Candles for Rwanda Project

April 7th is the 15th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. 1 million people (1,000,000 people) were killed in 100 days. This week until March 22nd, Harry Potter fans are making movies to contribute to the Candles for Rwanda Project.
If you want to make a video too just follow these instructions:
The video should be no more than 30 seconds long.
The file should be no bigger that 100MB.
Light a candle, look into the camera and say, "Hi my name is _____ (your name is optional) and I'm lighting a candle of hope for Rwanda."
Than hold the candle up for 10 seconds.
Then send it to videos@thehpalliance.org.

Have fun making your videos!

Entrance to A WHOLE NEW WORLD!

Do you guys remember that song? A whole new world.... and I can't remember what comes after that.

But thanks to Harry Potter's Page (.com) and Theme Park Review, some new picture on how the entrance to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will eventually look like. You can see them by clicking here and here.

Rustic, right? Yet, totally Harry Potter!

Mary GrandPre Sketches for Festival

According to the Herald Tribune of Sarasota, Mary GrandPre, illustrator for the Harry Potter series "will draw 25 original sketches of characters from the series to benefit Forty Carrots Family Center's Capital Campaign."

This event will take place this weekend during the Masters Art Festival at Payne Park, Sarasota. 

The sketches will be up for sale at $1,000 for black and white, and $2,000 for color in a 9x12 inch size. For more info click here, or call 365-7716.

Pricey, eh? But worth it if I had the money...

Ron/Hermione Shippers, UNITE!

For all those Ron/Hermione shippers out there, a moment of triumph! 

BBC Radio has named Ron and Hermione as the number two couple out of the top 5 movie couples, beating Brad and Angelina.

To listen to the clip of the show via YouTube, click here.

YAY RUPERT AND EMMA! 

And here's a cool pic to go with this post. In your face Lav-lav!

John Hurt Discusses Ollivander

John Hurt, Ollivander, might come back. For certain, we know not yet, but hopefully he will. HE IS BRILLIANT!!!

He did however mention this in a recent interview:

"I'm in negotiations at the minute because Ollivander comes back into the books," he says. "My son was 12 when it all first started and he was thrilled at the time that I was in it. And all things being equal I will be back."

For more on the interview, click here.

HBP Items at Hot Topic

Hot Topic covers all the big movies don't they? First Twilight merchandise and now Harry Potter! Siriusly, there's a new t-shirt every hour with Twilight, what can we expect for Harry?

Well you can check out all their Harry Potter merchandise here, including this brilliant new t-shirt concerning Half-Blood Prince which you can get by clicking here.

If you spot anything new with Hot Topic concerning Harry, email us!

Poll Closed

Our poll, questioning your feelings on Stephen King's comments on the Stepenie Meyer and the Twilight Saga has officially closed. To refresh your memory, King basically said, Meyer can't write, Rowling learned it all from me, to keep it short.

Here's how it resulted in the end. With a total of 39 votes (yay!!)....

I'm on King's side!- 12% (5 people)

Who cares? Not me!- 17% (7 people)

He was rude, but I agree- 38% (15 people)

King's a jerk!- 30% (12 people)

Thanks you all for voting! Keep your eyes open for a new poll and check out Siriusly Potter Episode 13- The Author Bully for our thoughts.

Harry Potter... is real and in disguise?!?!

Yes he is real! Wizards do exist!!!

Ha, we all wish (or do we? I still believe). Prince William of England talked about a scar similar to the famous boy wizard's that he obtained in a nasty golf incident.

Says Prince William, "I call it that because it glows sometimes and some people notice it – other times they don't notice it at all. We were on a putting green and the next thing you know there was a seven-iron and it came out of nowhere and it hit me in the head."

He goes on to discuss more, including his involvement with Royal Marsden, as well as how he would totally beat his brother, Prince Harry, in arm wrestling.

For more click here.

Interview with HBP Game Producers

Harry Potter's Page has a new interview with the two producers of the Half Blood Prince video game, Jonathan Bunney and Darren Potter. I love the second guy's name, great last name and the first name of my all time favorite drummer (The Hush Sound's Darren Wilson).

Says Bunney, "we're pretty damn strict on ourselves because we're fans of the fiction. We simply don't let people join the game team unless they like Harry Potter. It's not a normal thing for grown men to be into, let's face it."

For more click here.

Ford Anglia Arrives at Exhibition

The flying Ford Anglia from Chamber of Secrets has arrived at the exhibition!

This flying car, charmed by Mr. Weasley, was wonderfully portrayed in the second movie when Ron and Harry use it to get to Hogwarts when they miss the train. And when the car goes wild--classic! 

Check out more right here.

Stuntman Will Never Walk Again

David Holmes, 27, stuntman for the Harry Potter movies has been told by doctors he'll never be able to walk again says The People, a UK News Source.

"David's spine was damaged when a controlled explosion went wrong and hurled him to the ground during a flying scene," the article said. Holmes was practicing the Jerk Back- one of the most dangerous stunts ever. 

Holmes had vowed to make a full recovery saying "I'll be back" and upon hearing he'll be confined to a wheelchair, he took it pretty hard says The People.  

We here at Siriusly Potter wish him all the best and hope he'll be able to manage. For more on this subject click here.

Twip 3/15 - 3/21

Thurs 3/11 ~ Harry Melling's Birthday (Dudley)

Fri 3/20 ~ David Thewlis' Birthday (Remus Lupin)

Sat 3/21 ~ Gary Oldman's Birthday (Sirius Black)