The Phelps twins and their sponsors have sent over some new pics of their time in Japan, this time from their visit to the Warner MyCal Theater and the Two Piece store in Fukushima. For more info on their tour, visit this page (with a translator): In Two Piece, in kimono jackets At Two Piece …read more!

A little late but here nonetheless, our latest PotterCast is now available for download. In this episode we discuss the Goblet of Fire premiere and after-party, and chat Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with a more detailed and critical eye than in the past, now that we’ve all had a chance to let …read more!

Thanks to Universe of Harry Potter, who sent us links to some new photos from Goblet of Fire. Cho at the Yule Ball Malfoy and Goyle in class Seamus Ron outdoors Barty Crouch, Sr. at the trial McGonagall and Dumbledore at the Yule Ball

Our half of the video from the red carpet at the New York Goblet of Fire video is now available at our Videos Page. In this segment, see interviews with Jamie Waylett, Katie Leung, Tiana Benjamin and Mike Newell. For the other half, which includes Tolga Safer, David Heyman, Miranda Richardson, Dan Radcliffe, and some …read more!

UniversHarryPotter sent in this new pic of Ron and Padma from the French magazine “Gold.” Thank you!

We’ve uploaded some pics from James and Oliver Phelps’s autograph signing in Japan; these include pics from Planet Hollywood in Tokyo on Nov. 26 and Hollywood Collector’s Gallery in Ueno on Nov. 27. Enjoy!

Scotland’s Daily Record reports that J.K. Rowling responded to 12-year-old Breeze Gardner’s request by donating an autographed copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to a charity auction. ” . . . [T]he book is expected to fetch more than £ 6000 when it is auctioned off next month. Breeze had explained to JK …read more!

Filming for December Boys has begun in South Australia, and the Sydney Morning Herald has a short piece on Daniel Radcliffe’s “life as a full-time muggle” actor. The story also features a great new photo of Dan on the set of the film. On the National Nine News website, Dan talks about working in Australia …read more!

With the December 1 premiere of GoFgrowing ever-closer, there’s plenty of news from Australia today! The Sydney Morning Herald has a story about the darker tone of children’s and family films in general, and the HP films in particular. “In many ways, the blackening tone of the Potter movies is simply a reflection of the …read more!

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is one of the New York Times’ “100 Notable Books of the Year.” HBP is in company with books by Dave Eggers, E. L. Doctorow, Gabriel Garcí Má, Joyce Carol Oates, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Cormac McCarthy (great name). Congratulations, Jo! Thanks to Mrs. McClaggan and ndc1980.