Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is lending his famous face to a public service announcement for The Trevor Project. Founded in 1998, the initiative is the nation’s leading organization devoted to suicide prevention efforts among gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered teens.
Daniel says: “I grew up knowing a lot of gay men and it was never something that I even thought twice about — that some men were gay and some weren’t…I think it’s important for somebody from a big, commercial movie series like ‘Harry Potter’ and particularly because I am not gay or bisexual or transgendered. … The fact that I am straight makes not a difference, but it shows that straight people are incredibly interested and care a lot about this as well.”
Daniel’s PSA, filmed at the organization’s Wall Street headquarters on Friday, is scheduled to debut this spring.
Two young movie stars were the highest paid actors in 2009, according to Hollywood Top 40 list — featured in the March issue of Vanity Fair.
Emma Watson is only 19, but thanks to her promising acting career and lucrative modeling gigs, the college freshmen was the highest-earning actress of 2009. Emma raked in $30 million after starring in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts I and II last year.
Universal Studios Orlando is giving literary fans their first look at the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park in a commercial ad that will air during this weekend’s Super Bowl. The amusement wonderland is based on the famous books by British author J.K. Rowling.
The new Wizarding World of Harry Potter section of the park, featuring Hogwarts Castle, will be the home of a new, state-of-the-art attraction — Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey — an amusement wonderland that uses ground-breaking technology to bring the stories of Harry Potter to life.
The Harry Potter theme park is set to open later this spring.
Will you look at that! Hogwarts Castle sure seems to be coming along nicely. The new “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” section of Universal Orlando Resort is being toted as an interactive theme park, bringing to life the compelling stories and characters of the hit book series and film franchise. The Potter Park uses ground-breaking technology to bring the stories of Harry Potter to life, says a Universal spokesperson.
On Monday, park representatives released this image of Hogwarts Castle as a teaser for what park visitors will see when the state-of-the-art attraction opens this spring.
