If you thought Twilight fangirls were weird, check out video after the jump of Japan’s most obsessive Harry Potter fangirl meeting Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe. Above is the moment when she tells Grint he has “silver eyelashes” and begs to touch them.
Sanma Akashiya’s “Karakuri Terebi” held a contest last month in which 10,000 of Japan’s biggest Harry Potter fans competed for a chance to travel to the UK and interview the stars of the new Harry Potter movie. As a comedy show, they intentionally picked the strangest fans as finalists. A girl named Kana was the grand prize winner. [JapanProbe via /Film]
Other highlights include her wafting Grint’s scent to toward her face at the 1:18 mark. “You smell great!” she says. He tells her she smells great too, and she says that’s funny because people usually tell her she smells like a granny. Jesus, if you could harness the awkward energy in these videos it could power a city. It’s funny, being pre-sex age makes girls do crazy things like squeal uncontrollable and beg to touch eyelashes. Being post sex-age makes them do crazy things like join the Clay Aiken fan club and watch Dr. Phil. I see only one solution. (*points to crotch*)
Is it just me, or does Daniel Radcliffe seem like the guy at the party at whom you smile and nod politely while trying to back away as quickly as possible?
“It’s wonderful. I grew up around gay people my entire life, basically, that’s possibly why I’m quite camp, and some people think I’m gay when I meet them, which I think is awesome. It’s always good to keep them guessing [laughs]. I don’t go on any blogs or chats or anything, but my friends are demons for them, and apparently someone said “Daniel Radcliffe is gay. He’s got a gay face!” [Laughs] I really don’t know what a gay face is. But I think it’s wonderful that Dumbledore was outed as gay … Half of me thinks Jo Rowling just did that to see if she could piss off the right wing, but I’m not sure how true that is. I think she had it planned, I think she always knew he was gay.” [MovieFone via Vulture]
Man, talk about a Dumbledork. It doesn’t help that I imagine everything he says in the tone of “Look, Mother! I made strawbry pudding!” Fact: Ryan Gosling tried to be friends with Daniel Radcliffe and even he gave up after two weeks.
Emma Watson is super purty, and thank God she’s 19 now so I can say that without whispering it while looking over my shoulder. If ogling girls born in the 90s is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
These were taken at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in London last night. Daniel Radcliffe also showed up, and holy sh-t can we get this kid a stylist? You couldn’t possibly make him look more like Little Lord Fauntleroy than this. He’s paler than the ginger kid, he’s sporting a haircut that would’ve gotten your ass kicked even in the 80s, and that suit looks like if a jockey got a job as an undertaker. I love the three shot where Emma Watson is completely dry and looks like a fairy princess and they other two look like trolls they dredged from the moat.
[via DailyMail]
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has a new trailer out, and my brain would melt if I even attempted to make sense of the plot. Here’s the official rundown:
Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort’s defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself increasingly drawn to Ginny, and so is Dean Thomas. Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hasn’t counted on Romilda Vane’s chocolates. Then there’s Hermione, simmering with jealousy but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead, and Hogwarts may never be the same again.
I got all the way to “Voldemort is tightening his grip on the Muggle” before I thought of a sex joke. You? I don’t blame Voldemort. My grip would be tight too if I was hanging out with Hermione. Even if she does have a bit of a hairy pooter. Sorry, it’s just that I’m lazy and these jokes are really easy.
Crappy downer news day continues on FilmDrunk. How’s this for a depressing lede:
DANIEL RADCLIFFE’s stunt double wept after he was told he will never walk again following an accident on the set of the new HARRY POTTER movie, according to reports.
Ooh, let’s read on, I bet this is uplifting!
David Holmes was hospitalised in January (09) with a back injury after falling from a harness at Leavesden Studios, where he was practising flying scenes for the forthcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The 25-year-old had surgery at the hospital, which specialises in spinal injuries.
Holmes’ family published a message on his personal Facebook page to let friends know he was confident of a recovery: “David wants to thank everyone for their kind thoughts and wishes. And don’t worry… the stunt-runt will be back.”
But now doctors have delivered the devastating news that Holmes will be confined to a wheelchair and will never be able to walk again, according to Britain’s The People newspaper. A source tells the publication, “David is struggling to come to terms with the news. It’s terrible news but his family and friends are trying to offer him as much support as they can.” [OK.uk]
See how they got your hopes up for a brief second there only to mash them into dust? That’s good tabloid writin’. And if that wasn’t bad enough, check out the picture they ran with the story. Jesus Christ. Even for a zombie that’d be an unhealthy skin tone. Looks like someone took the quest for clear skin a little too literally.
