From CBBC Newsround: “You’ve read Philosopher’s Stone a million times and you could recite the Goblet of Fire backwards, but it looks like you’ll have to wait till the autumn [autumn?? – ed.] to get your mitts on Potter five. So can you bear to wait that long for your next Potter instalment? Had you …read more!

Thanks to MuggleNet for getting behind Owlsightings.com. Here’s the signup link, and what you can win: One Grand Prize Winner and guest will receive: A seven (7) day/six (6) night trip to the set of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ Including a walk-on role for the Bonus Trip winner in the movie Roundtrip …read more!

A brief rundown of OwlSightings.com‘s source code (slightly revelatory- looks like it really will be a contest) – Here’s the site’s descripton: The official site of Harry Potter! Movie trailers, film clips, behind the scenes at Hogwarts. J.K Rowlings’ wizards and witches Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Hagrid, Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort brought to …read more!

Attention, J.K. Rowling: Your fans are waiting. And waiting. After quickly turning out four Harry Potter books — one per year since July 2000 — the usually prolific author is months late in wrapping up her fifth entry into the sensational series, reports The New York Times. How late? It apparently will not be ready …read more!

Website DVDFile has a very detailed review of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone DVD. And, as such, it contains many spoilers, so proceed at your own risk! (Thanks to Dark Horizons for the link.) Alan Rickman has been nominated for a Tony award in the category “Best Performance by a Leading Actor …read more!

Website Box Office Prophets has an interesting analysis on just how Spider-Man was able to beat Harry Potter‘s previously-established record opening. Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar has been lined up to co-host the MTV Movie Awards. … Daniel Radcliffe’s performance in the Harry Potter film was nominated for best male breakthrough performance.

Well, HP had the record for a good 6 months. Spider-man has shattered HP’s $90.3 million three-day record by snaring $114 million this weekend. It also broke HP’s record for single-day receipts. And Sunday’s not over yet. Thanks Christina for the tip.

The tribeca film festival –tribecafilmfestival.org– is having a screening of SS with “new footage and audience prizes” this coming week.

Thanks to reader Lauren for sending us this link to what appears to be a commercial for the Harry Potter DVD. The Harry Potter magic was just an illusion. In spite of the success of J.K. Rowling’s best-selling books, children are reading less, according to a new survey.

An article in the Sunday New York Times (registration required, but worth it) discusses the long wait for Book 5, with quotes from various bookstore owners, kids, Steve Van Der Ark of the Lexicon, discussing the inconsistancies in Book 4, and, in a discussion of fanfic, the reporter um, quotes me.