On Rupert - it's only the Big Three (Daniel, Emma, Rupert) who seem to have been obligated to show up to premieres together rather than with their SOs. Tom Felton's been bringing his girlfriend to premieres etc for years, likewise Matthew Lewis etc.

what's the context to this- if only I understood portuguese - when they pan around the crowd at the end, there's a bride and groom clapping?

She's a devout Mormon, being anti-gay is the official church position

so, you don't mind the fact that tv-bill is a dishonest, brown-nosing, violent manwhore? okay then.

Um, Jade Gordon, the person in question probably spent more time working on set than Tom Felton did - she was the stunt coordinator's assistant for 4 years, and also appeared as an extra in Great Hall scenes.

they were fake, his own teeth are fine - at the premieres he looks a lot more like he's auditioning for White Collar or even Mad Men than schlubby old Neville in a cardigan

of course Alan Rickman's the sexiest! I hate Emma's dress, I don't care who designed it, it's fugly. Why is she made up like Taylor Momsen? Seriously, Tom Felton's girlfriend (damn, I wish I knew how to link photos, she wore a great white dress to the London premiere and consistently dresses well for these events)…

there is no one correct way to pronounce ANYTHING in Italian - it isn't a homogenous language, it's a group of related dialects. Sicilians don't sound just like Romans, neither of them sound like Tuscans, etc.

Pah, there's more sexual chemistry between Harry and Draco LOL - and a funny story, the Harry/Draco slash is so common Tom Felton's brother teases him by using a manip of them as his wallpaper

I would sooo watch the musical remake (not that there isn't already a great fan-spoof one) given that Alan Rickman, Tom Felton and Daniel Radcliffe at least can sing.

@LazyHippo: Or - this dog was used as a subject at a teaching hospital, to say nothing of all the favourable publicity this school is receiving. Seems like a very smart move on UMissouri's part

attractive, professional shoes that don't kill your feet? FAAARRRRR more expensive for women than men, and you have to get away from the "designers" and go for practical. I go to the specialty shoe stores and rely on Clarks, Naots, and Ecco. As a teacher, I really can't afford an attack of fascitis or a foot full…

They can see my eyes rolling from space right now. At least it's clear to what extent folks like the Republicans and the RCC are lying when they say "think of the children". Just over the 49th parallel this has been a dead issue for years. LGBT couples have teenage children they adopted as infants. British…

Really? Haven't heard that one - did hear the one Lucic's mom gave, which painted a more civil picture of fan behaviour, but maybe that was earlier in the series.

@Ack: It's not fun for those folks to be IN the stands - harassment, people having beer poured over them or being pissed on, literally, for wearing Canucks jerseys in the stands, people being hassled on the streets. Way to welcome tourists, Boston, there are several thousand Western Canadians who will never go back.

how lucky for you that you live in such an exceptional parish. Not that your experience cancels out in any way what happened at this school. No one said ALL catholics were homophobic. Far too many in the hierarchy are, though, right up to Benedict

You'll get grief in Canada for saying "le weekend" in any kind of professional or academic setting, it's considered anglo-slang and the "correct" expression is still "fin de semaine" We translate basketball and volleyball too. Hockey, however, is hockey in both official languages.

The official French word for email - especially in Canadian French where it's been standard for years - is "courriel". That's what you'll see on letterhead or on business websites. People saying "le E-Maile" is just a lazy anglicism, like "le weekend". Seconding the recommendation for Nadeau and Barlow's Story of…

This feels like a much more recent change to me - when I was a kid in the 60s and a teen in the 70s my choices were pretty much the Sears catalog and the Simplicity Patterns catalogue. Given our just-middle-class financial status, and older siblings in university, it made financial sense for my mum to make a lot of…

way, way too young for me, but my daughters will love this - where's my "Alexander Skarsgard taking off his Hickey Freeman suit" video please?