Update 7/23/07: CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. Congratulations to the winner Andy from Maine and thanks to all of you who entered!

Here at Geeks of Doom we’re giving away to 1 lucky winner a copy of the seventh and final Harry Potter book, J.K. Rowling‘s highly anticipated Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

TO ENTER: [CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED]
Send an e-mail to

with the subject line HARRY POTTER 7 BOOK, then answer the following 3 questions correctly.

Jul 18, 2007 20:27 ET

‘Valkyrie’ Begins Principal Photography in Berlin

WWII thriller marks first re-teaming of director Bryan Singer and Oscar(R)-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie since their 1995 hit “The Usual Suspects”

Tom Cruise heads a cast of international stars including Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Eddie Izzard, Christian Berkel, Thomas Kretschmann, and Carice van Houten

Production releases first photographs of Cruise as Stauffenberg

LOS ANGELES, July 18 — United Artists Entertainment LLC announced the start of principal photography today in Berlin on the international production of “Valkyrie,” a suspense thriller based on the true story of the daring German officers’ plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944.

Directed by Bryan Singer (“The Usual Suspects,” “Superman Returns,” “X-Men,” “X2: X-Men: United”) and written by Academy Award(R)-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie (“The Usual Suspects,” “The Way of the Gun”) and Nathan Alexander, “Valkyrie” reunites Singer and McQuarrie for the first time since their ground-breaking 1995 thriller “The Usual Suspects.”

Considering this thesis came out to 17 single-spaced pages in Word, I’ll make this intro here brief. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — I’ve read the book, I’ve seen the movie, now here’s the differences …

***Obviously, this is one big SPOILER fest, so you’re been warned. Click on the Contents links below to jump to each respective section.***

CONTENTS

— 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging
— Dementors Attack
— Dumbledore’s Letter to Aunt Petunia
— Hedwig
— The Rescue From Privet Drive
— The Order of the Phoenix Headquarters
— The Ministry of Magic and the Hearing
— The Woes of Mrs. Weasley
— Hogwarts Express and Arrival at Hogwarts
— Quidditch
— O.W.L.s and Defense Against the Dark Arts
— Harry and Cho
— Dumbledore’s Army
— S.P.E.W. and the House-Elves
— Hagrid’s Return and The Giants
— Harry’s Dreams and Occlumency
— Other Elements Missing From the Movie
— To Rescue Sirius
— The Prophecy
— Battle at the Ministry
— Dumbledore’s Revelation
— The Aftermath
— Back to Privet Drive

SUPER COMICFEST!!!
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Expo in New Jersey!!!

JULY 21 AND 22 2007

Guests include Billy Dee “LANDO” Williams (“Empire Strikes Back”), Melody Anderson (Dale from “Flash Gordon”), Nicki Clyne (Cally from SciFi’s “Battlestar Galactica”), and Morena Baccarin (Inara from “Firefly”, “Serenity”).

Oh, and Soupy Sales (!!!) and THE FONZ himself Henry Winkler, and many more!

Woah! like seriously you guys, check out the full line up of guest appearances at SuperMegashow’s Super Comicfest.

Commencing at the Crowne Plaza, Secaucus
(Meadowlands 2 Harmon Plaza Secaucus, NJ 07094)

SATURDAY 10:30AM TO 7PM / SUNDAY 10:30AM TO 5PM

HonkeyFinger main-man Jonny has updated me with the following:

“New single has just landed — not got my sweaty hands on it just yet though!!! Planning on doing a video too hopefully. got a few gigs and a radio session coming up, but nothing confirmed up north [UK] — darn. I’m presently recording stuff toward the album — finishing 2 tracks this week — so watch the myspace [myspace.com/honkeyfinger] for uploads.

all for now …

oh — and getting my Web site [www.honkeyfinger.com] updated.”

Check out the HonkeyFinger’s Conversation with GoD here.