Today’s edition of the Wall Street Journal reports that a new fad is sweeping college campuses across the U.S. — Intramural (earthbound) Quidditch! The article is available online to paid subscribers, and TLC is happy to provide some highlights: In Quidditch games played at Middlebury College in Vermont, one student IS the Snitch, and attempts …read more!

In the seemingly never-ending saga of Laura Mallory’s fight to get Harry Potter banned from school bookshelves in Georgia, MSNBC reports that though the state board voted to keep the books, she is considering yet another appeal. The board members apparently voted “without discussion” to keep the books, adding another foil to Mallory’s now year-long …read more!

Hey guys: If you are going to be sending us a Christmas themed HP filk for our holiday PotterCasts, we remind you that the deadline is Friday, Dec. 15. You can submit by sending the file to [email protected] (as our other email addy is having a few issues right now), or calling it in at …read more!

We’ve now uploaded more than a hundred photos from this weekend’s Wizard Rockextravaganza Yule Ball in Cambridge, Mass., and our report is below. This week’s PotterCast will also feature interviews and audio from the show; in the meantime, here’s hoping some words and pictures will do: ~*~ Leaky Report: Wizard Rock Yule Ball December 10, …read more!

A hearing official in Georgia has offered a recommendation to the state school board in the much-publicized fight waged by Laura Mallory to take Potter off library shelves, Associated Press reports. Ms. Mallory has claimed, in hearings at the Gwinnett County and state level, that the books indoctrinate children in paganism: the hearing official has …read more!

In honor of Alan Rickman’s 61st birthday (February 21, 2007) AlanRickman.net is holding its annual charity drive. This year’s fund drive will benefit Autisim Speaks; last year, the site raised over $1000 for Save The Children in Mr. Rickman’s honor.

(Click here for the 13 ABC OotP preview clips. Meanwhile…) Our 66th Harry Potter podcast, containing the last part of our interview with the makers of the HP video game, is now live. To listen, just hit the “Play” button on the right side of the page (—>), or use iTunes, or direct download. In …read more!

Today is the 18th birthday of Alfie Enoch (Dean Thomas). Cheers, Alfie! (*sniff* They grow up so fast . . .)

Nominees for the WhatsOnStage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Awards were announced at a gala luncheon in London’s West End yesterday, and include Harry Potter cast members Michael Gambon (Dumbledore) and Miriam Margolyes (Professor Sprout). Mr. Gambon was nominated for Best Solo Performance for the title role in “Eh Joe,” and Ms. Margolyes was nominated as Best Supporting …read more!

Forbes has just published a column about book burnings that mentions Rev. T.D. Turner from Michigan, whose Harry Potter torchings have fanned flames before. This time, however, Ray Bradbury, author of the iconic anti-censorship book Fahrenheit 451, has stepped up to defend Jo Rowling, stating that the pastor burning the novels, “sounds like a stupid …read more!