The Toronto Globe and Mail is reporting an alarming email scam, targeting Harry Potter fans, particularly children. The bogus email appears to be from Warner Bros. and offers acting roles in the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [sic]. The inevitable catch is that there is a fee for this “scholarship,” sometimes …read more!

Conservative media organization Magic Picture Frame Studio has created its own awards, the American Values Awards, for film and television productions that “depict stories of love, honor, commitment, good versus evil, and the triumph of the human spirit.” Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is one of the films recognized for 2005, as “a …read more!

The New York Times confirms the Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) will return to Broadway this spring in Brian Friel’s play “The Faith Healer.” The play will be staged at the Booth Theater and directed by Jonathan Kent, who directed Mr. Fiennes’ Tony award-winning Hamlet in 1995. Cherry Jones and Ian McDiarmid co-star. Previews begin in …read more!

The signed item that J.K. Rowling has donated to Book Aid International is, as was the last, a secretive document that, is written on A3 (11×16″) paper, “involves Harry Potter, is signed by her and involves the phrase, ‘between the lines.’ There will be a preview of it in the Daily Telegraph this Saturday and …read more!

The Patronus 2006 conference will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark from July 7-9, 2006 at the University of Copenhagen. The conference will be hosted by the independent organization Patronus in cooperation with the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies at the University of Copenhagen and the Danish Harry Potter Society. The purpose of the …read more!

In a new interview in today’s Toronto Sun, Emma Thompson (Professor Trelawney) talks about bringing the “Nanny McPhee” children’s stories to the big screen, a process that took her nine years. She also discusses childhood discipline and working with (many) children and animals. “[The] donkey was supposed to be active,” Thompson says. “And it just …read more!

Actor John Hurt (Mr. Ollivander) celebrates his 66th birthday today. Cheers! Thanks, Diane, for the reminder.

As rumored and suggested, Chris Rankin (Percy) has confirmed to us (and now on his site) that he will be in Order of the Phoenix, ending a lot of speculation and wonder about whether he and his role would be in the film adaptation of the book.

Matthew Lewis (Neville) and Chris Rankin (Percy) have both pulled out FXShow 2006 due to filming commitments “on Harry Potter 5,” the site says, suggesting Percy will be in the fifth film after much speculation that he wouldn’t be. We’ll have more for you on this soon. Thanks Christina!

The cover of the Spanish translation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince may now be viewed at HarryLatino.com. As we have reported, the book will be released on February 23, 2006. Thanks, Pablo!