfriend Chelsy Davy to fly to London from South Africa ahead of the festive frolics. The red carpet will be out and limos have been arranged. Ice sculptures are on order and it's all very exciting." The source added, "A night like this will cost more than $265,000, so it's not a surprise that the world and his wife will want to attend." But William, 24, and Harry, 22, want to enjoy the party without worrying about unwanted publicity, so they are making the guest list strictly friends only.... | |
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| | | We're entranced by mind games, magical stunts | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:12:24 PM by Blog57 Team | | Magicians work on the boundaries. Their skill in pushing blatant deception toward the level of art has always given them a sometimes sinister, sometimes seedy potential to exploit. Brazenness is bonded to guile, gracefulness to aggression, comedy to pathos. As old and primal as any of the performing arts -- cavemen, if they'd had them, would have found a way to pluck coins out of a volunteer's ears -- magic comes and goes but never goes away. It's like a virus that vanishes underground for a while, mutates into another form and then resurfaces somewhere else. No sooner do the gaudy Vegas-amped productions of David Copperfield and Siegfried & Roy give way to the beguiling trances of Cirque du Soleil than the "Harry Potter" craze comes along to turn magic into a matrix and metaphor for growing up.... | |
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| | | City Starts Rezoning for Parking Garage | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 11:30:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | Plans for a long-awaited parking garage in Old Town Manassas moved closer toward the construction stage last week, as the city announced it had begun the rezoning process necessary to break ground on the five-tier structure. The garage is expected to be completed by summer 2008. It will be across the train tracks from the Center for the Arts on a lot bounded by Main, Battle and Prince William streets, adding 520 parking spaces to Old Town. Of those, 312 will be reserved for Virginia Railway Express commuters and 208 will go to the city. .... | |
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| | | Prince Harry's girlfriend beats Bush when it comes to bloopers! | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 7:05:38 AM by Blog57 Team | | London, Oct 16 (ANI): Prince Harry's girlfriend Chelsy Davy and the American President George W Bush may be as apart as chalk and cheese, but Harry feels that his ladylove is queen of gaffes just like the US President who is well known for his faux pas. The royal even has a poster of the Bush's bloopers on his wall to remind him of Chelsy. According to the Sun, the blonde student's "Chelsyisms" were revealed by her brother and two girlfriends in Cape Town, at a farewell party for Chelsy, who is leaving her home to study in the UK. Chelsy's brother Shaun, 20, said: "My sister is famous for her Chelsyisms. Harry always says she is as gaffe-prone as George Bush - but much better looking. "Last month she said, 'Shaun, are woolly mammoths extinct?' I said, 'You can't be serious'.... | |
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| | | No Afghanistan tour of duty for Prince Harry | | Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 7:06:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | LONDON: Prince Harry will not be allowed to fight on the front line in Afghanistan, The Mail on Sunday newspaper said, citing senior sources in the prince's regiment. Harry, third in line to the throne, reportedly threatened to quit the army if he was blocked from active service due to safety fears and any such decision is likely to infuriate the 22-year-old. Although a formal decision has yet to be made, sources in the Household Cavalry told the tabloid that they thought it was too dangerous for him to deploy in Afghanistan. The southern Helmand province, where the bulk of about 4,500 British troops in Afghanistan are operating, has seen fierce fighting this year as soldiers take on resurgent Taliban rebels. Senior officers reckon the intensity of Taliban attacks is so severe that they could not risk a constitutional crisis by putting Harry's life on the line, The Mail on Sunday said.... | |
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| | | Drunken school days for Prince Harry? | | Posted Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:05:05 PM by Blog57 Team | | Writer Tom Sykes says Prince Harry started drinking when he was sent to the British boarding school Eton College. According to pagesix.com, Sykes says that at Eton liquor is a part of the reward system and a special privilege for boys. In his new drinking memoir What Did I Do Last Night? A Drunkard's Tale, he writes, "In England, the legal drinking age is 18, but at Eton College you are allowed in the school bar, which is called Tap at 16. The school circumvented the licensing laws by claiming Tap was a private club." "Technically, you were only allowed two pints of beer. In reality, you had to fall over before they cut you off," he further writes. Sykes was kicked out of Eton before he could graduate because of an alcohol-related incident.... | |
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| | | British Poll Names Prince Harry Top Kissing Partner | | Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:02:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | London, England (BANG) - Apparently, Prince Harry has the kind of lips many British women would like to smack their own lips on. The young royal was recently named one of the most desired kissers in a poll about the top celebrity men to kiss. The handsome 22-year-old royal was named number five in a survey conducted by YouGov, for toothpaste company Colgate, to find Britain's most desired kissing partner. The man British women would most like to pucker up to was "Angels" singer Robbie Williams, who surprisingly beat off strong competition from actor Brad Pitt, who came in second. Bond actor Daniel Craig made it to third place, with England football star Frank Lampard placed at number four. The research also revealed that British men would most like to share a smooch with actress Jessica Alba.... | |
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| | | Prince William Joins Harry's Regiment | | Posted Monday, September 25, 2006 3:06:02 AM by Blog57 Team | | Prince William is following his brother, Prince Harry, into the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals. The 24-year-old, who will one day be head of the Armed Forces, will train to be a troop leader in an armoured reconnaissance unit, just like Harry. He will begin a six-month training course, which his younger sibling is due to finish soon, at Bovington Camp in Dorset after passing out from Sandhurst in December. Clarence House also outlined plans for crafting William, who is second in line .... | |
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| | | Harry To Celebrate 'With A Few Beers' | | Posted Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:17:23 AM by Blog57 Team | | Prince Harry is celebrating his 22nd birthday today - by having a few beers with his mates. The royal Army officer is on the final leg of his troop leader training at Warminster, Wiltshire, where he is learning armoured tactics and taking part in exercises commanding troops. When he completes the course early next month, the Prince will return to the Household Cavalry Regiment barracks at Windsor. Eventually, Harry, who holds the rank of Cornet in the Blues and Royals, will take charge of .... | |
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