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31," the official said, referring to the date when Britain leaves the EU's single market and customs union, leaving behind its current free trade arrangements with the 27-nation bloc. "The only certainty I have is that Jan.

BRUSSELS, Dec 11 (Reuters) - A senior EU official said Sunday's target date for a Brexit deal might well turn into another missed deadline in the saga, adding that the latest developments in EU-UK talks did not leave them "very optimistic".

Eager to wow her pals, Cassandra then mastered wakesurfing while hitting a tennis ball on Stave Lake in Mission, British Columbia, Canada, while another clip shows her sipping coffee while reading a magazine.

SHANGHAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Hong Kong equities dropped about 2% on Thursday to the lowest this year, and China shares sank, as investors dumped property and consumer stocks amid fears China Evergrande Group's financial woes could ripple through the broader economy.

The official, who took part in the Thursday-Friday summit of the EU's national leaders in Brussels that briefly looked at the latest in Brexit, said gaps in talks on a new trade deal between London and the bloc were still "very very big".

He doesn't say if Harris ever figured out that Fawkes was not an actual living, breathing bird, but just an elaborate puppet. "So the prop people kept moving it and responding," director Chris Columbus recalls with a laugh, as clips are shown of Harris marveling over the responsive creature.

Once though, he accidentally went too far, smacking Felton's hand with a cane and not realizing the cane had sharp teeth that cut Felton's hand. And Isaacs said that while he loved young Tom Felton, who plays his son, Draco, he was "as unpleasant as could be" to him on set, trying to set up the cruelty that ruled the Draco-Lucius relationship. (The scene was deleted from the movie, bonita springs to estero but can be watched as an extra feature.)

** "The investment lens through which global investors evaluate opportunities in China has changed and the strategies deployed towards investing in the Middle Kingdom need to adapt accordingly," wrote Norman Vilamin, CIO of Wealth Management at Union Bancaire Privee (UBP).

First of all, I need my stadiums back. In his rant, West told hosts N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN: 'We Jew so I can't be anti-Semite. The 78 media outlets that called me an "abuser" when I was trying to get… Pete Davidson away from my kids that was tattooing my kids' names on him, Skete. 

It's a family-friendly trip down memory lane and you don't even have to be a huge Potterhead to enjoy it. And even the biggest fans likely will learn some new facts about the blockbuster saga. The gang's back together in a new reunion special, Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, streaming now on HBO Max. Those adorable kids who grew up making the Harry Potter movies are all grown up, and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) is even a dad.

Quidditch unmasked Credit to the various Potter directors -- the scenes of Harry and pals zooming around on brooms playing Quidditch are pretty amazing, and fun to watch. Viewers of the special get a treat -- you'll see behind-the-scenes footage of Radcliffe sitting on his broom, which is just part of a complex prop, with a green screen behind it.

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An elaborate prop bird was created for Fawkes, but Harris reportedly thought it was a real bird. Order of the not-so-fake phoenix This last tidbit sounds like an urban legend, but the actors and crew claim it's true. In 2002's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which featured Richard Harris playing Dumbledore, we meet Dumbledore's pet phoenix, Fawkes.

Fire alarm at Hogwarts There's a beautiful scene in 2005's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire where the other magical schools arrive to compete in the Triwizard Tournament held at Hogwarts. But in the special, Radcliffe reveals those were real candles -- or at least some were -- and they began burning through their ropes and falling. Hundreds of lit candles hang magically in the air.

The young actor playing David was 10-year-old Daniel Radcliffe in his acting debut.  When Harry met David Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Potter films, couldn't find anyone to play Harry Potter until he watched a BBC miniseries of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield.

He continued: 'I respect what the Jewish people have done and how they brought their people together. After Wall Street, when all of the Catholics, they wouldn't divorce people, so the Jewish people came in they were willing to divorce people and that's when they came into their money.' You know they came into money through the lawyers.

Perhaps that helped him get the role. Asked to read Lucius Malfoy's lines instead, he was irritated, so read them "through gritted teeth and deeply bitter," Isaacs says with a laugh in the special. Draco and his dad Jason Isaacs didn't want to play Draco Malfoy's dad, Lucius -- instead he auditioned for the role of Gilderoy Lockhart.