As promised, our Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix countdown and news reader (seen at right) is now available for you in yet more convenient ways; now can get it as a widget, as a item on your desktop, or for your MySpace, Blog, or other Web site (except LiveJournal). Chris Chang designed …read more!

ICSurrey Online has a new interview with Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley), who is now appearing as Edgar Linton in a production of Wuthering Heights currently touring the U.K. In the interview, the actor discusses being cast as the (Big) Head Boy, Percy’s hunger for power and the family atmosphere on the sets of the Harry …read more!

UK newspaper The Express has a new quote today from actor Alan Rickman regarding his role as the nefarious Potionsmaster Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films. When asked if he thought that his character “will turn out ultimately to be a good or bad guy,” Mr. Rickman responded: “I never talk about Severus or …read more!

The BBC announced today that actor Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) would be starring in a new six part mini-series called “State Within.” In what is being called a “high octane, complex, action-packed conspiracy thriller”, Jason has the lead role of Mark Brydon, the British Ambassador to the U.S. Filming for this new mini-series is currently …read more!

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by James Fitzpatrick, has released a new CD entitled “Music From the Harry Potter Films.” The CD’s fifteen tracks include selections composed by both John Williams and Patrick Doyle, and showcase music from all four films released to date. You can listen to samples and purchase this fantastic …read more!

Last week we revealed that Jim McManus would play Aberforth Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; today WB said that Jim’s role is “very minor,” which should allay some of the crazy speculation over the meaning of McManus being cast as it relates to book/film seven. If the role is the …read more!

Leaky is happy to reveal that Tony Maudsley is confirmed to portray Grawp in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, representatives for the actor confirmed to Leaky today. The role is that of Hagrid’s giant half-brother that he brings back from his travels. Grawp was confirmed to be in the film when producer …read more!

HPANA originally reported, and now Digital Spy has seconded, that director David Yates’s longtime friend Nicholas Hooper will score Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. As always, these things are up in the air until confirmed by an official source, but this one is looking more solid by the minute. Thanks guys!

Scholastic has released the cover art for the paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which you can see in our galleries, here. Looking very similar to the original, Half-Blood Prince will be released in paperback here in the US on July 25; the UK paperback from Bloomsbury is due a month earlier …read more!

As part of the upcoming release of Driving Lessons, we have seen several recent interviews with actor Rupert Grint; the newest one now with MTV. Rupert, who plays Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, discusses scenes he is currently filming for Phoenix, in particular one sequence in the Room of Requirement with the DA …read more!