Pop Clips » 16 July 11

HP Slideshow from a recent New York Magazine!

Pottter shatters records...

The eighth film in the Harry Potter series broke single-day box office records with a whopping $92.1 million in opening day sales, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations.

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon," previously held the one-day ticket sales record at $72.7 million. (My "Harry Potter 8 experience" is chronicled HERE.)

Forget planking, everyone's owling...

Indonesia: Minister Revives Plan to Control Social Media

Written for Global Voices by Carolina Rumuat · East Asia

Indonesia's IT and Communications Minister said that social media sites like Twitter and Facebook must be strictly controlled since they can be used to destabilize the government. His statement generated a lot of reactions especially from netizens read »

'Whites Only' Sign Posted In Jersey Shore Parking Lot...

Malaysia: Facebook Netizens Want Prime Minister to Resign

Written for Global Voices by Mong Palatino · East Asia

A Facebook page demanding the resignation of Malaysia’s Prime Minister has gathered almost 200,000 supporters a few days after it was created. The campaign was initiated on the same day when thousands of people marched in the streets during the Bersih 2.0 pro-democracy rally which was violently dispersed by the police. read »

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The Last Harry Potter Picture

This afternoon we ventured out to Colonie Center to catch the 2pm showing of the last Harry Potter movie. I love CC's theater! The seating arrangement is excellent. the digital screen is smashing. (The only horrible part was a bunch of previews OVERLY LOUD that hurt everyone's ears and likely made them NOT want to see any of the preview pix!)

As folks filed into the theater, a young husband and wife came in. They met for the first time at the first HP movie, chanced to meet again at one of the local midnight book release events (remember those?) and they married last year. They had tears in their eyes when I talked with them about what it means to be here for the last HP installment.

For parents and kids of all ages, those book releases and the series of movies no doubt made indelible memories along the clock of life. Thank you JK Rowling, wherever you are, and thanks to the creators and cast of the HP movies.

I never read a single HP book (didn't have time) but the very first HP movie, the Goblet of Fire and Prisoner of Azkeban are my three favourites. Should I ever see one of those three in book form, perhaps at a garage sale, I'll pick it up.



The last Harry Potter: 'Almost like watching your childhood come to end'...

Grief counseling for Muggles mourning final chapter...

Sets Midnight Box Office Record...



Watson, Radcliffe, and More at the U.S. Premiere of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2'
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Pop Clips » 14 July 11

Quidditch — This Week’s Grobby!

In honor of the last movie installment of the epic Harry Potter series, this week’s Grobby (that’s Greatist lingo for hobby) is inspired by the magical sport of wizards: Quidditch. But Cathy Zhu blogs that this fast-flying game isn’t just for the magically-blessed among us. Real-life— or “Muggle”— Quidditch has taken off in a big way, with opportunities for landlubbers and broom-riders alike. Check it out!

Highlights of Hogwarts: Harry Potter’s Best Spells, Coolest Creatures, Saddest Deaths, and More...

Garden gnome explains why the free blog advertising networks (eg. Entrecard, Exposure Your Blog) are more popular than paid blog advertising networks (eg. CMF Ads, Adgitize, Project Wonderful)::: meantime, Matthias publishes his sneaky SCRAPER CODE for entrecard cheats!

Zambia: Brenda Zulu Discusses the State of Zambian Blogosphere By Soneka Kamuhuza ::: The spotlight is on Brenda Zulu, a Zambian journalist and blogger. Brenda’s blog [1] provides her reflections on information, communication and technology issues in Africa. Based in Lusaka, Zambia, Brenda has been blogging since 2004 and is one of Zambia’s seasoned blogger’s. I talked with Brenda about her life, her blogging origins and the state of Zambian blogosphere. · read »

Tonyo Cruz uploads the five-year Philippine Digital Strategy plan of the government's Commission on Information and Communications Technology. The aim is to make the Philippines a digitally-empowered nation in 2016.

Gaga slammed by disability groups after performing on stage in wheelchair...

Tags: Harry Potter, Dobby



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Pop Clips » 12 July 11

THE HARRY POTTER GRAND FINALE ::: With their box office success, the movies have greatly contributed to the overall Harry Potter pop culture phenomenon. Rowling's original seven-book series has sold approximately 450 million volumes and been translated into nearly 70 languages, spawning the creation of separate bestseller lists for children's titles and setting numerous sales records for retailers. [More...]

Will you go to see the last Harry Potter movie?

Twitter / NewYorkPost

NewYorkPost: Magic is back for Harry http://nyp.st/ppuANY

HEY DJ JUST PLAY THAT SONG ::: DJ Vadim (aka Vadim Peare) is a prolific DJ and producer, born in Leningrad, USSR (now Saint Petersburg, Russia), raised in London and currently residing in both London, New York and Berlin, his music combines hip hop, soul, reggae and electronica. @DJVadim has been described as "one of the few artists creating genuinely new work in the Hip-Hop field" and an artist who "cannot be ignored".

Radio Vah-Deem - Funk Reinvented by DJ Vadim

Funk /Hip Hop /Soul

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Notorious B.I.G. Performing on Jon Stewart’s Short-Lived 90’s Talk Show (Video) - Wow. Totally completely wow. Watch this vintage TV clip from the mid-90’s of the late great Notorious B.I.G. performing “Big Poppa” with a live band!

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NetActive 24 May 2011

Twitter has been awash with tweets about Manal Al-Sharif, whom some have described as another Rosa Parks (the famous activist of the African American civil rights movement).

Rita Chemaly congratulates Lebanese women on recent progress toward gender equality in Lebanese law. Several laws have been modified to grant women more rights in the areas of income tax, inheritance, and social security. To read her post, Mabrouk! [congratulations], click here.

The Arab revolution has impacted the cinematic world. Filmmakers from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia have just launched on their blog Maghreb du cinéma [fr], a suggestion box to reinvigorate the creation, production and distribution of their work. Their manifesto can be signed here [fr].

Every online search engine has to face the inevitable question: Can it top Google? But Mahesh Kukreja reveals a few sites which will help you unearth data from the past.

Michelle Malkin

CAIR: Realistic homeland security drills are raaaaaacist - CAIR is beside itself over homeland security drills in Minneapolis that used actors playing jihadists who — Allah forbid! — looked like actual jihadists.

#Syrie : des smartphones contre les kalachnikovs

A travers le monde, des militants de l’ombre s’organisent pour diffuser les images clandestines des manifestations et de la répression en Syrie.

De Beyrouth à Stockholm, Vincent Jauvert, journaliste au « Nouvel Observateur » a rencontré ces activistes qui utilisent les technologies les plus modernes pour briser le silence.

Azerbaijan: Jon Snow and Amnesty International in Twitter Action

Ahead of tonight's Amnesty International Media Awards 2011, the organisation has launched a Twitter photo campaign to call for the release of an imprisoned journalist and newspaper editor in Azerbaijan. With major British media names such as Jon Snow on board, pro-government supporters in Azerbaijan reacted negatively. read »

Africa: Bloggers Discuss The Failed Rapture

The American Christian radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the Rapture would take place on May 21, 2011, when Christians will be caught up in the clouds to meet Jesus Christ. It is May 24, 2011 and we are still here. Bloggers in Africa discuss the failed Rapture. read »

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"New" Harry Potter Movie

I saw a "trailer" for a "new" Harry Potter movie - in Chinese!





It appears that an ingenious filmmaker used computer animation + clips from existing legit Harry Potter films to composite his (her?) very own Harry Potter movie, based on the infamous fake book distributed by the Inner Mongolian People’s Publishing Company, entitled "Harry Potter and Beaker & Burn" - the characters in the clip all speak Mandarin and there are crude English subtitles.

I'm well-aware of the Harry Potter black market, and this movie notion got me curious!

I had to leave the computer to eat dinner, and when I got back (thinking I'd download the clip and put it on my smartphone) online it had been taken down. The picture looks like it contains parts of at least 3 actual Potter films, and that's from what I could tell looking at the :60 second trailer!

Now I'm wondering if there was an entire "fake" movie made, or if all that's there is just the trailer and the accompanying disc cover:

And... yet another 'head-scratcher':

Whilst cruising some of the Chinese websites looking for more on the Potter movie, I ran across this rather odd "lead" which led to another link just like it, and then another, another, until... (click on it and see for yourself!) The only reason I followed through was that it was odd to see an Asian woman pictured next to a headline bearing the name 'Nicki Minaj'.





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