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July 10, 2008
I've been wandering around the Anatole Hilton, site of the Portus 2008 Harry Potter conference -- and of a couple of other conventions. Many of the early-arrival Potter fans are dressed in robes and heavy peaked hats. (Surely "real" Dallas-based wizards in Harry's World would know that the summer climate here is less conducive to robes and hot hats than he wilds of Britain? But I digress...) Anyway, the most fun is watching the folks here for other events gawk at the Potter-heads. There's one particular group of Portus attendees dressed in the black robes of villainous Voldemort and the Death Eaters that's getting a lot of attention. Reg'lar folks are pulling out their cellphones to get pictures. The real business of the Portus conference starts tomorrow ayem. I'll be one of the DMN's on-site MoJos looking for interesting tidbits.  Comments (1) Leave comment
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The Hollywood Reporter and others are reporting that Robert Downey Jr. is in final negotiations to appear as Sherlock Holmes in a Warner Bros. movie that Guy Ritchie is directing. I'm willing to give Downey the benefit of the doubt on that one. But at the same time, a rival project at Columbia will star Sacha Baron Cohen as the sleuth and Will Ferrell as his sidekick. No, really. I don't see a firm release date, but I'm pretty sure I'll be busy the weekend it debuts. You? (That's the Holmes and Watson-to-be backstage with their award for "best kiss" at the MTV Movie Awards in 2007. (AP/Kevork Djansezian) ) Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Sherlock Holmes, as you've never seen him" is tagged: apostasy , Arthur Conan Doyle , Robert Downey Jr. , Sacha Baron Cohen , Sherlock Holmes , Will Ferrell Harry and the Potters played and awesome show for fans at the Granada for their Dallas stop of the Unlimited Enthusiasm Tour 2008. Harry and the Potters came out to a very warm crowd after Uncle Monsterface, Math the Band and Fishboy all played and got everyone jumping and singing along. This is by far the most interactive show I have ever been to. Harry and the Potters had no problem talking to the audience and changing up the songs to make everything more fun. Most fans knew each song by heart and those who didn't learned them quickly. Fans went crazy when the songs "This book is so awesome" and "Save Ginny Weasley" were played. The band came back out and played "Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock". The show was very entertaining and the band did an awesome job getting the crowd involved. Before and after interview with concert-goers:
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