Steven Spielberg to Present John Williams with AFI Award
Director Steven Spielberg is due to present composer John Williams with the prestigious AFI Lifetime Achievement Award next month.
Director Steven Spielberg is due to present composer John Williams with the prestigious AFI Lifetime Achievement Award next month.
It doesn’t seem like that long ago that we had many of the “Potter” alumni gathered together at A Celebration of Harry Potter in Orlando back in January. Now they’re back together for the opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood.
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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is set to finally open at Universal Studios Hollywood on Thursday, April 7. To celebrate, Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley), Warwick Davis (Professor Filius Flitwick/Griphook), and Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) will be walking the red carpet for the Grand Opening event!
Last month, Warner Bros. and CineConcerts announced the “Harry Potter Film Concert Series” with plans to tour the United States. Now a new tour stop has been announced in Los Angeles!
CineConcerts and Warner Bros. are teaming up to create a “Harry Potter” concert series! Find out more about it here!
The Oscar nominations yesterday were rather overshadowed by the sad news that actor Alan Rickman had passed away. Nonetheless, despite the sad day, we were glad to see that there were some familiar names among the nominations.
The nominations for the 2016 Golden Globe Awards have been announced today, following yesterday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, with Dame Maggie Smith (Professor Minerva McGonagall) and Eddie Redmayne (Newt Scamander) scoring major acting nods.
Recently, Classic FM listeners voted for the top 100 best movie soundtrack of all time. Racking up the most movie soundtracks within the top ten of this list is John Williams, the musical genius behind “Harry Potter”.
John Williams is best known in the “Harry Potter” community for his work on the first three films. Find out more about Williams, his work, and his 40-year relationship with director Steven Spielberg here.
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