Young wizard Harry Potter could be accused of losing his magic touch as two of the series of hugely-popular books slip out of the top 10 bestsellers list in the UK. (Thanks to Jennifer for the link.)

If the past few years are any example, imported blockbusters, or dapian in Chinese, are expected to dominate China’s cinemas this year, analysts predict. Encountering tremendous pressure from Hollywood movies, domestic movie makers and critics have continued their debate on how to develop the home film industry. The past Spring Festival season saw the huge …read more!

Bad news John Cleese fans (Thanks to Matt): It seems the part of Nearly Headless Nick in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” won’t be any bigger, if even as big, as it was in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” According to an interview in the Calgary Sun, John Cleese shot down speculation …read more!

Everything you need to know about Box Office 2001 can be summed up with two facts: The year’s highest-grossing movie was “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” The biggest flop was “Pootie Tang.” In short, family films rule! And 2002 is shaping up to be youngster-friendly, as well. “Ice Age,” a computer-animated feature that opened …read more!

Harry Potter may be all the rage in Moscow’s movie theaters, but until last summer the young English wizard was virtually unknown in Russia. Mikhail Markotkin is the man responsible for bringing Potter to Russia. Chairman of ROSMAN, the largest children’s book publisher in the country, Markotkin is the publisher of the Harry Potter series …read more!

This year’s National Book Fair attracted nearly 350,000 visitors, who purchased over two million books and magazines, organisers said. Harry Potter books were the most popular at the fair, which was held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre [Thailand]. The number of people visiting Alnwick Castle and Gloucester Cathedral have soared, according to official …read more!

Emma Watson has won a Young Artists Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film (Leading Young Actress). Also, for those who were wondering where Daniel Radcliffe’s name went (as he was nominated in several categories), a spokesperson from the Young Artists Awards told us that “Daniel’s representative’s asked for his name to be removed.” …read more!

One is a millionaire author who has become Britain’s wealthiest self-made woman, the other works as an office clerk. Yet the bond between the Harry Potter author, JK Rowling and her close friend Fiona Wilson, forged when they were both single mothers living in Edinburgh, is clearly a very strong one. The Scots-based writer has …read more!

It appears as though author Nora Roberts is the hottest seller right behind JKR in the US. Scotland has more millionaires than ever, with the 100 wealthiest sharing a record combined wealth of almost £10bn, according to a new survey of the country’s richest people. The top 100 richest people in Scotland, who had a …read more!

Thanks to reader Sandy: Today my family attended a special concert for children in by the Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra which included the national premiere of John Williams’ Symphonic Suite from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Here is a link from the local paper ). It was really an enjoyable event with a magical master …read more!