JKR to attend dinner with Michelle Obama in London
JKR to attend dinner with Michelle Obama in London The Times Online is reporting this evening that the First Lady of the United States will be spending part of her trip in London at a special dinner with author JK Rowling:

Seated on one side of Mrs Obama will be J. K. Rowling, the author; on the other will be Kelly Holmes, the double Olympic gold medallist.

We'll let you know if more details come from the event.
Posted by Andrew on Mar 31st | 41 Comments
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Posted by crazz25 Mar 31st 2009

Sounds cool, I remember Obama saying that he and his daughters read all of the books...I wonder if Mrs. Obama will ask her anything interesting.. 1st!


Posted by sevviesnapples Mar 31st 2009

...being first lady has its benefits.


Posted by LunaLovegood123 Mar 31st 2009

GOOD FOR HER! I HOPE IT GOES WELL! 2ND!


Posted by pacifickay Mar 31st 2009

Two of my greatest female role models having dinner together?! That's just so beyond epic! :D


Posted by shelladawn Mar 31st 2009

Poor Jo, having to descend to the classless level of Michelle My Belle Obama. I hope Jo is as good an actor as she is a writer!


Posted by CarGonza Mar 31st 2009

^^ wtf? Awesome! I would love to hide under that table with a tape recorder. :)


Posted by phantomfluteplayer Mar 31st 2009

shealladawn - is that really needed? Even if I didn't like Michelle Obama, I wouldn't insult her like that.


Posted by tonks_394 Mar 31st 2009

What?!?! Lol that was my automatic reactioin because it surprised me for some reason. =D However, I always feel bad for the first ladies. They are always ushered out of the way. "Now, be a doll and run off to do some charity work, wont you? Uh huh."


Posted by phoenixknighter Mar 31st 2009

Don't worry yourself phantomfluteplayer .. people like shelladawn are jsut too STUPID to do their research. JK Rowling said she SUPPORTS Obama and Clinton, and she doesn't like McCain, so there you have it. You shoulda realized by her WRITING shelladawn, that she's not conservative in her writings.


Posted by phoenixknighter Mar 31st 2009

Don't worry yourself phantomfluteplayer .. people like shelladawn are jsut too STUPID to do their research. JK Rowling said she SUPPORTS Obama and Clinton, and she doesn't like McCain, so there you have it. You shoulda realized by her WRITING shelladawn, that she's not conservative in her writings.


Posted by luna_loveevil Mar 31st 2009

Oh. Well that's pretty cool XD.Hope it goes well (:


Posted by alexxx Mar 31st 2009

dude, that would be the coolest thing ever. and why (according to shelladawn or w/e) is Michelle Obama 'classless'? is that even a word?


Posted by phoenixknighter Mar 31st 2009

Shelladawn is just as idiotic as her screen name, lol. Michelle My Belle and Shella sound all similar to me. she's just mad that she can't eat alongside Jo. JUST imagine our great author JK Rowling sitting next to the clueless Hockey Mom from Alaska??? (Palin)


Posted by Remuslupinismylover Mar 31st 2009

yeah! I'm fan of the week! that was so random... btw Shelladawn please keep your mean comments to yourself!


Posted by hallows784 Mar 31st 2009

I LOVE MICHELLE OBAMA !! AND YEA , DON'T INSULT HER " SHELLADAWN " SHE IS OUR FIRST LADY AND SHE DESERVES RESPECT !!


Posted by Cricket Mar 31st 2009

I think they will have a great time and chat about their children, and I am sure too that Michelle will have a couple of questions for Jo. It sounds like fun. OT: I tend to shy away from subjects that are sensitive, such as politics. In this instance, I will say this: I may not care for, nor support some of the charities and causes that Ms. Rowling endorses, but I have paid closer attention to world around me as a result. That is the power of a good example and I think that Mrs. Obama is not only in excellent company, but that Ms. Rowling is too. Michelle Obama said something about the White House that I absolutely loved: It is the people's house. She is not only living in a legendary mansion, she is living history. So, they will both have a LOT to discuss and I betcha they become good friends. That so totally rocks!


Posted by hpintwense06 Mar 31st 2009

Wow, that's pretty freakin awesome. I can't wait to see reports about it.


Posted by SnapeSeverus Mar 31st 2009

wow thats awesome ... ha! thatd be awesome if obama was a potter freak like us .... and woah to the new layout but cool


Posted by hermionenessie Mar 31st 2009

omg two of my favorite women! if only i could be a fly on the wall...


Posted by tbc07 Mar 31st 2009

hmm....I'm assuming this new Mugglnet being changed for the economy thing is some part of their annual April Fools Day joke....haha we'll see.


Posted by hermy Mar 31st 2009

yeah...I'm kinda hoping its only a Joke too! Mugglenet keeps me sane! Dunno what I would do without my daily fix lol....


Posted by tonks58 Mar 31st 2009

Oh come on its April Fools Day. Plus they got the wrong link


Posted by robin4272 Mar 31st 2009

:) the economy.. haha. bring on the april fools joke! i'm excited! :)


Posted by iheartbooks Mar 31st 2009

I agree with robin. I want more! You're doing great so far Andrew. Keep 'em coming.


Posted by phoenixknighter Apr 1st 2009

Hey guys this is NOT a Joke! There's a rumour, that WB is SOOn gonna CONFIRM! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 will be DELAYED until November 2011. I bet Mr. Alan Horn is thinking that a year gap will be good for Parts 1 and 2. My opinion is because the first 2 movies were split by a year gap, so it'll be going "FULL CIRCLE" Can you believe that?!? that's outrageous!! I SWEAR i'm gonna KILL someone in WB, they're all in it for the MONEY! :(


Posted by sunlight8 Apr 1st 2009

I don't know what to believe since I saw the whole economy saving background, hopefully the april fools day joke... but isnt that a little too obvious?? or am i just crazy?


Posted by kdm Apr 1st 2009

I'm calling April fools joke on this even tho it was technically posted yesterday. I can just see Andrew thinking he can fool us by posting it on the 31st..good try Andrew! :o)


Posted by Holly09 Apr 1st 2009

Well, I'm not really a Michelle Obama fan, I don't like some of the things she has said and the things her husband is doing to our country, but I know that Jo likes her so I hope she has a good time. I might not support the same politics as Jo, but she is still my favorite author and I want her to have a good time. Jo's smart, though, so perhaps she'll figure out that what Obama is leading us down is the path to socialism.


Posted by orvokki Apr 1st 2009

I'm not sure which woman to be jealous of


Posted by krazykobra29 Apr 1st 2009

yayyy!! thats really cool they get to have dinner with each other


Posted by geek42 Apr 2nd 2009

OMG OMG OMG! thats so cool. I wonder what she'll ask.


Posted by shelladawn Apr 3rd 2009

It's funny that the same people that get upset that I would insult the first lady don't get upset that Barry H. Obama goes to the G20 and insults our nation to the world. And anyone who thinks that the HP books are liberal are crazy, they're about as conservative as it gets. And it's okay to call me stupid when all I did is exercise the free speech that Obama wants to take away. And btw, yes, classless is a word. Look it up in the dictionary, it will probably have Michelle's pic there in a couple of years. I don't agree with Jo politically, but I respect her, because she has earned it. As Jo wrote when Harry confronted Scrimgeour, people need to earn respect before they are given it. And, btw, phoenixknighter is a real cool screen name......


Posted by phoenixknighter Apr 4th 2009

shelladawn ,, give me 3 GOOD EXPLANATIONS WHY Harry Potter is a "conservative" book? Cuz you're about to sound as stupid as your screen name.. Please, i'm curious.. EDUCATE ME! What makes HP SOO Conservative that Conservative Christians DON'T like them?


Posted by shelladawn Apr 4th 2009

Is that the best you can come up...insulting my screen name? I mean, that's pretty lame. Three reasons HP is conservative. 1. There is a real portrayal of good versus evil. Liberals deny that there is evil in the world and they definitely won't call anyone evil (ex.... the uproar over the Axis of Evil comment by George W. Bush). 2. The premise that our Choices define us, not how or where we are born or our natural abilities, and that our choices have consequences that we MUST deal with. Libs think that they can do what they want (do drugs, have affairs, lie, steal or cheat) and no natural or otherwise imposed consequences should apply to them, only other people. (Ex...Obama spending millions on his travles (but firing others for doing the same) and almost almost everyone he's nominated for his administration has broken tax laws, but that's okay. Why don't you not pay your taxes for a couple of years and see what happens. 3. Voldemort was a Socialist. He wanted to take everyone's choices away and force them to do what he wanted them to do. Liberals today are Socialist, and a lot of them even admit it. I could go on and on, but I don't think you've probably understood what I've written so far, so I won't tax your little brain any further. Oh, and it's obvious that you are a libera,l phoenixknighter, because instead of coming up with points to prove me wrong, you just call me names....typical. What are going to do, cry next?


Posted by phoenixknighter Apr 4th 2009

*sighs* Shella Shella Shella Dawn, you make me laugh, lol. You remind me of Cornelius Fudge and Umbridge, twisting the truth and selling it as propaganda. JUST like the Conservatives. Well now that you gave your lame reasons, lemme break it down for you and show what a bird-brained fool you really are. 1. "There is a real portrayal of good versus evil. Liberals deny that there is evil in the world and they definitely won't call anyone evil" WRONG! JK Rowling makes that clear too. Just like what Sirius Black said "The world isn't split into two: Good people and Evil (Death Eaters) We've ALL got both light and dark inside of us. What matters is the part that we choose to act on. And that's who we really are." I see you're like Bush, calling countries "Axis of Evil" When in truth America has done some pretty evil things too... Does that make us Totally EVIL??? Watch the Star Wars Prequels too to better understand the dark side, lol. which leads to the next: 2. you see, you just contradicted yourself. First you said that There are Good ppl and Bad ppl. NOW you're saying that our CHOICES show who we really are? So if a Bad person makes a good choice he's still bad? And "Libs think that they can do what they want (do drugs, have affairs, lie, steal or cheat"... wow, just wow. So Conservatives don't do the same thing too? You know Umbridge was a Conservative. JK Rowling said it, the media, and the movie critics. So you fell HARD saying that. 3. "Voldemort was a Socialist. He wanted to take everyone's choices away and force them to do what he wanted them to do" Um, actually that's called Dictatorship. Voldemort was like Hitler, and BOTH of them wanted a higher class (Pure-bloods and Germans) and an inferior class (Mudbloods and Jews) with the inferior class to be exterminated. If you do your research well Socialists mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital, creates an unequal s...


Posted by phoenixknighter Apr 4th 2009

wow, i didn't get to finish lol. anyway Shellapawn the TRUE meaning of socialism is that they mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital, creates an unequal society, and does not provide equal opportunities for everyone in society. Therefore socialists advocate the creation of a society in which wealth and power are distributed more evenly based on the amount of work expended in production, although there is considerable disagreement among socialists over how, and to what extent this could be achieved. And that's STRAIGHT from the dictionary. So you see, you think you know everything but you really know very LITTLE. What, did mommy and daddy tell you all those? You couldn't do your research by yourself? What class are you... rich? Because i'm pretty sure you like the idea of an unequal society, as if ours has been leading us on the right path for the past 8 years. Oh, and boys DON'T Cry ShellaBella. and i know A LOT of conservatives that call ppl name's. There's no classification for that. DANG! Who the Helll raised you? Dolores Umbridge??? And i'm really a moderate FYI. you know the Conservatives like Bill O' Reilly HATE Gays? That's why he made such a big show about Rowling "indoctrinating" ppl to homosexuality. S H I T that would ONLY come out of a conservative. Thank God the Ministry of Magic was changed by the end of the book. And That's Exactly what's gonna happen with the White House. :)


Posted by shelladawn Apr 4th 2009

You really have no clue about anything, do you? You are wrong, wrong, wrong. Of course a bad person that makes a couple of good choices is still bad. It would be nice to have a mature debate with someone at some point. If you find a mature, decent liberal, send them my way. And stop putting words in Jo's mouth. I bet your post took you a long time to write, having to look up definitions for those big long words. Wouldn't it be nice if you actually had a vocabulary and didn't have to go back to the dictionary for every other word? Just so you know, socialism is one step away from communism and dictatorship. Yes, I liked Bush. I didn't agree with him about everything, but at least he's honest and has integrity, but I'm sure that turns you off. You're right, if Obama has his way, the White House and the Constitution will be changed...we'll have a dictatorship right here in America. Actually, I'm middle class, but I hope to be rich one day, and I hope anyone who works hard and wants to become rich can. There's another problem with Libs (BTW, you're not a moderate), they want to punish success. Oh, I see what really got you upset and why you hate Bill O'Reilly...he didn't say he hated you personally, just gays in general. And I bet Umbridge actually raised you and that's why you wear little bows big head. I don't cry over name calling, I would like to have a dignified conversation without name calling or vulgarity....I bet you've never had one of those. I'm finished with this conversation, like always, it's like banging my head against the wall when talking to a Lib... there's really no intelligence there, or here. See ya...well hopefully never.


Posted by phoenixknighter Apr 5th 2009

you see, you just lost ALL credibility Shelladawn, quit trying to prove something outta yourself. That's why JK Rowling ate with Obamas, and there's nothing you can do about it. BTW, you DOn'T like Harry Potter, because your name equals Twilight. Go back to their websites you hypocritical Mormon-Lover, lol. and ANYONE who likes Bill O' Reilly should BURN in Hell. I think God made a HUGE Mistake Creating you. Bye Bye Umbridge.


Posted by Harry_Potter_Prince Apr 5th 2009

WHOAH WHOAH! Ok, I got a few things 2 say. Firstly, they DID have lunch, Andrew is not fooling us. Its just inconvenience that it was reporte the day before April 1st. Telegraph said the same thing. JKR, Michelle, and Holmes are dining. Whoever doesnt like that their favorite author is dining with 'a lib' like Michelle Obama can just build a bridge, and get over it. Id h8 2 Palin with JKR. Matter of fact, if it was Palin, JKR probably wouldnt bother. lol Now, I go further. I am as big a Harry Potter fan as u can get. I know the books cover to cover. But ill say this, NOTHING is wrong with liking Twilight. NOTHING! Its a good series. It will NEVER compare to Harry Potter, but its still good. Im sorry phoenix, i disagree. Now for Shella. Phoenix's desc of socialism is correct. So, distribute wealth more evenly. Capitalism is extreme, and so is Communism. Socialism takes an in between view, and the proof is that both sides, Capitalism and Communism, hate it. So IF Obama is Socialist, im not complaining. Besides, just because the president has a view does not mean America will change. There's stillthe Senate and Congress. Conservatives are racists, and no liberals r not the only ones who take drugs and alcohol. It spread around the world because of ther companies and their evil ways f corrupting the minds of youth. And many were conservative! Gets ur facts straight. This isnt my opinion. Its FACT, so u cant argue with it.


Posted by phoenixknighter Apr 5th 2009

Thank GOD for you Harry_Potter_Prince! ;)


Posted by Harry_Potter_Prince Apr 6th 2009

no problem.




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