This is a very special week for PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast as we talk about Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling’s recent Open Book Tour stops in the States. We have a special report about her Carnegie Hall reading in New York City where we discuss many of the new revelations from the event. …read more!

There is additional news regarding location shoots for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film. In addition to the filming we told about previously due to take place this week in Wiltshire, England at the village of Lacock, there will also be crews at Gloucester Cathedral. The town’s local paper reports that “pupils …read more!

As we told you previously, actress Emma Watson was to attend the first UK Kids’ Choice Awards this evening in London. The first pictures of Emma from the event are now online. You can see Emma posing on the red carpet as well as her during the show right here. More pictures of the actress …read more!

Note: A preliminary transcript is now at the end of this post; please note that there may be some small errors in phrasing, and all questions have been paraphrased to save time; this is not a final transcript, but the accuracy of the questions and answers have been maintained. Reminder: We are routinely deleting the …read more!

More news has come from author J. K. Rowling’s Open Book Tour stop this morning in New York City as we have received a few reports from this morning’s event. The first comes from Bloomberg which reports of a senior from Concord High School on Staten Island, Kristian Cuzco, question to Jo regarding marriage. She …read more!

Moments ago author J. K. Rowling wrapped up the first of two reading and book signings scheduled to take place today as part of her Open Book Tour at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The first photos for which are now online via Getty Images. UPDATE: A few more photos have surfaced online from …read more!

A new video interview with Harry Potter actor Chris Rankin is online in which he speaks briefly about his hopes for returning as Percy Wesley in the final two films. Mr. Rankin sat down with TV3 in New Zealand to talk about his involvement in the Armageddon Pop Culture Expo and his experiences working on …read more!

Raise your glasses to actor Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore) who celebrates his 67th birthday today! Cheers Michael!

As we previously reported, Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling participated in a reading and question and answer session as part of her Open Book Tour today in New Orleans, Louisiana. A few of those questions asked by twelve lucky students chosen from schools across the city to attend the reading are now online. The …read more!

Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling continued her Open Book Tour to the city of New Orleans, Louisiana today where she hosted a reading for 1,600 school children from the state’s 80 Orleans Parish public and charter schools. The first photos of this event are now online and can be seen here courtesy of the …read more!