ATTENTION: The trailer is up!

North American Satellite Distribution of the CoS Trailer Wednesday, June 19th 2002: 1.) 9:00 – 9:15PM EASTERN Thursday, June 20th 2002: 2.) 5:00 – 5:15AM EASTERN 3.) 10:00 – 10:15AM EASTERN COORDINATES FOR ALL FEEDS: Telstar 5 [C-Band] Transponder 01 Downlink Frequency: 3720 Vertical Audio: 6.20/ 6.80 TV Alert: Access Hollywood, Extra, E!, and Entertainment …read more!

CBBC Newsround reports that the full-length trailer for Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets will be showing in UK cinemas from Friday. Author J.K. Rowling, whose Harry Potter books have sold more than 67 million copies, says she’s no plagiarist, asserting in court papers that the boy wizard is “entirely the fruit of my …read more!

And from the Why? Why? Why? department here at TLC… The New York Times reports that next month, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone “will achieve that mark of a true classic: the publishers of SparkNotes, a CliffsNotes knockoff, will publish a study guide – also known as a cheat sheet – to the tale …read more!

Warner Bros. announced today that the new Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets trailer will be availalbe for viewing via satellite at the following times and coordinates: Feed One Date: 20th June 2002 Time: 0100-0115 GMT Feed Two Date: 20th June 2002 Time: 0900-0915 GMT Coordinates for all feeds: European distribution Satellite: NewSkies Intelsat …read more!

Why do people like “Harry,” “Spidy,” and “Yoda?” Find out… Perhaps more than ever before, Hollywood is an empire of fantasy. But despite the popularity of these movies – and despite the unmatched power of the studios to blanket the real world with publicity, advertising and media hype – Hollywood is not the center of …read more!

The BBC reports on the sales success of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Harry Potter has helped push up video sales in the UK after becoming the most successful release of all time. The boy wizard’s hit film has sold almost 1.6 million copies in one month, helping total video sales in 2002 so …read more!

American Harry Potter fans have seen the full-length Chamber of Secrets trailer – and they love it! Kids in the US can now see the trailer when they go to see Scooby-Doo. Loads of fans told CBBC Newsround Online that Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson look older and have matured into even better …read more!

JK’s brother-in-law’s car seems to have been… torched… literally (From the Daily Record). Luckily no one was hurt. The brother-in-law of Harry Potter author JK Rowling has had his luxury sports car destroyed by an arsonist. Businessman and restaurateur Roger Moore’s £30,000 Audi TT was set ablaze in Greenhill Gardens in Edinburgh’s smart Bruntsfield area …read more!

A report from MSN Money details the marketing campaign for the paperback release in the USA of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. (Thanks to TWW for the link.)