Australia’s Herald Sun scooped it, and we’ve just got it from our side – actress Emma Thompson will play Sybill Trelawney in Prisoner of Azkaban. (I know at least three TLC editors, myself included, that think this is brilliant). Emma Thompson has a huge and accomplished list of credit; she’s an Emmy winner, a BAFTA …read more!

Today’s Ziggy cartoon featured Harry Potter. Thanks, Katie!

Victoria, in Milton Keynes for CollectorMania IV, spent some time this weekend interviewing Christian Coulson and the Phelps twins for us at The Leaky Cauldron. Here’s her report: Christian Coulson At Collectormania 4 there is no shortage of slightly hysterical girls waiting to get, at best, a hug, and at the least, an autograph with …read more!

The Herald-Sun in Australia reports that Emma Thompson has signed on as Professor Trelawney in PoA. (Thanks, M, for the forward!) The article also has a few quips about the actors’ current accomplishments and pasttimes: “I love my cars,” Tom Felton, who plays Draco, told the Sunday Herald Sun. “I have a black BMW 316 …read more!

A Connecticut gym teacher has developed a new form of quidditch for his muggle students. Thanks, Holly!

The award-winning Silver Chips school newspaper in Maryland profiled Harry Potter fanfic writers from among the student body, saying: Die-hard sports fans paint their stomachs blue. Groupies scream their lungs out and flash the camera at rock concerts. On the other hand, fan fiction enthusiasts, another brand of obsessed fanatics, slip past unnoticed by the …read more!

We’ve just been told that patches from the World Cup game, as well as each House and Hogwarts itself, can be ordered from Patch Palace. They look amazing, especially the very cute Gryffindor Owl.

It has nothing to do with Harry Potter, but our own BK DeLong, who is a Web Production Specialist at MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), is among those who have been working very hard to publish OpenCourseWare, a fantastic program which officially launched today. Through OCW, and making use of the Creative Commons license, …read more!

Michael Gambon, who debuts as Dumbledore in PoA in 2004, spoke briefly about portraying the famous headmaster. “Being Dumbledore is a big responsibility.”

Electronic Arts Inc., the vide game publishers of the “Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup”, are giving a few lucky kids the chance to compete in the Quidditch World Cup in Great Britain! The contest is open to children between the ages of eight and 14. Eight U.S. winners will to be flown to an undetermined …read more!