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Harry Potter Actor Jamie Waylett Sentenced for Drugs

Vanessa Baker — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:40:22 +0000

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Jamie Waylett, who plays Vincent Crabbe in the Harry Potter films, pleaded guilty to growing ten cannabis plants in his mother’s London home, reports the BBC. The 20-year-old actor was ordered to do 120 hours of community service.

He was arrested after police found pictures of the plants on his camera, which they seized after he took a picture of the officers – which is prohibited under the Terrorism Act – as his friend, John Innis, 20, drove past them.

“I extend my sincere apologies to all producers, cast and crew and all at Warners and most especially to all Harry Potter fans,” said Waylett.

He received a police reprimand and two warnings between 2001 and 2005. No further details were given about these incidents.

“Mr. Waylett, I accept that the cultivation of this cannabis was on a small scale, and this was not in any way a commercial venture on your part,” said District Judge Timothy Workman upon sentencing the actor. “Nevertheless you used a sophisticated growing system to do so. I give you credit for pleading guilty at the earliest opportunity, your co-operation with police and the fact that you are, until now, a man of good character.”

Innis was sentenced to six weeks in a young offenders’ institution and fined £500 after admitting to possessing a knife and 11 bags of cannabis.

Cheryl Rudden, the lawyer for both Waylett and Innis, said, “If I may emphasize that they are both extremely sorry and remorseful for what they have done and certainly would seek to be setting an example.”

Waylett can be seen in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth and most-recent instalment of the Harry Potter franchise, which opened in theatres July 15.

Draco Malfoy From Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Prince Interview on andPOP

Robert Ostfield — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:09:09 +0000

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Draco Malfoy (or Tom Felton, whatever you prefer) sits down with Jordan to discuss the newest release from the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Prince. Also take note to the cool Harry Potter storefront created in downtown Toronto where we filmed the interview.

Emma Watson Enrolls at Brown

Vanessa Baker — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:47:19 +0000

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Correcton: andPOP initially reported that Emma Watson was attending Columbia University while in fact she is attending Brown University.

Harry Potter star Emma Watson will be attending New York’s Brown University in the fall, reports Perez Hilton. The British star, 19, who plays Harry’s friend Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, will be living in a dorm room and says she’s looking for some “normality” in her life.

“As long as there are no Harry Potter posters on the wall, I will be fine and happy,” she said, adding she hopes her roommate isn’t a fanatic of the series.

“I really hope they are a really massive Harry Potter fan,” teased Watson’s co-star, Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry. “I hope you walk in and the first thing you see is your face on a duvet.”

Watson says she thinks she’s “reasonably okay to live with.”

She will be taking a break from acting to study English literature. The Independent reports, to avoid attention, she has enrolled as Charlotte E. Watson, rather than her given name, Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson.

The sixth of the eight films in the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, hits theatres July 15. The films are based on the popular novels of the same name by J.K. Rowling.

One Million Orders Placed for Harry Potter Book

andPOP Staff — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:53:23 +0000

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Worldwide orders for the upcoming sixth Harry Potter book have topped one million, according to online retailer Amazon.

With just 19 days to go until the book is released, 500,000 orders for J.K. Rowling’s book about the boy wizard have come from the United States and 200,000 from the UK. It’s possible the book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, could become the best selling novel ever.

The novel topped Amazon’s best sellers list just 24 hours after buyers were made aware they could pre-order the book.

The wizard love is global, with an amazing 265 million copies of the first five books sold in 200 countries worldwide and translated into 62 languages.

The book will be unveiled by Rowling at a ceremony at Edinburgh Castle at midnight on July 16.