JK Rowling has been named one of the Entertainers of the Year by Entertainment Weekly magazine. While the stars of LOTR are on the magazine’s cover, JKR is joined on the list by 50 CENT, comics ELLEN DEGENERES, JACK BLACK and WILL FERRELL, UMA THURMAN, BEYONCE KNOWLES, SEAN PENN and COLDPLAY.

The Sunday Mail reports that Prince William’s university classmates have nicknamed him Prince Potter after JK Rowling’s wizard hero, because of a lightening-shaped scar that he’s now sporting, as a result of a golfing accident.

CBBC reports that thousands of teenage hopefuls turned out for the Patil twins open casting call in London. Thanks, Clare!

David Thewlis, who will grace the big screen as Prof. Lupin in PoA next spring, has been attached to the film, Kingdom of Heaven according to The BBC. Thanks, Alice! Editor’s Note: The news is about half way down the page.

PoA will be seen on Sony IMAX screen, WB has announced.

Filmjerk did a little further digging into the highly improbaby rumors of Stuart Baird directing the fifth Potter film: The reaction from the press department at Warner Bros.?: “We are not even thinking about a director for the fifth film yet… Another person from within Warner Bros., who asked that he not be named: “I …read more!

All the T-shirts have been sent out. If you only get one of your multiple-t-shirt order, hang tight. We had to send them all in separate packages, to make sorting and shipping easier. You should get the remainder of your order very soon. Thanks!

The Houston Chronicle reports that John Cleese, A.K.A. Nearly Headless Nick, may run for California public office. For his sake, we’ll hope it goes better then The Headless Hunt campaign. Thanks, Curtis!

BBC News has a nice list of Ten Things We Didn’t Know Last Week – including a certain something about Warwick Davis, who plays Professor Flitwick in the Harry Potter films. Thanks, Dee!

There are rumors about the trio being signed for the fifth movie floating around the net. Don’t buy them – they’re still wrapping up PoA and are in pre-prod on GoF…the script has not been written, no one’s talking (at least in anywhere near a public arena) about casting yet. It’s wayyyy too early.