Yowazzup: A Directory of Happening Things » J.K. Rowling http://www.yowazzup.com Yowazzup publishes only the coolest, trendiest and the most happening things. From the latest movies review/preview to the coolest gadgets/gizmos from the trendiest fashion to the newest music and more. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:52:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 J.K. Rowling Is Back with "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" http://www.yowazzup.com/2008_12_06/jk-rowling-is-back-with-the-tales-of-beedle-the-bard.html http://www.yowazzup.com/2008_12_06/jk-rowling-is-back-with-the-tales-of-beedle-the-bard.html#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:22:32 +0000 james pong http://www.yowazzup.com/?p=1937 J.K. Rowling replaces her "Harry Potter" fantasy books with The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a book of five fairy tales written and illustrated by Rowling, goes on sale Thursday. Advance sales of the $12.99 edition, which retailers including Borders, Barnes & Noble and Amazon are offering at a deep discount, are brisk on the three booksellers’ websites.

Amazon also is publishing 100,000 copies of a $100 collector’s edition. The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Collector’s Edition (Offered Exclusively by Amazon) in Hardcover.

]]> http://www.yowazzup.com/2008_12_06/jk-rowling-is-back-with-the-tales-of-beedle-the-bard.html/feed 0 Final Harry Potter Installment To Split Into Two Movies http://www.yowazzup.com/2008_03_14/final-harry-potter-installment-to-split-into-two-movies.html http://www.yowazzup.com/2008_03_14/final-harry-potter-installment-to-split-into-two-movies.html#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:44:43 +0000 james pong http://www.yowazzup.com/2008_03_14/final-harry-potter-installment-to-split-into-two-movies.html Warner Bros. will split the final installment of the Harry Potter movie franchise into two parts, six months apart. Warner Bros. is set to release the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in November 2010 with the second part of the finale opening in May 2011. Both movies will be directed by David Yates and written by Steve Kloves.

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Katie Leung (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)The movies will be shot simulataneously, and it’s not yet known at what point in the story, adapted from J.K. Rowling’s 784-page book, the films will break. The seventh and final novel sees Harry and his friends battle arch nemesis Voldemort to the death. The seventh book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold a record 11 million copies during the first 24 hours after its release last July. The sixth movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, also directed by Yates, will open this November. Daniel Radcliffe and the rest of the cast from the sixth movie are already confirmed for the finale.

Why does Warner Bros. split the book into two movies? Is this a profit-making scheme or is the book really that long?

]]> http://www.yowazzup.com/2008_03_14/final-harry-potter-installment-to-split-into-two-movies.html/feed 0 Dumbledore Was Gay, JK Rowling Tells Fans http://www.yowazzup.com/2007_10_21/dumbledore-was-gay-jk-rowling-tells-fans.html http://www.yowazzup.com/2007_10_21/dumbledore-was-gay-jk-rowling-tells-fans.html#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:48:07 +0000 james pong http://www.yowazzup.com/2007_10_21/dumbledore-was-gay-jk-rowling-tells-fans.html There could hardly have been a bigger sensation if Russell Crowe, Rod Stewart or Sven-Goran Eriksson had come out of the closet. Millions of fans around the world were yesterday digesting the news that one of the main characters in the Harry Potter novels, Albus Dumbledore, is gay.

The revelation came from author JK Rowling during a question-and-answer session at New York’s Carnegie Hall. It instantly hurtled around the internet and the world. News websites in China and Germany announced starkly: ‘JK Rowling: “Dumbledore is gay”.’ One blogger wrote on a fansite: ‘My head is spinning. Wow. One more reason to love gay men.’

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]]> http://www.yowazzup.com/2007_10_21/dumbledore-was-gay-jk-rowling-tells-fans.html/feed 0 Morning Roundup #20 http://www.yowazzup.com/2007_01_21/morning-roundup-20.html http://www.yowazzup.com/2007_01_21/morning-roundup-20.html#comments Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:44:49 +0000 james pong http://www.yowazzup.com/2007_01_21/evening-roundup-23.html Good morning! It’s a Sunday morning!

]]> http://www.yowazzup.com/2007_01_21/morning-roundup-20.html/feed 0 Deathly Title of Latest Harry Potter Book http://www.yowazzup.com/2006_12_22/deathly-title-of-latest-harry-potter-book.html http://www.yowazzup.com/2006_12_22/deathly-title-of-latest-harry-potter-book.html#comments Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:56:35 +0000 james pong http://www.yowazzup.com/2006_12_22/deathly-title-of-latest-harry-potter-book.html The wait is over for eager J K Rowling fans as the title of her latest book is revealed as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

It will be the final instalment in the hugely popular series of books about the young wizard which have won admirers of all ages.

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