Actors from the Harry Potter series have been busy lately; here are a few updates on the projects they have been working on. Actress Julie Walters (Mrs. Weasley) will be playing ‘TV standards campaigner’ Mary Whitehouse in a film for BBC Two later this year. Mrs. Walters said she was “…very excited to be playing …read more!

In what is sure to be the beginning of the next round of television promotions for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, E! Entertainment is running a new special called Hot Summer Sixteen 2007, that apparently contains a short bit of the new trailer. This program is set to air again tonight at …read more!

Good news today for Lego fans. The Lego website has been updated as their shop now features the the new Hogwarts castle from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This item, which features things such as the greenhouse, thestrals, the Room of Requirement, and even your own Umbridge minifig, will be available starting …read more!

We have a bit more for you today from UK publishers Bloomsbury, regarding the special edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Along with the audio book, large print, children’s and adult editions of the last Harry Potter book, this special edition is due to be released on July 21, 2007. You can now …read more!

Actor Alan Rickman is due to appear tomorrow on NBC’s Weekend Today program, along with actress Sigourney Weaver. They will be appearing to promote their film Snow Cake, and it is unknown if Mr. Rickman will mention his role in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Weekend Today airs on NBC; …read more!

Last week, TLC first told you that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling had been named one of the 2007 Wired magazine Rave awards winners (scan of article here with new photo of Jo), which are given to 22 different people who ” told a unique story, but they tended to have one thing in common: …read more!

Bloomsbury, the UK publishers of the Harry Potter novels, is doing a bit of redecorating this morning, with new layouts to their Harry Potter website. When you click this link, you are now met by the image of that mysterious rune symbol from the side of the new UK Children’s cover to Harry Potter and …read more!

Time magazine has a new article online about the upcoming summer movie season, and focuses on not the heroes of the films, but the villains. Noting these characters “get the plot spinning toward catastrophe; its their lurid schemes the hero must rise to defeat,” one of the twelve mentioned is Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge, …read more!

Warner Brothers has now launched a brand new website for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, called Dumbledore’s Army. If you have what it takes to help Harry and the gang, click here. Enjoy! Thanks Palikka!

In addition to the news below regarding the UK premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, there have been reports as well about the US premiere of the film. For some time TLC has heard that it is to be in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, July 8. While we believe this …read more!