The New York premiere of the Harry Potter movie was covered by the Post who also wrote in today’s Gossip column about actor Robin Williams missing out on a part: ROBIN Williams is bummed he missed out on a role in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” “There were a couple of parts I would …read more!

The New York Post has an interesting article about Robbie Coltrane AKA Hagrid, and his off-screen “antics”

So says MovieHeadlines: boxoffice writes “Warner Bros. confirmed to Zap2it.com that they will give “Harry Potter” the widest opening weekend release of all time, 3,672 theaters and over 7,000 screens.”

Reader Amanda was nice enough to scour the back archives of ChannelOne to find a video version of this trailer discussed earlier. It’s the second commercial in the first commercial break, just after the 4th tick in your RealMedia progress bar.

The New Yorker has its review of the movie up. Interesting take on the Quidditch scenes, the backgrounds in the hospital wing and the relationship between Harry and Hermione.

Rames has started an Online Movie Picture book with screenshots from the movie coupled with the dialogue from the book. Check it out and be sure to click on the links that are the Chapter titles for a full “look” at each section of the book.

Don’t forget to vote in the Finals for the Harry Potter Book 5 cover contest at our parent site – Harry Potter Galleries.

And speaking of the Harry Potter Trading Card Game, KidzWorld is having a contest where the Grand Prize includes the starter set, the boosters, and a stack from the Quidditch Cup expansion.

Another reader has sent us this interesting tidbit. I guess if more people are getting their eyes checked so they can get glasses like Harry Potter, someone might as well make…Harry Potter glasses: I saw what you said about that the eyeglass crazy will be “the Potter round glasses” so I found this and found …read more!

Pojo.com has pointed out the Cartoon Network contest going on. Information is at the Network’s Web site. Prizes include a free copy of the upcoming video game. Be sure to check Pojo.com out for information about the new expansion to the Harry Potter Trading Card Game – The Quidditch Cup – now in stores.