Exactly one year ago, the first copies of Order of the Phoenix were being distributed in Britain, and ten minutes after that I sat with 13 friends, holding hands and squealing, as a friend read us the first few pages over speakerphone. He had been lucky enough to be at the bookshop in Edinburgh where …read more!

UrbanWire has released a list of “The Essential Guide to Harry Potter Web Sites,” a list of 15 top Harry Potter sites (including probably the best write-up of TLC to date); J.K.Rowling.com, of course, tops the list. Our Floo Network companion, The Harry Potter Lexicon, also made the cut. We’re all very proud! Much thanks …read more!

J.K. Rowling has moved up from fifteen last year to sixth place this year on U.S. magazine Forbes’ most powerful celebrities list. The number one position was given to Mel Gibson. Last year’s number one, Jennifer Aniston, is now ranked seventeen. Thanks to Sirius Kase for the link!

Last night Dateline NBC ran a segment on the making of Buckbeak for the Prisoner of Azkaban film. You can read an article about this, and watch the video of it here. Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

The USA Today has an article about the making of Buckbeak for the Prisoner of Azkaban film. “We had a beak on a stick when we shot so that when Dan touched the beak, we got the right curvature of his hand,” says Mark Radcliffe. “We had a horse there for the visual-effects people to …read more!

The Sydney Morning Herald has a short piece with Prisoner of Azkaban actor David Thewlis, in which he comments on his three young co-stars: Thewlis, who joined the cast as Professor Lupin for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, thinks it will be difficult for them to have acting careers outside the series. “The …read more!

As Heidi is running around NY getting things ready for tomorrow’s IMAX showing, here is her review of PoA. Spoilers! It’s written from a Mom-Of-Small-Child perspective. Enjoy! This is not an ordinary review; I could babble for pages about the cinematography and the revised sets and the Whomping Willow and the scene in the Shack …read more!

The new issue of NME is out, and contains a new interview with Daniel Radcliffe. The actor talks about his great love of music by The Sex Pistols, The Libertines, and others. He even says he’d like to have music from Mercury Rev and The Zutons in the next Harry Potter film. You can see …read more!

I had the extreme pleasure of chatting briefly with J.K. Rowling last night, and her first question, asked as if she really honestly thought there was a chance we’d say no, was ‘Do you like the site?’ She then said “I’m updating soon,” so there you have it. Keep an eye on J.K. Rowling.com!

YahooMovies has added 6 more clips from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, including one of Snape teaching DADA. Enjoy!