All of us from outside the UK hope that those of you with tickets to see the sneak previews of the film this weekend have a really great time.

The Guardian has a piece about the worldwide impact of Harry Potter – the books and the movies.

Michael forwarded a blurb from Yahoo to us, which says that at the end of the credits is a very short filmed coda revealing the humorous fate of one of the principals.

Toby let us know that SciFi Magazine has an article about the Harry Potter-mimicking book in Russia.

Stockhouse is carrying this article on the winner of AOL’s “Be a Red Carpet VIP” contest. There is also mention that “the U.S. premiere of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets will take place at the historic Ziegfeld Theater in New York City on November 10.”

Emerson at MuggleNet told us about two new interviews from last weekend’s Sunday Herald: Daniel Radcliffe and the very funny

Ananova reports that a rare Harry Potter book which could be worth £16,000 has been discovered by pupils at a West Yorkshire school. (However Karen Grattage of The Huddersfield Daily Examiner isn’t sure that the book is indeed a first edition.)

Thank you to Julie for this link to an interview with Jason Isaacs from icLiverpool. Quotage: “With his flashing sapphire blue eyes and razor sharp cheekbones, Jason Isaacs is particularly good at being bad. And in his latest film, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the Liverpool-born actor exceeds himself as the wicked wizard …read more!

Thank you to Sharon for this link to Time magazine’s review of Chamber of Secrets. There are, of course, spoilers ahead!

Coming Soon has additional information on the scene from Chamber of Secrets which will air on the WB network on Friday, 8 November. They’ve also posted links to two Quicktime clips; Gilderoy Lockhart’s classroom and Hagrid’s Hut.