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MTV has now posted online a special feature featuring deleted scenes from the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD, as well as some fantastic behind the scenes footage of the Hall of Prophecy. The clip includes two new interviews with production designer Stuart Craig and OotP director David Yates, and you can …read more!

The BBC has a new interview with Dan Radcliffe, where he discusses filming on the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film. Dan says that the scenes with the students at Hogwarts and such will not be filmed until after the holidays, and notes that “toward the end of the film it gets as …read more!

Wizard Rock size=”3″>Wizard Rock sweeps the nation as Harry Potter fans fall in love with music about their favorite wizard and his friends. Below you’ll find links to some of our favorite Wizard Rock bands! Content provided by: Everything you would ever need to know about Wizard Rock is on this site. Wizard Rock Bands …read more!

The Boston Globe is reporting that Chinese language publishers have printed 1.8 million translated editions of the final book in author J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” since its release last month. The publishers of the book in mainland China, The People’s Literature Publishing House, printed 1.1 million copies …read more!

For weeks now scores of readers have emailed asking when the “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” DVD would be available for pre-order from our Cauldron Shop. While the DVD has been ready for pre-order from a few stores here in the States, today major online retailers such as Amazon.com and Barnes and …read more!

The idea of a clock which tells not the time but the location of your family members, as the Weasley family clock does, is something that may not be exclusive to the magical world forever. Discovery News has a most interesting article online which talks of a prototype device from Microsoft researchers which would be …read more!

In news that surely would make Hermione proud, the Daily Mail is reporting today about a school in the UK that has experienced a significant turnaround in the academic performance of their students after introducing a Harry Potter curriculum this year. While the use of Harry Potter in schools is nothing new, the paper reports …read more!

CBBC Newsround has a follow up on the news from yesterday regarding the actress to play Lavender Brown in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Readers will remember Rupert Grint mentioned a girl named Jessie for the part; her full name is now confirmed to be Jessie Cave, and you can see a …read more!

The UK Film Council has released a new report today that shows Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix led the way this year at the UK Box Office. The Guardian reports that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, “a joint UK-US production from Warner Brothers,” has “grossed £49.2m up to September …read more!