Straight from the horse’s mouth, another big ol’ rumor squashed: Daniel Radcliffe revealed on The Today Show this morning that his birthday is not July 31 but July 23. Close enough, I say.

Han tells us that the series of Blindingly Tremendous Potter Posters is about to crown a king: Berlin’s poster, to be put up on Nov 13, will have 300 pieces and a surface area of 1200 square feet.

The Washington Post has a profile of Danny Radcliffe and other Potter info.

Hollydaze tells us that the movie says James Potter was the Gryffindor Seeker – we know from many JKR chats that he was a Chaser. Hm.

In addition to HPGalleries’ extensive review page, a good review place to keep bookmarked is Rotten Tomatoes’ Harry Potter page for a running log of the stampeding hordes of opinions coming in and my favorite feature, a tomatometer to weigh the good and bad.

Wow – in what seemed like a run-of-the-mill HP preview, Entertainment Weekly ran this in their character sketch on Dumbledore: Owes his life to Hagrid…though that has yet to be explained. Have they gotten their hands on some of that to-literally-die-for info that Robbie Coltrane was hinting at? If so, big kudos to EW.

Wonderful reader Lia was nice enough to give us a play by play of that crazy new commercial, which she taped: Start Commercial The usual owls hooting as the WB sign turns into owls. Voiceover: In a world few of us have ever imagined. Scenes: First years sailing towards the Hogwarts castle at night. Draco …read more!

After being a major bonehead and missing the trailer during “Angel” WHILE watching “Angel,” I had a brainwave – caught it from the west coast. And…whoa. Lots of new pictures, all flashy. I have most of them remembered, but paid no attention to the voiceover: -Draco and Harry in Forbidden Forest -Scary looking hand with …read more!

Counting Down has posted an article in which Columbus talks about CoS filming and PoA prospects: “If I can get maybe three months – between two and three – I might do the third,” Columbus says. “I certainly cannot let this cast go. I feel responsible for those kids now. But there’s also my own …read more!

Yet more clippage – thanks Ashley: I was watching Extra! just a few minutes ago, and wanted to let you know that they showed some new, previously not seen footage. There’s a shot of Ron getting hit in the forehead with a brookstick handle during the first flying lesson, and shot of one of Fluffy’s …read more!