Jai, one of the fab five from Bravo’s hit show

John Williams, the musical director of the Harry Potter films, has been chosen to be the grand marshal of the 2004 Rose Parade. The parade’s theme will be, “Music, music, music!”

CNN has an article this evening showcasing more of the grownup Harry Potter advertisements.

Christian Coulson (Tom Riddle), along with Toby Jones (Dobby, in the flesh!), Matthew Lewis (Neville), and James and Oliver Phelps (the twins) will appear at CollectorMania 4 at the Milton Keynes center in Buckhinghamshire on October 3rd through 5th. Other guest stars include Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis, Sean Astin and Dominic Monaghan (Frodo, Gollum, Sam …read more!

Richard Griffiths, a.k.a. Vernon Dursley, was featured last night on BBC Radio 4’s “That Reminds Me.” The actor talks about his life and experiences. You can listen to the file here until the end of October. Thanks Sandy, for the link!

In a recent interview, First Lady Laura Bush urged doctors to prescribe reading for young children. The article also stated that she read all five Harry Potter books over the summer and, “loved them”. Thanks, Heather!

Thanks to Molliee and Ix for letting us know about the clip of Tom Felton & Emma Watson at the Disney Channel awards. Spring Fairy has collected a number of pictures in addition to the ones we posted earlier this week at TheSnitch.co.uk.

The Portuguese version of OotP will be released on October 25th. Anyone interested in obtaining a copy can do so from bookstore FNAC. Thanks, Ana!

According to the AP, Scholastic is finally embracing the fact that Harry Potter isn’t just for kids and, in fact, has quite a large adult audience. The ad shows a tattooed biker, scowling and shaggy-haired, against a harsh backdrop of blue and black. “Flying cars. Fire Whiskey. Death Eaters,” reads the caption above the picture. …read more!

Thanks to expresohogwarts.com, we have a few pictures of the release of OotP in China! To view the pictures, scroll down the page until you come to the first one (a man in glasses reading OotP), then click on Noticia completa below the picture.