The Polish National Tourist Office North America has released a new video where Daniel Radcliffe, together with other celebrities like Tom Hanks, Natalie Portman, Linda Evangelista, Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, talk about Poland. Dan's subject is the army.


Daniel at 03:20

Photo: Facebook

Daniel attended the The Casting Society of America’s 27th Artios Awards -which recognize achievements in casting for theatre, film and television- yesterday at District 36 night club. Daniel also presented an award (from which I hope to get a video soon) And below are some photos.

Warner Bros. has announced something exciting for all the UK readers. You can get a limited edition 3D poster of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 as shown to the left.

"As a special celebration of the film event of a generation, UK cinemagoers who see the film at participating cinemas between September 30th and the 2nd of October will get a free limited edition lenticular (3D) poster from the cinema box office when they collect their ticket."

Terms and conditions and a full list of participating cinemas can be found here.

Photos: Warner Bros.

The book Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey will be released on 25th October 2011. It will include many behind the scenes photos and interviews from the cast of Harry Potter including Daniel Radcliffe. The book by Bob McCabe will contain 528 pages. You can pre-order now. The trailer can be seen below as released by HarperCollins Publishers.




Harry Potter: Page to Screen opens the doors to Hogwarts castle and the wizarding world of Harry Potter to reveal the complete bts secrets, techniques, and over-the-top artistry that brought J.K. Rowling’s acclaimed novels to cinematic life. Developed in collaboration with the creative team behind the celebrated movie series, this deluxe, 500-plus page compendium features exclusive stories from the cast and crew, hundreds of never-before-seen photographs and concept illustrations sourced from the closed film sets, and rare memorabilia. As the definitive look at the magic that made cinematic history, Page to Screen is the ultimate collectible, perfect for Muggles everywhere (HarperCollins).

Photos: HarperCollins

In a recent conversation with Moviefone (promotion for The Woman in Black in New York), Daniel Radcliffe revealed that he has never seen Star Wars.

Moviefone: What's your opinion of the comparisons between 'Harry Potter' and 'Star Wars.' Do you enjoy 'Star Wars'?
Daniel Radcliffe: [sighs and starts smiling]

Wait, you've never seen 'Star Wars'?
I know, and now this information is going to be out there in the world.

Wow. That's hard to do.
I know. Yeah, I know. It's really bad.

So not any of the six movies?
I saw 'The Phantom Menace,' and everyone's like, "You saw that one! You didn't see the originals?!" I know! I was ten! I didn't know any better!

I have the Blu-rays on me if you really want to watch them.
Oh, you can't give me the Blu-rays! I think, actually, somebody is planning on getting them for me. Here's my opinion, though. Not on the films or the filmmaking, because I'm sure they're amazing and incredible. And I know that I would love them because I'm a geek -- so I would definitely get into them. What 'Star Wars' and 'Potter' have in common is a huge devoted fan base. Where they differ, I think there is a -- and this is my perception, I may be completely wrong -- I think there is a slightly more balanced split between the sexes in the fan base of 'Potter.' I associate 'Star Wars' as being a predominantly male thing. And I think 'Potter' is split more evenly. The difference is also that any kind of a franchise where a world is created will then engender a generation of nerds. Fantastic! Nerds are the best things in the world. I think of myself as a nerd. What was the Bill Gates thing? "Be nice to nerds, you'll probably be working for them one day." But I think the difference is because 'Potter' started out as a book, it's created a generation of literary nerds in a way that 'Star Wars' perhaps didn't. But, basically, it's all the same. I mean, I do think of 'Potter' as being this generation's 'Star Wars.' It's something that an entire generation as lost themselves in and it's a meticulously created, detailed world. So I do think that's the closest thing to compare it to.

source: moviefone.com

The release dates of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 DVD & Blu-ray has been released by Warner Bros. So pre-order now.
Update: 29th September 2011. International release dates via snitchseeker.com.
Update: 1st October 2011. Version of the DVD and Blu-ray in Holland.

• UNITED STATES -- November 11, 2011
• UNITED KINGDOM -- December 2, 2011
• FRANCE -- November 16, 2011
• GERMANY -- November 18, 2011
• ITALY -- November 15, 2011
• SPAIN -- November 29, 2011
• NETHERLANDS -- November 16, 2011
• BELGIUM -- November 16, 2011
• DENMARK -- November 15, 2011
• FINLAND -- November 16, 2011
• NORWAY -- November 16, 2011
• SWEDEN -- November 16, 2011
• CZECH -- November 11, 2011
• GREECE -- December 1, 2011
• HUNGARY -- November 18, 2011
• ISRAEL -- November 11, 2011
• POLAND -- November 11, 2011
• PORTUGAL -- November 11, 2011
• RUSSIA -- November 10, 2011
• SOUTH AFRICA -- November 14, 2011
• SWITZERLAND -- November 18, 2011
• TURKEY -- November 15, 2011
• AUSTRALIA -- November 16, 2011
• HONG KONG -- November 11, 2011
• JAPAN -- November 16, 2011
• KOREA -- November 25, 2011
• PHILIPPINES -- November 11, 2011
• TAIWAN -- November 11, 2011
• BRAZIL -- November 18, 2011
• MEXICO -- November 11, 2011
• CANADA -- November 11, 2011

The Blu-ray/DVD combo set is packed with special features:

Blu-Ray - Warner’s Maximum Movie Mode, hosted by actor Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom, and other cast members
Blu-Ray- “A Conversation with JK Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe” as the author and actor talk about bringing the character of Harry Potter to life, the last decade of films and how their lives have changed by the fame they’ve both experienced. (preview as be seen below and our Facebook page)
- “The Goblins of Gringotts” featurette hosted by actor Warwick Davis, showing the entire process of becoming a goblin in a Harry Potter film, from auditions and casting to makeup and prosthetic tests as well as filming the final scenes.
- “The Women of Harry Potter” featurette about the women in Harry Potter’s life and the critical role they play in the films.
- “WB Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter“
- deleted scenes
- ultraviolet digital copy Photos: Warner Bros.

Daniel Radcliffe was a guest on The Better Show which aired today. He talked about Broadway and The Woman in Black. In total about 13 minutes of interview footage.


Photo via Facebook

source: better.tv
Photo: YouTube

I was announced (preview) that Dan would be a guest at Anderson Cooper's new talkshow called Anderson where he talked about Harry Potter, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying & The Woman in Black.

Daniel attended the BGC Partners’ annual 9/11 charity event on Monday. The Day in New York (Daniel was representing Demelza House) raised in total Approximately $12 million! Other guests included Ben Stiller, Jon Voight, supermodels Petra Nemcova, Carol Alt and Karolina Kurkova, and sports icons Carmelo Anthony, Henrik Lundqvist, Ike Davis, John McEnroe, Eli Manning, Mark Sanchez and Rex Ryan. See also photos here and at cantor.com

Warner Bros. has released more behind the scenes photos of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 with battle shots of Daniel, Emma, Rupert and more. Photos via snitchseeker.com.

About the Actors Fund:

Actors Fund Special Performances have been thrilling audiences for more than 80 years with an electric energy unlike any other night of theatre! What makes a Special Performance so "special"? Each year, Broadway companies, in New York and on the road, generously give their time and talent by adding a performance to already rigorous schedules to benefit The Actors Fund. The Actors Fund, a nonprofit human services organization founded in 1882, serves all professionals - and not just actors! - in film, theater, television, music, opera, and dance through programs that address their unique and essential needs.

A national organization with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, The Fund directly serves more than 12,000 performing arts and entertainment professionals across the country every year, and hundreds of thousand through our online resources. In providing care and service to professionals throughout the industry, The Fund's programs are wide in scope, responsive in nature, and produce significant results, affecting the lives of people in our community year after year.

Daniel Radcliffe and the cast of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying will contribute to the 13th volume of the Carols for a Cure benefit album. Proceeds will be going to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) this winter. Daniel will be singing an adaption of Tom Lehrer's A Christmas Carol which you can see below.

I did post already that Daniel would attend Fashion's Night Out at Jeffrey NY Colombia Sportswear, to attend a meet & greet with fans and sign merchandise (yesterday) together with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying co-star Rose Hemingway. The first photos have turned up online now.

Update: 14th September 2011. A video from Daniel at Jeffrey, NY.
Update: 20th September 2011. Vogue video via the official Facebook page.
Update: 13th June 2017. Evian photo via Facebook.





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There are new cast recording photos from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying released by Teen Vogue while the cast was recording the cast album, 50th anniversary soundtrack, back in May. Then second, Teen Vogue is giving away tickets to the musical. Read more about that here.

Photo: teenvogue.com

Daniel Radcliffe, together with his How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying co-stars will take part in a charity performance and post-production talkback & auction on 6th October 2011 to benefit The Trevor Project.

Update: 10th September 2011. You can find more info at the official How to Succeed website on how you can support and you can buy tickets for the show here.


Press release:

ONE-NIGHT ONLY SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING TO BENEFIT THE TREVOR PROJECT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 AT 7PM

POST SHOW TALKBACK AND AUCTION WITH DANIEL RADCLIFFE AND THE CAST

(New York, NY – September 8, 2011) The producers of the 50th Anniversary production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING announced today that they will be teaming up with THE TREVOR PROJECT for a special benefit performance on Thursday, October 6 at 7pm. A portion of every ticket sold for the October 6 performance will go directly to THE TREVOR PROJECT. The evening will also feature a post-show talkback with Daniel Radcliffe and the cast, as well as a post-show auction featuring autographed HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING merchandise, with all proceeds from the auction going to THE TREVOR PROJECT. Tickets for this one-night only event are available by visiting Telecharge.

If you are unable to attend the performance on October 6 but would still like to work with HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING in supporting THE TREVOR PROJECT, tickets are available for purchase through Givenik.com. When purchasing through Givenik, a portion of every ticket sold for any available performance will go directly to the THE TREVOR PROJECT.

Photos: howtosucceedbroadway.com

There is a new video unlocked from Harry Potter: The Quest, named Creating the World of Harry Potter- Growing up with Harry Potter which will be featured in the Ultimate Edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 The video show the trio's first press conference in 2000. See that below.


Photo: YouTube

As announced earlier Darren Criss will have the lead role from 3rd-22nd January. (Daniel will depart the production on New Year's Day). Nick Jonas will start next year January 24th. source: broadway.com.

Jordan Roth shared a photo of Nick Jonas at the press conference on Twitter.

Who: Daniel Radcliffe (and Rose Hemingway from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying)
What: Meet and greet and signing FNO merch
Where: Jeffrey New York, 449 West 14th Street New York NY 10014

Jeffrey New York celebrates Fashion's Night Out with a DJ and special designer appearances throughout the night. Daniel Radcliffe and Rose Hemingway from Broadway hit musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying will meet and greet fans and autograph Fashion's Night Out merchandise.

website: fashionsnightout.com

Below you find the UK and NL artwork for BBC's David Copperfield (1999). The adaption of Charles Dickens' book. I decided to add them together in one post since the artwork is almost the same. In the UK it was released on 20th August 2001 and here in Holland on 1st August 2010.

Beschrijving:
Deze klassieker van Charles Dickens vertelt het verhaal van de jonge David die, na een ruzie met zijn stiefvader, naar kostschool wordt gestuurd. Kort hierna overlijdt zijn moeder en blijft David achter als wees. Met niemand om voor hem te zorgen, begint David aan zijn vele omzwervingen voordat hij eindelijk het geluk vindt. De hoofdrol wordt gespeeld door Daniel Radcliffe die bekend is als de populaire tovenaarsleerling Harry Potter in de gelijknamige speelfilm.Verder zijn te zien: Bob Hoskins als de altijd optimistische Mr Micawber, Maggie Smith als Davids strenge tante, Betsey Trotwood, Nicholas Lyndhurst als de sluwe, gemene Uriah Heep en Pauline Quirke als Davids trouwe vriendin, Pegotty. De rol van de jonge Steerforth wordt gespeeld door Harry Lloyd; een nazaat van Charles Dickens. Overige rollen: Alun Armstrong,Thelma Barlow, Michael Elphick, Oliver Ford Davies, Emilia Fox, Dawn French, James Grout, Cherie Lunghi, Ian McKellen, Ian McNeice, Oliver Milburn, Joanna Page, Daniel Radcliffe, Amanda Ryan, Imelda Staunton, James Thornton, Zoë Wanamaker en Paul Whitehouse.

Extra's: The making of David Copperfield, Een extra 30 minuten (in 5.1) van de originele filmmuziek gecomposeerd door Rob Lane en digitaal bewerkt door David Maurice.

Description:
Like a fine gourmet meal, the BBC's 1999 adaptation of David Copperfield has something to suit every taste: a well-paced screenplay that keeps the tale bowling along without losing the delights of some of Dickens' most sparkling dialogue; a rich gallery of characters; and a cast which features many of Britain's favourite actors. There is, of course, plenty of high comedy but some very tight direction checks any tendencies to over-ripe performance. The whole production is tightly integrated: from David's idyllic if cloistered childhood with his beloved mother and their devoted servant Peggotty, through the shattering arrival of a sadistic stepfather, rescue by his eccentric Aunt Betsey Trotwood and a journey into maturity where his very innocence makes him the unwitting agent of tragedy before all is resolved. Ciaran McMenamin is the mature David, his youthful face increasingly clouded by the gathering of experience. Trevor Eve oozes evil as his stepfather Mr Murdstone, ultimately neutralised by Maggie Smith's Aunt Betsey, a comic performance of true genius that gives frequent flashes of the vulnerable human being beneath. In other inspired pieces of casting, Nicholas Lyndhurst's incubus-like Uriah Heep haunts every scene he's in, and Pauline Quirke's Peggotty exudes the motherly warmth that sustains David during his darkest moments. Three hours of classic drama heaven. --Piers Ford

DVD Special Features:
The Making of David Copperfield. An additional 30 minutes (in 5.1) of the original music composed by Rob Lane. Compiled and digitally edited by David Maurice.

Photos: BBC