Oscar Update #2: PoA Loses Best Score Oscar to Finding Neverland

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban did not win the Best Original Score Academy Award for which it was nominated, its second and final nomination of the night. Finding Neverland won instead. PoA's score was written by John Williams, who has been nominated for an OscarContinued...

Oscar Update #1: PoA Loses Visual Effects Oscar to Spidey

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban did not win the Best Visual Effects Oscar for which it was nominated. Spider-Man 2 took the award.
There's still the Oscar for Best Original Score to go, so stay tuned. Either way we'll have screengrabs from tonight's event later onContinued...

Reminder: Oscar Awards Tonight

Tonight, tonight won't be just any night...it's Oscar night! Just a quick reminder that as we told you previously Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has been nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for awards in two categories: "Best Visual Effects" for the team of RogerContinued...

Happy Birthday Timothy Spall

We would like to say Happy Birthday to actor Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew) who is enjoying his 48th birthday today. Cheers!

Mini-HBP Synopsis Circulating

We are aware that a snippet about HBP has been posted on MuggleNet andis making the rounds, purportedly from a catalog called Publishers Quality Library Service (which is a real catalog, just not the type of publication first news of the book is expected to show up in - for OotP it was in an actual Scholastic product,Continued...

Horntail Photos

Thanks very much to Emma-Watson.net for sending us the following photos of the GoF Horntail:

Horntail 1
Horntail 2
Horntail 3

New Mattel Images

...courtesy of Row M. Enjoy! (And thanks Alex!)

HBP to be Forest-Friendly, Greenpeace reports

Greenpeace is reporting that they recently asked Bloomsbury, UK publisher of the Harry Potter books, to print HBP on 100 percent "ancient forest friendly paper", which includes recyled fibre, with any non-recyled content coming from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) pulp. Greenpeace writesContinued...

Jason Isaacs Plays Celebrity Golf in South Carolina

Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) is one of the stars set to play golf at the Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament on April 11 at Barefoot Resort's Dye Club in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Baseball Hall of Famers Johnny Bench and Ozzie Smith, ProContinued...

Followup: More Delays in Scotland Goblet of Fire Filming

The Press and Journal has a short followup article about the delays in filming for the Goblet of Fire film in Scotland due to snow and cold. The delay of a week in the filming of "the last sequences" of the new Potter movie in the area around Glencoe has put a bit of a damperContinued...

Absolutely Spiffing Birthdays

Let's hear it for two fellows who are celebrating their 19th birthday today, James ( Fred Weasley) and Oliver Phelps (George Weasley). Happy Birthday!

DVD Game "Scene It?" Photos and Information

Row M has updated their Toy Fair coverage with more Goblet of Fire related product information and photos. There is a detailed description up now about the DVD Potter film game called "Scene-It?"

As with other games in the Scene It? series, the Harry Potter version asks players to answer DVD-basedContinued...

HP Cast Donates to Help in Tsunami Relief

Members of the Harry Potter cast are opening their closets and donating clothing for a charity fundraiser to help in Tsunami disaster relief efforts. Actor Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) has contributed this autographed Harry Potter Crew T-shirt from the Philosopher's Stone film to be auctioned offContinued...

New HP Ringtones in the States

(Note: We have been notified that these ringbacks are not legally authorized.)

Filming for Goblet of Fire Delayed in Scotland

Filming for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is still continuing in Scotland, but has been hampered due to bad weather . According to The Press and Journal "The cold has even brought filming of the new Harry Potter movie to a standstill. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire has been delayedContinued...