We have a fun bit of news for you, as the USA Today has a lengthy feature on the rise in popularity of Quidditch at colleges here in the States. Focusing on the team at Middlebury College, the paper notes the college saw an “Intercollegiate Quidditch World Cup Fall Festival” complete with “banners, team processions …read more!

While in London recently promoting their new film “Sweeney Todd,” IESB.net reports that actors Alan Rickman and Helena Bonham Carter also mentioned their roles in the Harry Potter films. Actress Helena Bonham Carter states yet again that she will be back as Bellatrix Lestrange filming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” in February of 2008. …read more!

A rumor has cropped up in recent weeks claiming that singer Madonna’s daughter Lourdes had been considered for a part in HBP. This is false, the WB has told TLC. She will not be in the film.

PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast is here this week bringing you good tidings and a call for your Holiday filks! In this episode we have for you some new Fan Thoughts in addition to a Bit by Bit, where we pick up with chapter five of “Deathly Hallows,” and the latest installment of Phoenix Files. …read more!

Actor Toby Jones, who provides his voice to the digitally created character of Dobby in the “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” film, is the subject of a new interview online from MTV. In this interview, Mr. Jones discusses his desire to again give his voice to the house elf in the seventh film, …read more!

A new contest has been announced in Brazil for one lucky winner from that country and a guest to win a trip visit to the “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” set at Leavesden Studios in the UK. Warner Bros. gave the details today on the contest that goes in correlation with the DVD release …read more!

J.K. Rowling Born: July 31, 1965 in Yate, South Gloucestershire, England Birth Name: Joanne “Jo” Rowling Lives: Edinburgh, Scotland, with husband, anesthesiologist Neil Murray, and kids Jessica (b. July 1993), David (b. March 2003) and Mackenzie (b. January 2005). Books: Ten to date – the seven Harry Potter books as well as Quidditch Through the …read more!

Canada’s Edmonton Sun Newspaper has two new interviews online where they sit down with Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), along with “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” director David Yates and its producer David Heyman, to discuss many different topics related to the sixth film. These interviews …read more!

The New York Times has now released their annual compilation of the 100 Notable Books of the Year, and this list includes Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The December 2 print edition of the Sunday Book Review will include the entire list, however you can access this list on the Times website today, as …read more!

Today we celebrate the birthday of actress Shirley Henderson, who portrays the ghost of Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter films. Everyone, please raise your glasses to toast Miss Henderson on her 42nd birthday this evening. Cheers, Shirley!