JKR was parodied on last night’s season premiere of Crank Yankers (a Comedy Central program in which crank calls are re-enacted by puppets). In the episode, a humorous crank call was placed to a librarian by “Lady JK’s assistant”, who wanted to book an appearance for JKR. The “assistant” butchered the pronunciation of Rowling and …read more!

JK Rowling is included in Fortune’s list of the youngest, richest, and most powerful people in the world.

Book critic Harold Bloom apparently dislikes the work of writer, Potter fan, and now National Book Foundation award winner Stephen King as much as he does J.K. Rowling. Kristin, who can use TLC’s search engine with the best of them. Thanks to Iris for the link!

Warwick Davis, A.K.A. Professor Flitwick, will be a featured guest at MegaCon 2004 in Orlando, Florida.

Julie Walters will appear on tomorrow’s Richard and Judy, which starts at 5pm on Channel 4 in the UK only. She’ll also be playing the title role in the BBC’s The Wife of Bath. Thanks to Jonny M. for the info.

The Telegraph has an interview with the exceptionally talented David Bradley.

TLC reader Kirsty tells us that the September 11th Scotland Big Issue issue, part of an international magazine dedicated to helping the homeless, noted that J.K. Rowling gave a German homeless magazine permission to print the first chapter of Order of the Phoenix, angering some in Scotland and England, who feel the author should have …read more!

Reader Spydey has sent us a link where you can listen to parts of Stephen Fry’s audio OOTP. You can order the version at the BBC Shop.

The Washington Post Express reports that Frostburg State University is now offering an honors course based on the book The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works by Roger Highfield. The course will investigate the ways in which technology can approximate magic, and will culminate in a written and oral scientific presentation with a …read more!

Thanks Cinderz, for sending this 427K vid of Daniel Radcliffe accepting his Relly Award. For those who can’t download, he says: “Thank you for this fantastic award. This is absolutely amazing, and thank you to everybody who voted for me. I’m currently on the set of Prisoner of Azkaban, filming. It’s going to be an …read more!