Registration has now officially opened for Phoenix Rising, the Harry Potter symposium to be held in the city of New Orleans in 2007. The first 100 people who register will also get a special limited edition t-shirt designed by fandom artist Alice Wack. The press release notes: Phoenix Rising, scheduled for May 17-12, 2007, is …read more!

The short film Cashback, in which former HP actor Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood) stars and which has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film, may now be downloaded for $1.99 at the iTunes Music Store.

With the release of the DVD just a mere few weeks away, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is still in some theatres around the world, and has now moved into the number five spot at the international box office. Variety reports that Goblet has crossed the $600 Million mark, to move behind Chamber …read more!

Warner Brothers has now launched their own Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire podcast. Available here via iTunes, this podcast consists of a 4:30 interview with the trio of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson ,and Rupert Grint. There is also a video clip from the upcoming Goblet of Fire DVD that we posted about previously …read more!

We have received another very brief promo clip from the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD. This new clip does show a very brief scene of Voldemort and the Death Eaters in the Graveyard, before Voldemort duels Harry. Thanks to the reader who sent this in! Windows Media Look at Me Harry

Today, actor Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew) is celebrating his 49th birthday. Happy Birthday Timothy!

German Potter fansite ExpectroPatronum have posted the first new photos from the set of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . Update: as the site in question seems to be down, we’ve put these in an album in our gallery, where there are more than 9,000 images and many more coming every day. …read more!

By popular demand, the complete version of the interview with Arthur Levine, co-editor of Harry Potter, that was on episodes 22, 23 and 24 of our podcast, PotterCast is now available as a downloadable MP3 and in transcript. Check it out on our TLC Interviews page. In this hour-and-a-half interview, Mr. Levine gives rare insight …read more!

Three brand new clips from the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD have now surfaced online. These three clips involve a behind -the -scenes look at the making of the second task, Dan (Harry Potter) preparing for the scene in the first task when Harry slides down the tower of the castle, and …read more!

Happy twentieth birthday to James and Oliver Phelps! We wish you many more happy birthdays, and are looking forward to seeing you in OotP.