Who is the girl at the start of Half-Blood Prince?

Elarica Johnson, to Indian audiences, is the girl who played the gorgeous waitress serving Harry in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
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What happens at the beginning of The Half-Blood Prince?

Half-Blood Prince added or changed several events in the literary canon. The book begins with a scene involving the Muggle Prime Minister. Yates and his crew debated over this scene, as well as the inclusion of Rufus Scrimgeour.
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Why are the Dursleys not in Half-Blood Prince?

Not so in the movie, for the Dursleys are cut from Half-Blood Prince entirely. According to Yates, his decision to drop them from this movie had everything to do with their comic relief stigma.
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Why does Half-Blood Prince look different?

The movie deliberately steers clear from the warmer, more vibrant hues that have pretty much been a staple since Chris Columbus opened the franchise with The Sorcerer's Stone. Instead, metallic washes of color make The Half-Blood Prince appear either steely or softly sepia-toned, depending on how a scene is set up.
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Who is The Half-Blood Prince explained?

The titular Half-Blood Prince is Severus Snape

The mysterious "Half-Blood Prince" who wrote notes in the book? That was a teenage Severus. Prince was the last name of Snape's mother, while the "half-blood" comes from him having a Muggle father and witch mother.
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Did Voldemort know Snape was a spy?

Voldemort in turn knew the first half of the prophecy from Snape. He knew from his own knowledge of the wizarding world and his spies (presumably) that the prophecy could refer to either the Potters or the Longbottoms, and he knew from Snape that Dumbledore knew this too (if not more).
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Why is Dumbledore's hand Black?

After Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts, he used Godric Gryffindor's Sword to crack the Resurrection Stone so as to destroy it as a Horcrux. While the act did destroy the ring as one of Riddle's Horcruxes, it did not stop the fatal curse. The curse gave Dumbledore's hand a withered black look, as though it had died.
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Which Harry Potter movie is most underrated?

Despite its flaws, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the most underrated installment in the Harry Potter franchise.
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What is missing from the Half-Blood Prince movie?

In the Half-Blood Prince book, Harry is frozen under his invisibility cloak by Albus Dumbledore to stop him from interfering in his plan to die via Severus Snape, rather than Draco Malfoy's hand. In the movie, this doesn't happen. Snape instead assures Harry all is well before going on to murder Dumbledore.
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What color is stupefy?

It's red. It's been cited as red, time and time again.
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Who did Dudley Dursley marry?

Mrs Dursley was the wife of Dudley Dursley: the couple had two children. When her husband's cousin Harry Potter visited them with his family, their children would play while Dudley and Harry sat together quietly.
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Why did Aunt Petunia let Harry stay?

Probably she thought Harry was her sister's last memory or Lily's last gift or the last responsibility for an Elder sister and she felt pity for what happened to HER YOUNGER SISTER, though Lily was different from Petunia, she had Lily in a little corner of her heart.
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Does Aunt Petunia love Harry?

Petunia never showed any love and affection at all towards Harry because he reminded her of Lily and the wizarding world. She treated him as a waste of space, giving him the cupboard under the stairs at first and making him do all the chores. She, along with Vernon, ignored most of Harry's birthdays.
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Who did the Death Eaters kidnap at the beginning of the Half-Blood Prince?

Kidnapped by Death Eaters

It is believed that one of the last wands he sold was to Neville Longbottom, as he disappeared the next day. Ollivander was captured by Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters and was held prisoner at Malfoy Manor, where he was forced to make a new wand for Peter Pettigrew.
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Is Hermione a half-blood?

The trio of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger consists of all three types of Wizards. Harry being half-blood, Ron being Pure-blood, and Hermione being Muggle-born.
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Is Dumbledore a half-blood?

He was a half-blood wizard, the son of Percival and Kendra Dumbledore, and the elder brother of Aberforth and Ariana.
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Why was the burrow burned down?

While they succeeded in drawing Harry out into the open, they failed to capture him as several members of the Order of the Phoenix came to his protection. While all of its inhabitants were outside, except the family ghoul, the Death Eaters burned the Burrow to the ground after failing to capture Harry Potter.
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Why did Harry Potter have to get rid of the Half-Blood Prince book?

So Snape wouldn't catch him (or rather have a proof). He didn't know it was Snape's old book, but he didn't want it confiscated as a result of the curse he used on Malfoy. In my HC, Harry told Albus Severus where the book was so he could get it.
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What is the darkest Harry Potter movie?

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

It is arguably the darkest movie in the franchise, which makes it so interesting to watch. The best aspect about this film is the character arc of Draco Malfoy as he struggles with becoming a death eater. The overall feeling within this movie is gloomy and depressing.
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Which Harry Potter movie made the most money?

1 Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part Two

The Deathly Hallows, Part Two is a faithful adaptation to the book and was well-received by fans and critics alike. It should come as no surprise to people that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two is the highest-earning Harry Potter movie at the box office.
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What is everyone's favorite Harry Potter movie?

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) – 96%
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Is the One Ring a Horcrux?

6 The Ring Is Basically A Horcrux

As Gandalf tells Frodo before he sets out on his quest from Bag End, “[Sauron] made that Ring himself, it is his, and he let a great part of his own former power pass into it.”
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What was Dumbledore drinking?

It is emerald green in the books. Also, in the book version, Dumbledore conjured a crystal cup out of thin air to drink the potion, while in the movie version, there was a seashell-shaped cup placed on top of the basin (originally a crystal cup in the script).
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How did Dumbledore get Voldemort's mother's ring?

“But how did you find it?”. He found it in the ruins of the Gaunt family shack, where Voldemort had hidden it after turning it into a horcrux. Also the curse didn't come from putting the ring on, it came from trying to destroy it with Gryffindor's sword.
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