BBC Newsround has posted a few of Rupert Grint’s message board comments from a chat on 21 February. Some highlights from Rupert, who goes by “Permlessboy”: Permlessboy: It’s great to be back, I’ve had a great week off, except for my brother breaking his arm and me falling out of a canoe and almost drowning …read more!

Website icSouthLondon reports that “Harry Potter is coming to south London to film part of the latest chapter in the epic saga due for release next year.” (Thanks to Coming Soon for the link.)

A brief article from Ananova on Robbie Coltrane reprising his role of “Fitz Fitzgerald” in Cracker had a paragraph mentioning that the actor was “spending the next six months filming Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, before starting work on the fourth Potter film.” (Remember — rumour, rumour, rumour.)

The Star-Tribune reports that “Harry Potter” illustrator Mary GrandPré will be appearing at Ruminator Books (1648 Grand Av., St. Paul, Minnesota) on Sunday, 2 March at 2:00 pm, to autograph copies of her new book, “Plum”.

Thanks BBC, for sending us this link that says the JKR SIMPSONS ep will air in November or December. JKR’s voice has already been recorded, and the animation is currently being worked on. It will be called “The Regina Monlogues,” which is the funniest thing I’ve heard all week….

JK Rowling spoke to BBC Newsround about why she agreed to play herself on an upcoming episode of The Simpsons. “I love The Simpsons because of the detail – there are so many layers and it works for kids and for adults. That’s one of the reasons I like it so much… When I lived …read more!

Cheshire Online reports that 6-year-old Richard Haller of Irby was chosen from among a thousand hopefuls as the closest thing to ickle Harry. “(His grandmother) sent a picture of Richard in his Harry outfit and, it weaved a spell on the judges.” The adorable picture won Richard a trip to Disney World with his family. …read more!

Ananova reports that Wella is holding an auction of celebrity hair, with the proceeds to go to Comic Relief. Included in the snippets of hair being offered for sale are ones from Elvis, Dolly the cloned sheep, and Daniel Radcliffe. (Thanks to “CFSDIMPLES” for the link.)

A grass roots movement to collect letters from fans of the HP books who are older teenagers and grownups and send them to J.K. Rowling has taken root at The Letterbox Project. In late March, the letters will be sent to JKR in “Harry Potter style”, with green ink and a ribbon, to let her …read more!

The Daily Telegraph has a profile on the artist who did the cover for the UK edition of Philosopher’s Stone. Thomas Taylor was a recent art-school grad when he was paid a flat fee of less than £300 to illustrate the cover of J K Rowling’s first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, seven …read more!