UnderGroundOnline is reporting that Elizabeth Hurley has been offered the part of Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. We have reported this rumor a few times in the past year, and also debunked the rumor on Warner Brothers’ authority. We recommend that this rumor be taken with a shaker or …read more!

Here we are with week’s Cauldron Shop, where you can now sign up for a wish list: First off, a big sale: 80% off the full-sized Dobby figurine – it was $600.00 (yowza!) and is now $99.99, for a limited time. A load of limited edition giclee (high-definition) prints of art by Mary GrandPre: The …read more!

The BBC reports today that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was the number one film at the UK box office in 2005. The fourth film in the Harry Potter series has already made four million more (British pounds) in the few weeks that it has been in theatres than the second ranked film, …read more!

J.K. Rowling’s July 2005 complaint to the Press Complaints Commission against the Daily Mirror has been upheld. The PCC agreed that JKR’s privacy had been breached by an article in The Mirror that featured a photograph of the author’s London home. More information may be found here. Thanks to all who sent this in!

Happy Birthday to you! You make the girls coo You’ve played lots of villains Now Lord Voldemort too! Ralph Fiennes turns 43 today. Cheers, Ralph!

It was announced today that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has won the highest honor from the Jim Henson company. These awards, in their inaugural year, are going to persons who most reflect” the core values and philosophy of Jim Henson and the company he founded in1955.” Jim Henson is known world wide as the …read more!

We’ve told you about the phenomenal sales of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Well, those numbers are climbing even higher! The Sofia News Agancy reports that nearly 300,000 copies of the six Harry Potter novels have sold in Bulgaria so far. In addition, HBP goes on sale in Israel tomorrow. Haaretz.com reports that the …read more!

USA Today has a new interview with Ralph Fiennes, in which he discusses staying under the tabloid radar, participating in a United Nations food drop, and playing Lord Voldemort. Besides talking about the way the character looks in Goblet of Fire, Mr. Fiennes confirms that he “will be doing the fifth Potter movie in the …read more!

Andy, from Harry Potter Fan Zone, let us know about a new interview published in K- Zone magazine with actor Daniel Radcliffe. While alot of this information about his experience on Goblet of Fire we have heard in some fashion previously, and there was this funny bit (kidding around) about Rupert Grint’s newest project: KZ: …read more!

Previously, we told you about the Belen Public Library in New Mexico conducting a raffle for their copy of one of the Half-Blood Prince books signed by author J.K. Rowling in order to help fund an addition to their library. The winner was Katherine Williams of Albuquerque, and her son sent us in some photos …read more!