Harry Potter, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez and The Twilight Saga at teen choice awards

Harry Potter, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse were the big winners at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards Sunday night in Los Angeles.

The ceremony aired live on Fox from Universal City’s Gibson Amphitheatre, hosted by The Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2 won seven surfboard trophies, including choice summer movie, choice sci-fi/fantasy, choice summer movie star: male for Daniel Radcliffe and choice movie: liplock for Radcliffe and Emma Watson.  Watson also won awards for choice summer movie actress and actress in a sci-fi/fantasy film.  Harry Potter actor Tom Felton was named choice movie villain.

Taylor Lautner won the award for choice movie actor: sci-fi/fantasy for his role in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, while his co-star, Robert Pattinson took home trophies for choice vampire.  Pattinson was also named choice movie actor in a drama for his role in the film Water for Elephants.  Twilight co-stars Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene won the choice award for movie scene-stealers.

Taylor Swift was the big winner in the music categories, taking home six Teen Choice Awards: ultimate choice, choice female artist, choice country artist, choice country song for “Mean” and choice break-up song for “Back to December.”  Swift was also named red carpet fashion icon.

Selena Gomez was named choice TV actress for her role on Wizards of Waverly Place, and choice female hottie.  Gomez and her band, The Scene, won awards for choice music group, choice single for “Who Says” and choice love song for “Love You Like a Love Song." Bruno Mars and Katy Perry were named choice summer music star male and female, respectively.

The Vampire Diaries was named choice TV show: sci-fi/fantasy, while its stars Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder were named choice actress and actor in a TV show.  Their co-stars, Katerina Graham and Michael Trevino, were named choice TV scene-stealers.

The cast of Glee won a number of awards, including choice TV comedy, TV actor in a comedy for Cory Monteith and choice TV breakout star for Darren Criss.  The cast of Glee accepted their awards on stage and also introduced a sneak peek clip of Glee 3D: The Concert Movie, which opens nationwide Friday.

MTV’s Jersey Shore was named choice TV reality show, and one of its stars, Paul "Pauly D" Del Vecchio, was named choice male realty star.

Sean Kingston made his first awards show appearance since his jet ski accident and received a standing ovation.  Kingston presented the choice male artist award to Justin Bieber.  Bieber also won awards for male hottie and choice twit.

Will.i.am opened the show and was the Teen Choice Awards DJ for the evening.  Selena Gomez and the Scene performed their choice Love Song-winning hit “Love You Like a Love Song.”  Jason Derulo performed “Don’t Wanna Go Home” and OneRepublic performed “Waking Up.”

ByE Harry Potter Empire

After nearly 15 years, it's "hasta la vista" to Hogwarts, quitting time for Quidditch.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" opens in theaters Friday; it's the final chapter of the saga of a bespectacled boy wizard that became a global cultural sensation.

And like all the chapters preceding it seven movies, based on seven books "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" will be big news ... and big business.

More than 11,000 movie screens, in nearly 4,400 locations — including 3,800 that did midnight screenings — according to Warner Bros. Pictures, distributor of the movie franchise. More than $32 million in advance ticket sales, a lucrative omen for the last entry in a franchise that has grossed more than $2 billion in the United States alone.

It's an exclamation point on a phenomenon that didn't start when the "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" first appeared in theaters in 2001, but when it first appeared on U.S. bookshelves three years earlier.

"I think it's one of those universal things, like 'The Wizard of Oz,'" says John Georghiu, director of the Plattekill Public Library. "I haven't seen anything like it, since those classics."

"A lot of these Harry Potter children are now Harry Potter adults," says Matthew Pfisterer, director of Thrall Library in Middletown

"It's been generational," says Bridget Manigo, Thrall's head of youth services.

And multigenerational. Manigo says the Potter books are one of the few that are in all three of the library's collections: juvenile, young adults and adults. "That's what makes it so amazing," she says. "This series is for the serious reader; it kind of crosses the lines of age."

Manigo hasn't seen all the Potter movies, but of the ones she's seen, she's impressed how faithful they've remained to the books. "The movies were really in line with what I've imagined with the books," she says. "Some people who weren't into the books said, 'I love the movies, they were action-packed.' And the kids, they can actually compare the movies to the books; it's not like they're completely different."

But after years of libraries replacing worn-out copies of books, to viewing parties with folks dressed in their Hogwarts best, we've reached the end. And after folks watch the final battle with Lord Voldemort on the big screen — multiple times, no doubt — and discover the fate of Harry, Hermione and Ron, what's left?

Well, there's always Universal Studios in Florida, which opened a Harry Potter theme park last month. Maybe series author J.K. Rowling eventually decides she needs another billion dollars and creates new adventures.

But Manigo can think of no better legacy than the generation that grew up with Harry Potter going out and creating a Potter-like phenomenon of their own.

"Hopefully, some of these readers will become writers and do the same things," Manigo said.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, reviewed

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" dissuade them from firmly planting their tushes in movie seats and reveling in the final installment in their beloved series of movies.  But, because we know there are some folks out there who appreciate a little objectivity, we've gathered up these reviews -- but, honestly, the movie must be magical because it was virtually impossible to conjure a negative review.  The film's first review actually came on July 6, from London's Daily Telegraph and critic Philip Womack, who writes, "This is monumental cinema, awash with gorgeous tones, and carrying an ultimate message that will resonate with every viewer, young or old: there is darkness in all of us, but we can overcome it."  The Washington Post's Ann Hornaday, too, declares it a success, writing, "Feeling at once like an anti-climax and a spot-on send-off, the ultimate Harry Potter movie embodies all the elements that have made the franchise such a sturdy enterprise, from its cream-of-the-crop British cast to its lavish but unfussy illustration of a story that will always be captured best in readers' imaginations."  Calling the film "deeply satisfying," New York Times critic Manohla Dargis heaps particular praise on the older (meaning the ones that didn't start this thing as cute kids and end as Burberry models) who have anchored the series: Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent, Maggie Smith, David Thewlis, Jason Isaacs, Ralph Fiennes and Alan Rickman.  Writing in the Chicago Sun-Times, venerable critic Roger Ebert jumps on the praise train: "The finale conjures up enough awe and solemnity to serve as an appropriate finale and a dramatic contrast to the lighthearted (relative) innocence of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" all those magical years ago." But, he cautions, see the movie in 2-D because the 3-D version, says he, adds nothing.  Finally, at rottentomatoes.com, that egalitarian bastion of movie review-dom, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" is holding steady with a 97 percent fresh ranking. Like we said: magical.

The Dark Knight Rises launching Batmobile

While people in the UK to see the Dark Knight Rises is up new in theaters, here in America we were fighting all bootlegs then disappearing quickly to get a glimpse of what the next film by Christopher Nolan, has the warehouse. Do not worry, it will be in theaters here tomorrow night with Harry Potter and the truth is that it is just a teaser and does not really show much anyway.

The trailer does not even really show much of Batman not to mention your car. Luckily, we have established for the photos. Stop reading if you do not want to know what Batman will be traveling around the next movie.

The last time I left the caped crusader who had flown the Bat-glass and was turning the city into a Batpod motorcycle. That left many to believe he would get some kind of jazz, new and redesigned cars for the third film, but it seems that speculation is a bad thing. Bombo travel photos captured superhero Batman arriving for filming in Pittsburgh, and is nothing new. It's our old friend Bat-Tumbler. Take a look below and click for more

" Goodbye Harry Potter ", Christopher Columbus Says.

So, how does Christopher Columbus - the director of the first two installments, and producer of the third - feel about the conclusion of this series, which officially gets underway with the Friday release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?

It's "surreal," Columbus told our friends at Movie Fanatic.

"People say, well did you know when you were casting these kids that it would be such a success? No," he says. "We had no idea and we never knew that they would age so well. There’s certain younger actors, who after the second or third film, you would never want to put them in another film. In this Harry Potter world, for some reason, we had this incredibly blessed cast of all these young kids who became great actors and who maintain some kind of movie star charisma."

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 trailer, new released

harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 trailer film was released today.

 The film footage ;


Wowza. Wow. Wowza. That is our instant reaction to the latest trailer for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2," which just hit the Interwebs Thursday (June 16). Man oh man, is it a doozy. Even for those of us who've read the books over and over again and are fully prepared for what's going to unfold when the film hits theaters on July 17, this latest trailer is so action-packed, so full of intensity and emotion, it's almost too much to handle.

The trailer opens with a distraught Lily Potter (Harry's mom) speaking to her infant son. "Harry, be safe," she says in a strained whisper. "Be strong." Cut to the words "Every moment he's lived has led to this," before an eerie voice-over by evil Dark Lord Voldemort comes in over flashback scenes of key moments in several of the previous seven films.
"Harry Potter, you have fought valiantly," Voldemort sneers. "Now join me, and confront your fate."
From here on out, much like the action in the second half of J.K. Rowling's seventh Potter book, things get very intense. There are flashes of Voldemort in several states of mind and presence, all of them ferocious and teeming with dark force.
"You've kept him alive so he can die at the proper moment," Snape says to him at one point.
Cut to Harry, Ron and Hermione riding a dragon, continuing their dangerous quest for the final horcruxes that will help bring an end to the Dark Lord.
This is followed by the beginning shots, or so it seems, of the epic battle royale at Hogwarts. Death eaters are surrounding the school, and Professor McGonagall orders the magical protectors of the school to come to life and protect them. What looks like the Dark Lord's army is shown assembled outside the gates, ready to attack, while our favorite Potter protagonists are shown waiting anxiously inside the school.
Suddenly the final battle is in full swing, wands slinging, wizards clashing, all of which can be very briefly summarized by these words: death and destruction.
In the midst of all the madness, there are emotional moments that seem to show favorite characters preparing to meet certain death. One poignant moment occurs in a brief exchange between Harry and Snape, a character who has always mysteriously walked the line between good and evil.
"Tell them how it happened that night," Harry says angrily to Snape, before a flashback of Dumbledore's death appears onscreen. "How you looked him in the eye, a man who trusted you, and killed him!"
There is also a brief moment where Harry is surrounded by the ghostly presences of his loved ones, people like his mother and godfather Sirius Black.
"You'll stay with me?" Harry asks his illusory supporters.
"Always," answers his mother.
"Until the end," Black adds.
The remaining seconds are all about action, action, action — specifically, the fight between Harry and Voldemort.
"Come on, Tom, let's finish this the way we started," Harry says to Voldemort as they stand on the precipice of a cliff. "Together!"
This is followed by more quick cuts of wand-wielding and explosions. And then Voldemort and Harry are shown battling once more, this time crawling toward one wand.
"Only I can live forever," Voldemort says with finality.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is again directed by British filmmaker David Yates, of Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince previously. The script was also written again by Steve Kloves, of Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, and also Half-Blood Prince, but not Order of the Phoenix. This is based on J.K. Rowling's very popular series of books which have already concluded. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 arrives in theaters in 3D starting on July 15th this summer!