Yep, J.K. Rowling is scheduled to show up to tomorrow’s CoS premiere in Leicester Square (preggers as all-get-out, one imagines. Almost six months along now, if I’ve done the math correctly.)

DanRadcliffe.com has put up a transcript of this past week’s episode of Oprah. It was created just from watching the show, as we understand it, so there might be glitches, but overall it’s a good read, if you missed the show.

Erin points us to Entertainment Weekly for a report on the hit series by Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and how it could be the next HP. (This editor says – why can’t we have two giant hits? Isn’t there room? Aren’t kids smart enough to like more than one series…? I thought …read more!

Tracy points us to new official screensavers

Counting Down had to take down their clips because of bandwidth usage, but thank to Brendan, we’ve got a link where you can see them on Yahoo on RealPlayer.

Thanks again Rowena for finding an English language version of the brownish, international poster

Thanks Marek from Dark Mark for pointing us to BBC Newsround’s roundup of HP Web Sites, in which your very own TLC gets a rating of five golden snitches. Color us flattered.

While lots of people can claim to be Harry Potter’s biggest fan, not everyone can say they look like him. So just what does it take to become a Harry Potter lookalike and get signed up to an agency?

The Bashu Publishing House, accused of printing and distributing a Harry Potter novel that Rowling did not write, agreed to pay a $2,500 fine and publish an apology in China’s Legal Times. (From Hoover’s Online)

The Scotsman reports that JK Rowling will host a “no-expense-spared £70,000 star-studded Hallowe’en ball at Stirling Castle tonight. Scots celebrities set to attend the lavish party include actor Robbie Coltrane, GMTV’s Lorraine Kelly and Changing Rooms presenter Carol Smillie.”