Thanks to the reader who sent this; from the June 6 issue of Entertainment Weekly is this funny, tongue-permanently-stuck-in-cheek, piece: DEAR MS. ROWLING: It has come to our attention that your children’s novel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is scheduled to be released on June 21. Frankly, we don’t know how you …read more!

And here, thanks to rupertgrint.net (or see the same photo at danielradcliffeexposed.com), the trio’s Grown Up Pose, which may be featured in next month’s Vanity Fair.

The Palladium-Item has an article that talks about a rather large mall-wide launch party at the Richmond Square Mall starting at 9pm and closing after all books are sold (around 12:30am). The newspaper is also having a contest. What’s one trait of your favorite Harry Potter character you wish you had? To preview the newest …read more!

According to HELLO, the upcoming It’s Totally Raining Teens of Vanity Fair will have the movie trio striking a “grown-up pose”. Hmmm…….

Thanks Robin, for pointing us to this Book Page article that discusses the release, possible plot points as released in the Scholastic summary (spoiler warning), the auction (though not “Get a Clue”), and a list of book parties that needs help from Meet Up and Read In‘s database, where over 2,000 signees are already searching …read more!

According to the BBC, Donald Parfitt managed to skirt a jail term and was sentenced today to 180 hours of community service and £55 of court costs.

A visit to Scholastic’s Web site has shown it to be remade with the Harry Potter look and feel. Also, in an effort to get parents up to speed (like most parents haven’t read the book), they’ve created a Harry Potter Companion. Stay tuned for the winners of Scholastic’s competition due out early next week.

In today’s CBBC “Celeb Gossip” daily update, they report that Dan Radcliffe has grown 8 inches since he filmed the first movie.

WB has told CBBC Newsround that they are most definitely on schedule with filming. No delays here.

Amazon.com put out a press release today with some interesting statistics. To-date more than 550,000 copies of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” have been ordered at www.amazon.com. At 2.8 pounds a piece, that’s more than 770 tons of Harry Potter magic – nearly 3.5 times the weight of the Statue of Liberty …read more!