An editorial from the Boston Globe entitled “Don’t Hurry Harry” has this to say about delays surrounding the release of Book 5: [The] Harry Potter nation is restless. The fifth book in J.K. Rowling’s famed series may not be out until next year. It was supposed to be published this month, which was late enough …read more!

Pam tipped us off to a USA Today article that has two new pics – one of which shows who must be Tom Riddle, quite close to Harry, using Harry’s wand to lift the hair off of his forhead – and reveal his lightning scar. Can we say creepy?

Regarding the IMDb: one of our readers works for the data-collection dept. of the site, and here is what she had to say about the much-talked-about PoA listing: You wouldn’t believe the amount of rubbish we receive from people. Basically, IMDb is not without its flaws (please, please, please reiterate this to your readers); it’s …read more!

People seem to be thinking that the director for “Prisoner of Azkaban” has been confirmed. This is not true, there has been no confirmation inspite of what IMDB says. The director is still in the process of being selected and we know nothing as of yet. As for the picture below, it appears it’s only …read more!

Can’t get to the DVD deleted scenes? Here’s the official cheat sheet.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinal wonders: Will Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone roar past the Lion King and sink the Titanic to become the top-selling video ever? That depends on how many fans of the boy wizard grab up copies of the Harry Potter VHS videos and DVDs when they become available for sale and …read more!

From Jam! Showbiz comes this report on the oftentimes conflicting schedules on the set of “Chamber of Secrets”: Near the town of Watford, at isolated Leavesden Studios two weeks ago, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) was getting dressed down by Prof. McGonigall (Maggie Smith) for performing an unsanctioned act of petrification. Next stop: The office of …read more!

From StockHouse USA: “Amazon.com announced today that the company has already received more than 100,000 pre-orders for the DVD of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, making it the biggest DVD pre-order in Amazon.com’s history.” Newsday reports that if you want to be among the first to own Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, you …read more!

Richard Sliwa has added a new page to his Harry Potter site, where he makes a direct comparison between the widescreen and “full screen” versions of the DVDs. From This is Gloucestershire: “A very special letter has arrived at the Tuffley home of little Charlotte Norridge – straight from the set of the Harry Potter …read more!

I reported this to Dark Horizons roughly ten days ago (for most of you), I forgot to post it, but it’s details about another book-to-movie that could give “Harry” a run for his money: A while back Miramax bought the rights to Eoin Cofler’s novel about a 12 year old criminal, and at a book …read more!