Chat Translations

Totally Harry Potter has up a Spanish transcript of the J.K. Rowling interview, and De Lekke Ketel has up a Dutch translation. Also look for the German translation on Hp-fans.de, a French translation at the Harry Potter Mysteries forum, and a Portuguese translation from Brazil's Hogwarts site.
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BBC: JKR Drops Hints in Web Chat

Newsround was at JK Rowling's office for today's Web chat, and did a great little interview (including picture of her at her comp) with her after it ended.

What was the webchat like?
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Articles about the JKR Chat

JK Rowling Hints at More Harry Potter - Yahoo! News

Rowling Hints About New Book, Owes Harry Apology - Yahoo! News

Harry Potter to 'grow up' - The Courier Mail

We'll update this as they come in.

JKR Transcript Update

A full transcript of the chat is here, with the questions in order. (Phew!) Among the many revelations (no spoilers here, you'll have to read the chat!): which house at least three of the Marauders were in; clarification on the ages of the Weasley children; the kids' middle names; whether or not Hermione is an onlyContinued...

Screening Interviews

Veritaserum.com has up interviews with two friends who say they attended a screening of Prisoner of Azkaban in Chicago last week - thanks very much to that site for letting us know, and as always with something like this, expect spoilers, both in the interviews and in our comments section.
Emily's Screening Interview

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J.K. Rowling Chat Transcript

A working transcript of JKR's amazing World Book Day Chat is here. Ms. Rowling answered approximately 140 questions, and the fans did not disappoint in grilling her senseless - the revelations (and teasers) are dizzying. While we fix this transcript up, discuss!

Batman? Seriously!

We've been getting reports all evening that Gary Oldman is set to play Lt. James Gordon, a detective on the Gotham police force, in Batman Begins, which is set to star Christian Bale as young Bruce Wayne; the film is a prequel of sorts to the current movies in the Batman series.

Reminder: JK Rowling Online Chat

Reminder: Tomorrow, Thursday, March 4th is World Book Day which launches with a live web chat with JK Rowling. The chat runs from 10:00 to 11:00 am GMT.
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Audio from POA trailer

Winky, from PotterWorldOnline sent us the audio of the new POA trailer.
Thanks Winky!

Typosquatter Sentenced

Typosquatter John Zuccarini was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for using spelling variations of popular web searches, such as 'Harry Potter', to lure people to adult sites, for which he was paid a per-click fee for each visitor. Zuccarini was arrested last September.

New POA spot

We've just received what looks to be a new POA trailer. It opens on the Hogwarts Express, and includes a new shot of Lupin on the train, and a new sound bite of Harry speaking. The commercial also includes much of what was shown on the BBC preview program a few weeks ago, but this version is much longer. Enjoy!
Thank you Zach!

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Happy Birthday, Ron Weasley!

Just a reminder that per a JKR chat back in 2001 and the timeline on the Chamber of Secrets DVD, today is Ron Weasley's birthday! We at TLC are pleased to wish him a very happy 24th!

JK Rowling at charity ball

JK Rowling made a rare public appearance at a charity ball for the Leap for Meningitis fundraiser in Edinburgh. She generously spent 127,000 British Pounds towards things as a dinner to be cooked by celebrity chef Nick Narin, a motorised scooter, and a guided tour of Edinburgh to be conducted by author Ian Rankin.