Superdy-Duper Cake!

You may remember that for the Order of the Phoenix Los Angeles premiere in July 2007, Ace of Cakes star Duff Goldman created a very cool Hogwarts cake for the cast, crew, and special guests.

As it turns out, the cake was so good Duff was invited back to create a cake for the Half-Blood Prince New York premiere! An episode of Ace of Cakes featuring a behind-the-scenes look at his creation will air on the Food Network starting October 29th at 10 PM EST.

On a related note, FeltBeats caught up with Duff at the Half-Blood Prince premiere and he revealed a couple details about this new cake. You can watch the interview right here on YouTube.

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Happy Birthday to McGonagall!

J.K. Rowling's calendar has been updated to wish Professor Minerva McGonagall a happy birthday.

It's today do celebrate!!!!!

Rowling Denied Presidential Award by Bush Admin

This news initially broke a couple weeks ago but has recently been picked up in various major media outlets. According to a new book by Matt Latimer, who was US President Bush's speechwriter, Bush's administration had denied JK Rowling a Presidential Award because the Potter books promoted witchcraft.

From the BBC:

The claims appear in Latimer's new book called Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor.

He wrote that "narrow thinking" led White House officials to object to giving Rowling the civilian honour.

The award acknowledges contributions to US national interest, world peace or cultural endeavours.

Thanks to everyone who has e-mailed in with the tip.

Emma is being Stalked!

Emma Watson's hopes of being just another college student have just been shattered. The Harry potter star was stalked by Harvard students when she was visiting a football game between Brown and Harvard. The stalkers posted on Twitter or "tweeted" earlier that day that they would "possibly stalking Emma Watson, so keep your eyes peeled". During the game the stalkers posted such things on twitter as "Let's go Hermione! Lolz," , "In enemy territory. lokking for a certian witch" and " WATSON FOUND! I repeat WATSON FOUND!"

Twilight Website!

Ok Twilight Fans on Episode 24 of Siriusly Potter Divya suggested I create a new Twilight Website so i can post Twilight news and I thought it was a really good idea. But the problem is I'm having problems thinking up a name for the new site. So I'm going to you, the fans, for ideas. If you have a cool idea for a name for the new site email me at vanessaevanssiriusly@gmail.com!

New Details for the Harry Potter Park

Universal has confirmed that Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. It will be a high-tech ride and will be the marquee attraction for the new section of the park. The ride will take guests through scenes and rooms from the blockbuster movies inside a richly detaied remake of Hogwarts Castle made to look 700 feet tall. Other rides include the Dragon Challenge ,which will be a high speed rollar coaster themed after the Triwizard Tournament, and a family roller coaster Flight of the Hippogriff. Shops in the park include Honeydukes, Ollivanders, Zonko's, Three Broomsticks, Owl Post, and Dervish and Banges. The park is set to open in spring of 2010.

Harry Potter DVD Game!

Warner Home Video is making a Harry Potter DVD game based on the next three films in the series (GoF, OotP, HBP). The game enables fans to experience escaping the Death Eaters at the Quidditch World Cup, being in the DA, mixing potions in Advanced Potions Class, and much more. The WHV (Warner Home Video) vice president said this, "The Harry Potter franchise continues to be a tremendous success and longtime fans can't seem to get enough of the stories, characters and mythology. Harry Potter: Wizarding World is an exciting way to further the Harry Potter movie magic with new action-packed content and we are confident the DVD Game will entertain the whole family" Harry Potter: Wizarding world will be released in stores on December 1, 2009 or $24.98.