Despite appearing in “Harry Potter and Me”, Philip Pullman has only read one of the five Harry Potter books according to an interview with The Independent: Harry Potter or The Lord of the Rings? Mel Robertson, by e-mail Um. This is one of those Archbishop of Canterbury 12-second silences. I can’t really answer the question. …read more!

According to the Web site for the Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council, Phelps twins James and Oliver (known for their role as Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter movies), will be launching Nuneaton’s Christmas Light Switch-On Event called “The Magic of Christmas“. (Editor’s Note: The N&B Borough Council Web site seems to be …read more!

Sue Upton sent us this article from Ananova stating that Timothy Spall, the actor due to play Peter Pettigrew in the upcoming Prisoner of Azkaban will take the role of Mr. Poe in “Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events”. He will be joining Jim Carey (Count Olaf), Jude Law (Lemony Snicket), and Meryl Streep …read more!

Last night, winners were announced for the 2003 British Independent Film Awards. Included amongst those given awards was John Hurt, who played Mr. Ollivander in the first film. He was presented the 2003 Richard Harris Award in honor of the late actor who played Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films. John Hurt, 63, won …read more!

According to reader Dawn, Emma Thompson was on Michael Parkinson‘s chat show this past weekend and she spoke a bit about her role as Professor Trelawney: [I was] channelling Alastair Sim as he sounded when he appeared as Miss Fritton, the headmistress of St Trinians, in the 1954 film “the Belles of St Trinians”. You …read more!

Tess, who works at the St. Joseph Press, alerted us to today’s edition. It would seem that a concerned reader left a message on their anonymous reader-comment voicemail in regards to “That Harry Potter who is coming to America and speaking at our schools and that our kids are reading his sick, multi-volume manifestos on …read more!

The Payson Roundup reported that a group from the Victory Chapel gathered outside of the Payson Public Library to protest the library’s “Harry Potter, a Kid’s Night Out” event. The protesters used bullhorns to annouce to the children that, “God would think Harry Potter is an abomination”.

Emma Thompson will be a guest on the Wednesday, November 5th. Live with Regis & Kelly show. It will air at 9am EST. Thanks, Grace!

William Safire, author of the NYT column “On Language,” who usually pummels Rowling’s writing, has mentioned her use of “frog-march”, with no sign of condescension (if you don’t count his insistence her books are solely for children): The author of the Harry Potter series, J. K. Rowling, who used the colorful verb in one of …read more!

”Harry Potter aur paras pathar’ kahani hai ek gyarah saal ke ladke ki, jo apne uncle-aunty ke saath dukhad zindagi ji raha hai hai. Parantu tabhi use jaadu aur tantra ke school Hogwarts mein padne ke liye bulaya jata hai aur vahan jaakar veh ban jaata ek mahan jaadugar. School mein veh Quidditch khelta hai, …read more!