IZE OF THE WORLD

Promotional photos for the latest Harry Potter film, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” are being used to promote knitting materials sold by Opal, according to Oh No They Didn’t. Promotional pictures of the various cast members are featured on eight different colored balls of yarn.

This is a very interesting way to promote the new Harry Potter movie. It is appealing to a specific sect of Harry Potter fans, and there will no doubt be dedicated Harry Potter fans who also knit that will purchase these products. In some ways I think this is kind of silly, it seems there will never be an end to Harry Potter related products, from t-shirts to school supplies and now yarn. Regardless, there will always be some fans that will buy these things no matter how silly they are. I do not think this will attract new people to Harry Potter, but it will intrigue people that are already fans and also happen to knit. My prediction for what’s next: Harry Potter gardening equipment. Shovels, hoes, flower and plant seed packets with Harry Potter characters on the packaging. It is going to be a hit, I am sure.

This is the first I have heard of it, but apparently Scarlett Johansson is recording an album. The Oh No They Didn’t Livejournal community has posted a picture of her album cover.

I am really interested to see what type of music Johansson will perform. From the looks of this album cover, which in my opinion is pretty poorly designed, it looks like Johansson might be singing folk or indie singer/song writer type music. In some ways actresses who branch out to create music are doing a good thing for themselves, this will create more publicity and more fans for them if their music is good and  everyone will be interested in the album already because Johansson is an established and famous movie actress. This worked well for Zooey Deschanel, she was an actress and she teamed up with music artist M. Ward to create a duo called She and Him. They recorded an album together, and because they were already well known in their respective fields, people were interested in what they sounded like. Fortunately for them, She and Him make great music together. Deschanel has a wonderful silky smooth voice and paired up with M. Ward they make beautiful music that is a little country, a little folk and a little pop.

Johansson has an interesting voice and I am curious as to how well she sings. Let’s hope that she has a decent voice and good song writing skills, because this could very well backfire on her if her music turns out to be terrible.