The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 21, 2002, Image 4

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Thursday, November 21, 2002
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Sec^
Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Kenneth Branac
Richard Harris
Directed by Chris Columbus
Harry Potter is back in this adaptation of J.K. Rowlin.
ond novel. Harry is joined again with Ron Weasley and
Hermione Grangei foi theii second year at HogwartsSckia
Witchcraft and Wizardry'.
Strange events unfold as Harry (Radcliffe) is warned J
return to Hogw arts by Dobby, a demented house-elf who
indulges in self punishment. Harry does not heedDobbysi
ing and returns to Hogwarts where things quickly gear,
lli-.iory repeals itself as someone opens the hidden CbiiiJ
Secrets again and attacks the “Mudblood" students,ortfe
are bom to non-rnagically-endowed parents, such as Her
Harry must depend on the help of a magic diary and the sJ
lorn Riddle, w ho w as a student at Hogwarts more than.%
ago, to unravel the mystery. Along with Hermione’s wit anil
Ron’s loyalty, the threesome finds out what is terrorizin'
Hogwarts.
Even with hnlliani spes i.d elkvis.uul ncv. dura,:-.."
to the line-up, most of the spunk from the first movie isIm,
Chamber of Secrets depends more upon a fury of actionta
character development. i£very time Harry and his friendssti
trouble, he doesn't rely on wit or resourcefulness, but on ilj
ing car that pops up out of now here to save him. Orthethosl
aided by the power of Professor Dumbledore’s (Hams)pfi
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NEW YORK (AP) - Jay-Z once again proved he hasthebkf
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The rapper's latest disc. The Blueprint 2: The Gift i f 1 '
debuted at No. 1, selling about 545,000 copies during to
in stores, according to industry figures released Wednesdav
A year ago, his album The Blueprint debuted at the -
and stayed there for three weeks.
Jay-Z bumped the 8 Mile soundtrack down to No. 2
which contains music from rapper Eminem's movie o • |
name, sold another 400,000 copies for a total of l- 6n11 .,
Another rapper, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, debute
with her latest, Under Construction. It sold nearly 259,
And Riot Act, the first studio album from Pearl
reached the fifth spot during its first week in stores,
166,000 copies. # i.
Letterman tapes show with special
NEW YORK (AP) - David Letterman invited 494 P e °P[^||
upstate community of Schoharie — a large segment of r p F
to be his audience at a special edition of the Late . oW u ra | C0 ^
Letterman poked fun at an exalted rural life in se
bits that took up half of Monday's show.
"Tonight would be an excellent night to knock ov
store," Letterman said, noting that those residents n0
were probably out on the opening day of hunting se .
The show's Top 10 list, read by village Mayor John Bors, ^
10 reasons why being Schoharie's mayor is the besf J
including No. 2, "Dude, I'm the most powerful rn 30 in u
For their part, the citizens of Schoharie decar
"David Letterman Day." n
Schoharie is both a village and surrounding '
miles west of Albany. About 3,300 people live m
one-third in the village. . o , ne wspapef.
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