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Calling all Harry Potter fans -- all your dreams of apparating into the world of Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, and Hogsmeade can come true... in Florida!

Today the HP movies' fave bad boy Draco Malfoy, Tom Felton, made the big announcement: "Universal has given me the great honor in revealing to the world that the Wizarding World of Harry Potter will be opening its gates, spring 2010."

The park will be a new area inside Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure park. Check out this video of a preview...

Would you want to go on vacation to Harry Potter's world? What would be your dream ride?

J-14 hung out with iCarly's Jennette McCurdy on the Nick Family Cruise, where she shared her fave things from when she was 14 -- Harry Potter, anyone? It's all part of J-14's exclusive video series!

What was your favorite book when you were 14? Who was your favorite singer? What are your fave books and who are your fave singers now?

He can fly. He does magic. And he is the "chosen one" -- the only person who can save Muggles and Wizards from Lord Voldemort (No Biggie! ;) ) The Boy Who Lived, Harry Potter, celebrates his birthday today, July 31st! And yes, we mean the character Harry Potter, not Daniel Radcliffe, who celebrated his birthday just over a week ago! 

Join J-14 in wishing Harry James Potter a very magical birthday!
 
Fun facts about Harry:
-Harry's first crush (and also first kiss!) was with Cho Chang, a witch from Ravenclaw house who was a year older than him!
- Besides being an extraordinary wizard, Harry is also a fantastic Quidditch player and became the youngest seeker in over a century for the Gryffindor team! (In Book 7 we learn that his godfather, Sirius gave him his first broom (a toy one) for his first birthday!)
- Harry won the extremely challenging and dangerous Triwizard Tournament in his fourth year along with Cedric Diggory a.k.a Rob Pattinson a.k.a. Edward Cullen. ;)
- Harry was technically born in 1980, so that makes today his 29th birthday!

Leave your messages for birthday boy Harry below!

Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros.

The 10 Things I Hate About You (and Camp Rock 2!) star is a HUGE fan of Harry Potter! "I love, love, love, love, love the book series and I love the movies, too. I've seen them all multiple times in theaters and then I watch them all the time on DVD," she tells J-14.

Since today is HP star Daniel Radcliffe's birthday, it only seemed appropriate for Meaghan to wish him a Happy Birthday while hanging out in the J-14 office! (Psst! She also told us her favorite thing about Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince! Give us your review to enter our HP Twitter contest!)

Are you watching Meaghan on 10 Things I Hate About You?

Photo: Courtesy of ABC Family

Wizard and muggle world unite -- it's time to celebrate Daniel Radcliffe's 20th birthday today!

We've watched him grow from a tiny little tyke in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone when he was just 11 years old into a certified hottie in the uber successful Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that came out last week and has already shattered its own records to be the highest grossing HP movie to date ($159.7 million in the first five days -- whoa!).

Join us in congratulating Dan on an amazing week at the box office... and a super special birthday today!

Fun facts about Dan:
- What does Dan think of the early Harry Potter films? "For me to look back on the old films is an almost entirely destructive thing to do. I just torture myself over it. I mean, I was young. I can't be held accountable for the performance I gave in the first two films: I was 11 and 12. I wasn't like Dakota Fanning ... who could seemingly just do it. It was very much a child's performance." Awww... so modest!
- He has two dogs, Binka and Nugget.
- Dan's ideal of a perfect girl? "To be honest, just somebody who makes me laugh, intelligent a bit. I like somebody who's slightly mad, slightly eccentric."

Post your birthday wishes to Dan below!

And there's still a few days left to enter our exclusive J-14 Twitter Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Twitter Contest to win a Harry Potter signed prize!

Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros.

Watch out Harry Potter! Move aside Edward Cullen! Here comes a new superhero kid ready to take over the fantasy world -- and this time he's the son of Poseidon, the god of the seas!

And if the guy looks familiar... yup, that is Logan Lerman who you know from Hoot and Jack & Bobby!

How will he fare among the other supernatural characters? Check out this trailer for the movie, out next February, and tell us what you think.

Name: Freddie Stroma

Age: 22

Where to see him: As Quidditch stud Cormac McLaggen in the hottest movie of the summer, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, where he tries to woo Hermione (Emma Watson).

Why we love him: Of course we love Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, but we couldn't take our eyes off Freddie -- we were so jealous of Hermione! Just like Robby P. before him, Freddie is a total scene-stealer and the breakout star of HP6. This British former model is super athletic (he plays rugby) and has a big sweet tooth (see the chocolate scene in the movie!). Unfortunately, this hottie does have a girlfriend, but we still love him anyway and totally think he can become the next heartthrob a la Rob! With those dimples and curly blonde locks, he won't need any spells to make the girls swoon!

He talks about... being a romantic: "I like to think that I'm a romantic type of person, but I'm a realistic romantic. For me it's the sweet gestures like the little things in life that I can do when I am with someone. It's just about constantly reminding them how much they mean to me. Saying the 'L-word' everyday, that's the one that everyone is terrified of, but don't need to be."

Now we want to hear from YOU, J-14ers! Do you think Freddie is HOT or NOT? Let us know in the comments below!

And don't forget to enter our J-14 Exclusive Harry Potter Twitter contest!

-- by Tierney Bricker

Photo: StarTraks

J-14 got a sneak preview of Harry Potter of the Half-Blood Prince on Monday night... and fell in love all over again with Harry, Hermione, and Ron!

To celebrate the movie in theaters now, we're launching another Twitter movie review contest, J-14's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Twitter Contest. One will score a Harry Potter video game slap bracelet signed by none other than the movie's Draco Malfoy, Tom Felton!

Here's how to enter:
Step 1: Go see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, Oliver and James Phelps, Freddie Stroma, Evanna Lynch, and Jessie Cave.
Step 2: Follow J-14 on Twitter @j14magazine
Step 3: Tweet @j14magazine #j14harrypotter with your "tweet" review (yes, it needs to be short!)

We'll pick a random winner on July 27, 2009! So what are you waiting for? Get out there and see Harry Potter -- and start following @j14magazine on Twitter!

And spread the word... and get all your friends to sign up for J-14's Twitter -- and get out there and see Harry Potter!

Click here for official rules.

Plus don't forget to check out all our Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince features:
- J-14 Exclusive Video: Harry Potter's Tom Felton
- J-14's Countdown to Harry Potter -- 7 Days to Go!
- J-14's Countdown to Harry Potter -- 6 Days to Go!
- J-14's Countdown to Harry Potter -- 5 Days to Go!
- J-14's Countdown to Harry Potter -- 4 Days to Go!
- J-14's Countdown to Harry Potter -- 3 Days to Go!
- J-14's Countdown to Harry Potter -- 2 Days to Go!
- J-14's Countdown to Harry Potter -- 1 Day to Go!
- J-14's Countdown to Harry Potter -- Day is Here!
- Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince Sneak Preview!

Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

What do you get when you take a High School Musical and add some Harry Potter magical flying? The upcoming MGM movie, Fame!

Okay, maybe not exactly... but you've got to get out this new trailer for Fame, starring J-14's resident star reporter Asher Book of V Factory.

Asher Book (far right) and Kay Panabaker (second from right) look on as their classmates including Camp Rock's Anna Mara Perez de Tagle get their groove on.

Are you looking forward to the movie Fame in September?

Photos: Courtesy of MGM

Hi there J-14ers!

Yes, I'm just a measly Muggle. And to be perfectly honest, I'm not exactly a big fan of the fantasy genre... yet it's no secret that I'm 109 3/4% (get it? ha!) obsessed (emphasis: OBsessed!) with Harry Potter.

I've crossed borders to buy the original "British English" versions of the books that J.K. Rowling wrote, I own random HP trinkets like a Gryffindor jacket and character gummy candies, and I guarantee you there's no spell that could tear me away from Harry Potter marathons on ABC Family (nope, not even in the library's restricted section's books!).

So this two-year wait between films has been absolutely excruciating, to say the least. I had mixed feelings when the movie got bumped eight months (thank goodness, Twilight took its spot -- I'm just as obsessed with Edward Cullen, but let's save that for another day! ;) ). Needless to say, I was more than grateful that I was one of the "chosen ones" who got to catch an advanced screening of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on Monday night.

And... drumroll please... dare I say it? Yes, this movie is the best Harry Potter movie to date. No doubt about it.

Why? Five simple reasons...
1- It's hilarious! You'll laugh more than ever about everything from the kids' kooky flirting to Luna Lovegood's crazy ways - check out her lionhead in the photo above!
2-It's nail-biting! The entire fate of the world -- both wizarding and Muggle! -- rests on the bravery of Harry himself!
3-It's dramatic! Your heart will tear apart when you go through Hermione and Harry's jealousy when they see their crushes with other dates!
4-It's swoon-worthy! All the kids have grown out of their awkward phases -- Dan Radcliffe looks cuter and more charming than ever, Rupert Grint's grown from goofy kid into a certified hottie, bad boy Tom Felton's looks like a total rockstar now, and of course there's my newest HP crush Cormac McLaggen played by Freddie Stroma who's totally up there with my first two wizard crushes, Oliver Wood played by Sean Biggerstaff, and Cedric Diggory played by some guy you've never heard of called Rob Pattinson. :)
5-And it's heart-wrenching! No spoilers for those who haven't read the book, but you will need Kleenex. Boxes of it.

Or to put it into Twitter-sized thinking: I laughed, I cried, I screamed, I shrieked, I sweated, I swooned... in short, loved every minute of Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince!

But this is my issue with the films... every time I see a new Harry Potter film, I feel like I've seen it before!

Huh? What do I mean? Well, not long after the movie started, Harry and Dumbledore were in Professor Horace Slughorne's house and I knew I'd be there before. Only I couldn't have... because this was the first time I'd seen the movie and hadn't ever seen any photos of it. I felt the same way in Fred and George's joke shop. And again in the dark cave with Harry and Dumbledore at the end.

And then it clicked. I realized I HAD been to all these places before. But it was only in my head when I read the books! And suddenly, I realized the beauty of the Harry Potter movies and books is that J.K. Rowling writes every minute detail so vividly and clearly and the filmmakers have kept to her word so faithfully that what I saw on screen was literally what I'd pictured in my imagination while I was reading the books! It's like they reached into MY memory and bottled it up and poured it only the big screen. :)

Well, I'd need a time-turner to keep writing everything I have to say about this BEST Harry Potter movie EVER, so I'll leave it at that... and I cannot wait to hear what all of you guys think after you see the movie tomorrow! Do tell!

Mugglely Yours,
Ra-"Cho Chang" (ha!)
J-14 Editor

Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros.

J-14 was the only magazine on the scene as 750 Harry Potter fans lined up at the Hot Topic at Garden State Plaza in Paramus, NJ, to meet the movie's Draco Malfoy, Tom Felton!

And he may play Harry's archenemy -- but there's not one ounce of evil in Tom! Check out our exclusive video interview where we chatted with him about everything from McDonald's Chicken Nuggets and Twitter to Twilight rumors -- and who he thinks would win a battle between Draco and Edward Cullen!

Do you agree with Tom about who would win the Edward Cullen vs. Draco Malfoy battle?! Tell us!

Get in the face of evil today... here's your chance to meet Harry Potter's arch enemy, Draco Malfoy! New Jersey-area fans can meet and greet actor Tom Felton tonight at the Hot Topic store at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus, NJ starting at 7 p.m.

In the exact same spot where J-14 hung out with Kristen Stewart and Nikki Reed while they signed autographs for fans before the opening of Twilight last November, Tom will be autographing a special-edition Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster for the first 750 fans, just a few days before the movie opens on July 15.

The first 750 fans to purchase a Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Draco shirt at the Hot Topic will get a wristband to get access to the store to meet Tom!

And the special HP6 shirt isn't the only magical merchandise available. At all Hot Topic stores across the U.S., there's a huge collection of Harry Potter wallets, messenger bags, accessories, and goodies that will make you feel like you're shopping at Diagon Alley!

The movie hits theaters next Wednesday... and don't miss out on J-14's official countdown to the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince release:
- J-14's Countdown to Harry Potter -- 7 Days to Go!
- J-14's Countdown to Harry Potter -- 6 Days to Go!
- J-14's Countdown to Harry Potter -- 5 Days to Go!

What do you guys think of Tom Felton and his character Draco Malfoy?

Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Just a week and a half before Rupert Grint's long awaited movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, hits theaters on July 15, his reps confirmed that the 20-year-old actor who plays Ron Weasley has a "mild bout" of the swine flu.

But don't fear... Rupert is recovering and is back to work on the seventh film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. He had to take a few days off, but is officially not contagious anymore.

He's also well enough to attend the London premiere of his movie on Tuesday along with his costars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson.

J-14 hopes Rupert gets 100% well soon. Post your "Get Well" messages to Rupert below!

Photos: Courtesy of Warner Bros.

Name: Jamie Campbell Bower

Age: 20

Where to see him: You may recognize him from the 2007 movie musical, Sweeney Todd (yes, he sings!) -- and come this November, Jamie will take a bite out of the role of bad vamp, Caius, a member of the Volturi Family in The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Why we love him: Jamie could very well be the next Rob Pattinson... they're both British, musically inclined (he's the lead singer and guitarist for the band The Darling Buds who are playing tonight in London!), and totally crush-worthy! Another thing that have in common? Harry Potter! Jamie will join the HP crew for the seventh film as the younger version of Gellert Grindelwald. Jamie is goofy, laid-back and totally lovable. Sigh, he's almost too good to be true. We can't wait to see more of Jamie, our pick as the next big thing!

He talks about... his love of performing: "I think I always sort of had the calling -- that sounds so generic and cheesy, but it's true! I always had the idea that I wanted to perform. I love being the center of attention and I always love talking about myself," he says with a laugh.

If you haven't seen Sweeney Todd, check out this clip of Jamie singing "Johanna":

And here's a video of Jamie singing "Cities Alive" with The Darling Buds:

Now we want to hear from YOU, J-14ers! Do you think Jamie is HOT or NOT? Let us know in the comments below!

-- by Tierney Bricker

Could another Harry Potter star being following in Rob Pattinson's footsteps and trading in his wand for immortality -- that is, making the jump from Harry Potter to Twilight?
 
Rumors are swirling that Tom Felton, who plays Harry's bleach-blond enemy Draco Malfoy, is being considered for the role of Riley in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third installment of the series. Riley is described as "a handsome, blond, clean-cut college boy who falls victim to Victoria." And as true Twilight fans know, Riley plays an integral part in Victoria's plan to destroy Bella.
 
Tom took to his Twitter to address all the rumors:

 
This isn't the first time Tom has been suggested by fans for a role in Twilight. He was one of the favorites to be cast as Alec, a member of the Volturi and Jane's twin brother. The role eventually went to Cameron Bright.
 
Tom also Tweeted about his first day back on the Harry Potter set for the seventh film, The Deathly Hallows, which was today! He Twittered about his costume fitting, doing interviews, and even about his hair and makeup:
 

 
Do you think Tom would be a good choice to play Riley or do you have another actor in mind? 

Photos: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures, Summit Entertainment

Forget Rob Pattinson? Never. But today the teaser poster for his movie, Remember Me, was revealed by Summit Entertainment (yup, the same people behind The Twilight Saga).

Rob will spend the summer in New York City filming the movie, which will hit theaters on February 12, 2010... just in time for Valentine's Day (sigh).

The poster features the NYC skyline in the background, with Rob's name. He's currently the only actor attached to the project.

The official description for the film reads, "Infused with humor and romance, Remember Me tells the unforgettable love story of two young people who learn how important it is to love passionately and live loudly everyday of one's life."

Earlier today, rumors circulated that Harry Potter's Emma Watson would be Rob's costar, but we set the record straight.

Based on this description, who do you think would make a good costar for Rob? (And no, you can't choose you ;) ).

Rumors are flying that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire costars Emma Watson and Robert Pattinson (he played Hogwarts wizard Cedric Diggory in the movie) will be starring together in Rob's next movie, Remember Me. As much as we'd like to see a Harry Potter reunion, the pairing actually just comes from an MTV poll asking readers who they'd like to see as Rob's costar and Emma came in the top spot. So as of now, Emma will not be in Robby P.'s movie.

Rob and Emma will both be on the MTV Movie Awards -- but Emma's portion will be broadcast from England. Rob will be presenting exclusive footage from The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and Emma from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

However, that doesn't mean Rob's not a total gentleman around Emma. You've got to see this vintage footage of Rob pouring water for Emma. Awww! How we wish we were in her place! ;)

Do you like Rob Pattinson better as a wizard or a vampire? (We think we know the answer here. ;) ).

Photos: Courtesy of Summit Entertainment, Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures