Update, 1/10: The site is closed. We’ve had a number of reports in the past day or so about a website that is allegedly selling electronic book versions of the five released Harry Potter books, as well as an electronic book of Book Six, which we all know hasn’t been released yet. We’re not linking …read more!

JKRowling.com tells us that Jan. 9 is Prof. Severus Snape’s birthday!

Alan Rickman, who plays Severus Snape in the HP films, has signed on to play the voice of Marvin in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams, directed by Garth Jennings, and due out this year. Marvin will be played by HP actor Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick). Thanks Julie and all who …read more!

Issue number 54 of the liberal arts journal Topic: The Washington and Jefferson College Review focuses on Harry Potter, and is available for order online. The issue includes such essays as “Disillusionment in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix“, by Donna C. Woodford; “Fantasy and the Interpretation of Fantasy in Harry Potter“, by …read more!

IGN Film Force has a new interview with actor Gary Oldman (Sirius Black). While the interview is mostly about his role in the new Batman Begins movie, there is a brief mention of his work in the Potter films. “Playing Sirius Black in last year’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and now Gordon …read more!

The Hollywood Reporter has a new report about the financial success that Warner Brothers had in 2004, due in part to the Harry Potter films. According to the article, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was the studio’s top domestic money maker, making more than 294 million dollars. The article goes on to say …read more!

Some sadly eerie news via the Swedish Rowling Fan Club site – The swedish paper Aftonbladet writes today that they have found pages from the Swedish version of OotP (Harry Potter och Fenixorden) in the ruins after the tsunami struck a hotel in Khao Lak in Thailand. As the article says, “En bit från en …read more!

The Baltimore Sun recently published their review of what they considered to be the best films of 2004, focusing on the screenwriters of these films. In particular, attention was given to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The film was chosen as one of their top ten, calling it “A studio-made special- effects fantasy …read more!

PoA was selected the most popular movie of the year by Yahoo! Movies, beating out such film sas Shrek 2, The Incredibles and Spider-Man 2. Not bad!

Thanks to Jennna at DanRadcliffe.com, who sent these pics along (which we were able to edit/post at a time she could not), we present to you some shots of the filming of one of the Trio’s scenes and of the second task in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, sent in by a reader …read more!