The calendar on Jo’s website has been updated to honor the birthday of Remus Lupin, March 10. Happy Birthday, Professor Lupin! Oooowwwooooooooo!

Five million copies of the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD were sold in North America on its first day of release (Tuesday, March 7), breaking the record for first-day DVD sales. Warner Bros. reports that the DVD is on its way to becoming the best-selling DVD of the Harry Potter series so …read more!

Spring is right around the corner, and it looks like author J.K. Rowling is doing some cleaning and re-decorating on her website. Nice little changes can be found here and there on her website including new portkeys, one of which is an eraser… hmm. Check it out! Thanks Roonwit! Update: There are FIVE cool new …read more!

Last month, we told you that Harry Potter had been nominated at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. Voting for these awards is now open, and you may do so via this link.The Harry Potter series is nominated in the category of “Favorite Book.” Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is also up for ” …read more!

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has contributed to the Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show to help raise funds for the Swaziland Charitable Trust and Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres. This fashion show raised some £100,000 for charity, with proceeds going towards a new library, and a new school for children orphaned by AIDS in Swaziland. Our favorite …read more!

HP Fan Trips is offering another great chance for fans to travel to the UK this summer and experience firsthand, some of the settings used in the Harry Potter films. These trips, which have been very successful in the past, have added some nice features this year. The Scottish group MacUmba will perform at a …read more!

In case you forgot…the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD is now available in stores here in the US and in Canada. Many of the the retailers are doing promotions and sales for the new DVD, which is also available through our shop. After you check out all the nice goodies on the …read more!

Happy Tuesday! The 29th PotterCast is now up and ready for download. In this show: -Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Stuart Craig, production designer of the Harry Potter films, on the kind of nitty-gritty detail only we fans care about -Coming this week: The first-ever Harry Potter Fan DVD Commentary, with the PotterCasters – a …read more!

Dame Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall) and Julie Walters (Mrs. Weasley) are among the cast of “Becoming Jane,” a film about Jane Austen’s romance with Irish lawyer Tom Lefroy. Their respective roles have not yet been announced. The film also stars Anne Hathaway (of “The Princess Diaries” and “Brokeback Mountain”) as the British author, and is …read more!

While in New Zealand touring recently with a stage production of The History Boys, actor Richard Griffiths gave a new interview where he discussed his role as Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter films. Speaking with a reporter from The Dominion Post , he reflected on what it was like to take on the role …read more!