As a fun way to help build excitement before the release of Half-Blood Prince, IGN has created their Top 25 Harry Potter characters. Noting that they selected and listed the characters “based on overall fan reaction, impact on the franchise (novels and films weighed equally), character relevance to the best moments in the series, and …read more!

As reported previously, Harry Potter film producer David Heyman made an appearance at an Apple store in Los Angeles. Later SS was able to get a few minutes with Mr. Heyman who passed on some nuggets about the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows films. As heard in this audio recording here on youtube, …read more!

Earlier this morning Joe from UK Rottentomatoes.com emailed about the collection of reviews they have on their website for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Hours later and a slew of reviews are still pouring in, with the movie “98% Fresh on the Tomatometer which makes it the freshest film of the franchise to date! …read more!

Thanks so much to Tim from Paste Magazine for emailing about a huge Harry Potter feature they have today celebrating the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. While there are many fun tidbits to be found including features on Quidditch, Brad Neely’s Wizard People film, Potter courses in universities, quiz, book poll, loads …read more!

The soundtrack for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince composed by Nicholas Hoooper is now available at retailers everywhere and on iTunes. As announced previously, if you purchase the actual CD of the music, you will receive “free digital download of the soundtrack in 5.1 Surround Sound, which is only one of the handful of …read more!

She’s got style she’s got class, she is one of the best dressed for June 2009, or so says Teen Vogue of actress Emma Watson. The magazine owled to let us know the news, plus share with us two quizzes: one on Harry Potter, and one on Emma Watson. Women’s Wear Daily emailed us this …read more!

More from our Half-Blood Prince premiere coverage is now online at our YouTube channel, and is now available for download here in our video galleries.

The 199th episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is online for your audible enjoyment. This episode features the live recording from one of the first stops on our PCLupinWillow Summer Tour, with the PotterCasters, Remus Lupins, Whomping Willows, and, special guests, Harry and the Potters. In addition to this, the live audience plays some …read more!

Today is the day that the many thousands of us around the country will be lining up to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; it’s been two years since we saw an HP film. The last time we did this we were only a week away from the release of the seventh book. The …read more!

Actress Evanna Lynch was a guest with Ryan Tubridy this morning on RTE radio discussing the premiere held last night in Ireland for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Update: You can now listen to this radio interview here in our galleries. In a long interview, Evanna discusses dancing, life going to the premieres, her …read more!