Edible book contest deadline set for Nov. 10 Nov 2, 2008
Entries in the past have included a giant spider made from meatloaf and licorice illustrating a scene from J.K. Rowling s Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, a stick pretzel cabin on top of a green iced cake illustrating Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder and a cookie and cake combination scene from Raold Dahl s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. If you haven t stopped in to see the creations, we encourage you to do so this year, Library Director Elizabeth Potts said. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Distraction 2008: Freedom of choice-or from it? Sep 12, 2008
"They're gone. In their place is something new and unprecedented but of the people nonetheless. To figure it out, we and our leaders are going to need a serious road map. More likely, we'll just MapQuest it and go from there - if, that is, we don't get distracted by everything we encounter along the way.Choices: Variety like never before"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities," Dumbledore says in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. " If that's... (Carroll County Times)
What's ahead Jun 28, 2008
Dinner and A Movie, an Oregon Coast Community Action benefit, will conclude at 7 p.m. Saturday with the movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at the Egyptian Theatre. Tickets cost 5. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Truman Capote Votes for W May 15, 2008
He also provided the voice of Dobby the House Elf in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Jones will next be seen in the political drama and the fantasy film. (IGN FilmForce)
Wyrd Sisters still battling Potter Mar 5, 2008
The lawsuit seeks the delivery-up for destruction of all visual performances, sound recordings and merchandise relating to the Harry Potter Weird Sisters band, which Baryluk claims includes the films soundtrack, video games such as Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and the Harry Potter Scene-It game, as well as trading cards. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. (Toronto Star)
Jack and Harry our enduring film heroes Jan 14, 2008
The best selling DVDs of all time in Australia: 1 Finding Nemo; 2 Indiana Jones Box Set; 3 Star Wars Trilogy; 4 The Two Towers; 5 The Fellowship Of The Ring; 6 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets; 7 Shrek 2; 8 Return Of The King; 9 Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban; 10 Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire; 11 Pirates Of The Caribbean; 12 Monsters Inc; 13 Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone; 14 Gladiator; 15 Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest. In addition, the all-time... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The Tribal Mind: Our never ending stories Jan 13, 2008
The top selling DVDs of all time in Australia: 1 Finding Nemo 2 Indiana Jones Box Set (our picture shows Cate Blanchett as the villain in the fourth Indy instalment) 3 Star Wars Trilogy 4 The Two Towers 5 The Fellowship of the Ring 6 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 7 Shrek 2 8 Return of the King 9 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 10 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 11 Pirates of the Caribbean 12 Monsters Inc 13 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 14 Gladiator 15 Pirates... (Sydney Morning Herald)
xbox 360: Gamers get on-demand TV Dec 7, 2007
Microsoft will launch the Xbox Live Marketplace Video Store on December 11, from where Xbox 360 owners will be able to rent full-length feature films, such as Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and the Matrix trilogy. Prices start at around 250 Microsoft Points, the online currency used on Xbox Live, which roughly equates to 2. (Telegraph.co.uk)
ESPN Sports Another Cable Ratings Victory Dec 5, 2007
The Saturday night showing of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets drew 3. 44 million viewers, leading into Sunday night s screening of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which averaged 3. (MediaWeek.com)
Potter book sells for 19,700 Oct 26, 2007
A signed paperback edition, also inscribed by Rowling, was sold along with a similarly inscribed first hardback edition of the second book in the series - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - for 1,250. The message in the first book said: "To Ella - I know your Mum!!! And she beat me in the quiz but we won't mention that - love from Jo (aka JK Rowling)". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Harry Potter breaks a new record Oct 26, 2007
A paperback and hardback edition of the second book in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, both signed by the author, one with the inscription "To Ella - I know your Mum!!! And she beat me in the quiz but we won't mention that - love from Jo (aka JK Rowling)", sold for 1,250. Guardian Unlimited. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
This Weekend Oct 13, 2007
Friday's feature is the PG-rated "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." The show runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m., and drinks and snacks are sold. For more information, call Carmen at 384-9554 or Barbara at 384-5065. (Cedar Crest East Mountain Telegraph, NM)
Read on... Sep 29, 2007
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling. Brilliant storytelling that, in many ways, changed my life. (Variety)
It's Kylie, with a twist Sep 22, 2007
The accomplished screen and stage actor, who has played everything from Professor Pomona Sprout in Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets to Queen Victoria in a Black Adder special, regaled the crowd with her entertaining anecdotes about showbiz life. She then generously offered her home as an auction prize. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Flush With Success Aug 2, 2007
"If you die down there, you're welcome to share my toilet," says the cheeky Moaning Myrtle to Harry in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. A bully had been teasing Myrtle about her glasses, so she ran into the girls' bathroom to escape and cry. (South Brunswick Post, NJ)
ITV censured for cooking a live turtle on a family show Jul 31, 2007
The producers argued that the scenes were no more upsetting than those in other ITV1 programmes shown in that time-slot, such as Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Ofcom rejected that argument and ruled that the clips were inappropriately scheduled. (Times Online)
Hilman Hariwijaya: Bringing Lupus back to life after years of hiatus Jul 28, 2007
But the translation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets topped sales with more than 192,000 copies sold. Hilman, who prefers to read Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Long Stockings, and Roald Dahl's books than Harry Potter, joined Indosiar TV station in 1993. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Harry faces his foe - with a lot of help from his friends Jul 28, 2007
Harry destroyed one in the second book, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets": the diary that Voldemort kept when he was a student at Hogwarts named Tom Riddle. And Dumbledore destroyed one, a ring, in the sixth book. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Harry Potter takes Princeton by storm Jul 26, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007. Staff photo by Frank WojciechowskiKinsey Ratzman, 8, left, as "Hermione" and Kelsey Schwimmer, 10, as "Professor Trawlanny" turned out for the Potter Fest on Hulfish Street on Friday. (South Brunswick Post, NJ)
SHHHHH, NO SPOILERS Jul 26, 2007
" It's a code of silence that's almost as suspenseful as "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," book No. 2 in the series. "I could easily tease my sister with some pretty intense blackmail," said 17-year-old Kate Gambel of Lafayette, who reads a little faster than her 13-year-old sister, Elizabeth. The latter has learned to leave the reading room whenever Kate gives any sign that something big is happening in the book. The Gambels were among the after-midnight crowd celebrating Saturday's... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Scholastic and Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Make Publishing History With 8.3 Million Copies Sold In First 24 Hours Jul 23, 2007
All six Harry Potter books, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince have been number one bestsellers in the United States, the U.K., and around the world. The American editions of the Harry Potter books are published under Scholastic's Arthur A. Levine imprint. (PR Newswire)
Rare Harry Potter book auctioned Jul 23, 2007
A first edition of the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets book is to be auctioned to raise hundreds of pounds for charity. The rare hardback book was donated to the Oxfam shop in St Andrews and went on sale on Sunday. (BBC News -- UK)
Details of - Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone Jul 23, 2007
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets ... Details of - Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets. (Indiatimes)
Valkyrie Takes Flight Jul 22, 2007
Also starring are Kenneth Branagh (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Bill Nighy (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End), Tom Wilkinson (Batman Begins), Carice van Houten (Black Book), Eddie Izzard (Ocean's Thirteen), Christian Berkel (Black Book), Thomas Kretschmann (King Kong), and Terrence Stamp (Superman II, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace). The film is being produced by Singer, McQuarrie, and Gilbert Adler, with Chris Lee executive producing. (IGN FilmForce)
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' released Jul 21, 2007
Ivans has read and re-read the books for the past six years, including the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , which she s read 11 times. She expects reading the last book to be a little sad. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Losing Harry Potter is like losing a best friend Jul 20, 2007
After I read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, I needed more Harry. So I whined in my loud, annoying voice to force my dad to stop and buy the first, second, third and fourth books. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Midnight Magic Jul 19, 2007
The party will conclude with a showing of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at 9 p.m. at the Palmer Square Green. To conclude the magical evening, Jazams will be selling the final Harry Potter book at midnight. (South Brunswick Post, NJ)
An inevitable ending to Harry Potter series Jul 19, 2007
So, in book two, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the boy wizard learns that character is determined not by people's abilities, but by the choices they make. And in book six, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, our hero learns that even the people we love and rely on the most are fallible, and that we may have more in common with our sworn enemies than we dreamed. (Sunspot.net -- Sports)
Harry Potter: Seven questions for book seven Jul 18, 2007
One, Tom Riddle's diary, was destroyed in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," and Dumbledore destroyed another, Salazar Slytherin's ring. That leaves four more, and it's up to Harry to find and destroy them. (The Daily Reflector)
Potter primerMissed out on Harry Potter and his pals? Catch up on the story Jul 17, 2007
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. Back at his aunt and uncle's house Harry meets Dobby the house elf, who warns him not to return to Hogwarts because there is danger ahead. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
The story so far -- Harry Potter 1 through 6 Jul 15, 2007
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' (June 1999). The second book starts with 12-year-old Harry wondering why none of his friends have been in touch during the summer. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Potter-Pedia: Horcrux Jul 15, 2007
Lord Voldemort's diary played a key role in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and later was revealed as a horcrux. Special to the News Journal GET MORE 'POTTER' Visit pnj. (Pensacola News Journal)
HARRY POTTER: The story so far - Harry Potter 1 through 6 Jul 13, 2007
NEW YORK (AP) - Synopses of the first six Harry Potter books, by J.K. Rowling: -"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' (September 1998) This is our introduction to the young Harry Potter. He's an orphan who looks just like his father except he has his mother's bright green eyes. He also has an odd scar on his forehead shaped like a lightning bolt. Harry became an orphan at 1, when the evil Lord Voldemort killed James and Lily Potter and gave Harry his scar while trying to kill him, too. He was... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
E3 2007: Xbox 360 Backwards-compatibility List Updated : More Xbox cla... Jul 13, 2007
IGN: E3 2007: Xbox 360 Backwards-compatibility List Updated. IGN AT E3 2007 SECTIONS CHANNELS ; GET GAMES. (IGN Xbox)
More of this story Jul 11, 2007
His computer graphics software brought Dobbie, in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," to life. As Technical Director for "Surf's Up," he wrote the special software to generate light in the water that made it look real. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Rare win for Nine but Seven in front Jul 9, 2007
It won Friday night and led the week, but Nine's repeat screening of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on Saturday night averaged 1. 096 million and secured Nine the week's win. (The Australian)
Summertime custody: Families adjust to new routines Jul 9, 2007
Here are five recommended for adults and children: A Kid in Aladdin's Palace, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, The Santa Clause (the original), Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Little 2. Visit a park, museum or zoo together. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Jul 7, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Doug Anderson, reviewerJuly 7, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Feature creatures who stole the show Jul 7, 2007
Dobby, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," 2002: The elf, voiced by British actor Toby Jones, is a masochist who irons his own hands when he thinks he has failed Harry. But don't you just want to tickle him. (Boston Globe)
Holiday fireworks for 'Transformers' Jul 6, 2007
BVI's "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" is expected to reach a milestone today in passing "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" as the fifth highest international grosser of all time with a cume of $614. 7 million. (Variety)
Are your kids ready for the big screen? Jul 5, 2007
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), $262 million. Harry Potter and the Prisonor of Azkaban (2004), $249. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Dr Who leaves his fans begging for more Jul 3, 2007
3 million viewers despite going head-to-head with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on ITV1. The fourth series of the BBC show goes into production next month in Cardiff. (ic Wales)
'Harry Potter' fans await final novel, latest movie Jul 3, 2007
Anderson was working at B. Dalton in Billings when the second book, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," came out, and one of the other sales associates got her to read it. Then the popularity of the books exploded, she said, "and it got bigger and bigger.". (Billings Gazette)
Harry Potter and the Sinister Spoilers Jun 29, 2007
"For instance, with Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, I make sure it's always B-o-t-t-apostrophe-s. Every Flavor is not hyphenated, and Flavor does not have a u." It's a tough beat: Klein acknowledges, for example, that in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Moaning Myrtle sits in a U-bend toilet, whereas in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, she occupies an S-bend toilet (this crept in, it should be noted, before Klein's tenure, which began after Goblet). Klein has either the worst job... (TIME)
David Barron Jun 27, 2007
SECTIONS MOVIES CHANNELS ; GET GAMES. As such, he has been on the scene longer than most. (IGN FilmForce)
Here's what anxious Harry Potter fans can do while awaiting 'Deathly Hallows' Jun 23, 2007
All six Harry Potter books, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, have been No. 1 bestsellers in the Unites States, Britain and around the world. Rapid Reply. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
First works of Lucasfilm Singapore studio to be out in summer releases Jun 18, 2007
we all want to see stuff no one has seen before, said Mr Kubsch, whose 20-odd years of animation experience includes movies such as Over the Hedge and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Mr Kubsch also hopes to bolster the Singaporean headcount which is tough to do currently. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
How Harry Potter Really Ends: Jun 16, 2007
David Edelstein Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Do Harry's final moments remind you of the Sopranos series finale. (Slate)
Scholastic Releases Exclusive Artwork for Deluxe Edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Jun 9, 2007
All six Harry Potter books, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince have been number one bestsellers in the Unites States, Britain, and around the world. Scholastic is printing an unprecedented 12 million copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows which will be released at 12:01 a.m. on July 21, 2007. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Stay In Your Seat! 'Pirates,' 'X-Men,' 'Harry' Keep Going, Even After Credits Roll Jun 1, 2007
The movie: "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002) Just one more thing: After getting his memory erased by a backfiring memory charm, Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh) is seen in Diagon Alley peddling his newest book, "Who Am I?" Worth the wait. Since it's noncanonical, it'll piss off die-hard fans of the book, especially since Gilderoy makes a poignant and surprise reappearance in "Order of the Phoenix" (still without his memory). (VHI.com -- Music News)
Magic in the Air: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Game Scores May 31, 2007
Jeremy Soule's music for the previous games in the series has been praised for its quality (even winning a British Academy award for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), as well as its use of live orchestras in an industry still associated with the bleeps and bloops of the past. But with this new game the reins have been passed to composer James Hannigan, a British Academy award winner himself. (IGN PS2)
MovieTickets.com Reports Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Is Tracking to Steal Box Office Gold May 24, 2007
The current list includes: #1 Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith(TM) #2 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King #3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (includes IMAX) #4 The Passion of The Christ #5 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest #6 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers #7 Star Wars: Episode II -Attack of the Clones #8 Matrix Reloaded #9 Spider-Man(TM) 3 (includes IMAX) #10 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Proving to be the number one online movie ticketing solution,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Ring's tone wins soundtrack poll May 10, 2007
Williams is the most popular composer with 10 entries in the poll, including four in the top 10 - Schindler's List, Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - with the next highest placed film ET at number 17. The top 50 spans eight decades of movie-making, from the 1939 classic Gone With The Wind to more recent releases like this year's sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bond and Sparrow break into UK top ten Apr 25, 2007
In seventh is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, followed by The Full Monty (ninth) and Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (tenth) ... pTitanic (1998) - 69,025,646Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (2001) - 66,096,060The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - 63,009,288The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - 61,062,348The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - 57,600,094Casino Royale (2006) - 55,504,945Harry Potter and the Chamber of... (Monsters and Critics.com)
Model Cole joins Trinian's film Apr 12, 2007
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets actor Toby Jones has been cast as the school's bursar. The film will see the school's dire financial situation making it vulnerable to an MP's plans to turn it into a respectable institution. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Click here to read the Harry Potter Corner Feb 5, 2007
On Christmas day at St. Mango's Hospital, after visiting Mr. Weasley, they stumble across their former teacher Professor Lockhart still addled from the spell which backfired when he tried to remove their memories in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. More poignant is the meeting with Neville and his grandmother who are visiting Neville's parents who were tortured into insanity by Voldemort's followers after Harry's parents were killed. (Wilkes Barre Citizen's Voice, PA)
Plano Met Ballet celebrates 20 years Feb 5, 2007
All six Harry Potter books, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince have been number one bestsellers in the United States, the U.K., and around the world. There are currently over 120 million copies of the Harry Potter books in print in the United States alone. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Harry Potter's Deathly Day Looms Feb 3, 2007
Each of the previous books Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix all reached number one on bestseller lists the world over and sold a combined total of 650 million copies. And that's to say nothing of the success of their corresponding blockbuster cinematic adaptations. (Yahoo News -- Harry Potter)
