The Mirror reports that Rupert Grint will be on Graham Norton’s New Year’s Day show Generation Fame on BBC. Thanks Joe!

A bunch of Goblet pics that may come from deleted scenes have come our way: Courtesy UHP: –Harry in the prefects bathroom – –Crouch at the Ministry –Ron –Seamus –Draco scowling –Cho at the ball Courtesy SnitchSeeker, some pics from the day calendar: –Harry by the waterfall –Frank Bryce –Karkaroff, McGonagall, Crouch at the ball …read more!

Harry Potter has made CNN’s list of the Top 25 Most Entertaining Moments of the Last 25 Years. The birth of reality teleivision and Janet Jackson’s ‘wardrobe malfunction’ also made the list. This is the second of this type of list that Harry Potter has ranked on; we reported on Entertainment Weekly‘s a while back. …read more!

Our live PotterCast call-in show was a blast, thank you guys! You made more than 750 calls to us during our two-hour show – jeesh! We’ve had a ball, and if our technology doesn’t go bananas, it should be available early this week (edited down, of course). You’ve also left us close to 100 voicemails …read more!

The fourth “Get a Clue” drive is now open! Four years ago, almost to the date, we opened our first-ever “Get a Clue” drive for charity. At the time, the purpose was to collect enough money to bid on a 93-word card containing clues about Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but it …read more!

JKR’s radio interview with Stephen Fry will air again here on Christmas Eve, but you can also download it in the meantime right here. Click below for bits that were transcribed as the interview went on: UPDATE: Thanks to our friends at MuggleNet and Micah and Jess, you can now read the entire transcript, here. …read more!

December 10 actor Kenneth Branagh (Gilderoy Lockhart) celebrates his 45th birthday. Cheers Kenneth!

Bloomsbury announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released in paperback on Friday June 23rd, 2006! As noted on the Bloomsbury Harry Potter site, the book “will be published with two jackets, one for children and one for the adult market.” Thank you, Roonwit!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has received two nominations at the Satellite Awards. Jany Temime was nominated for her fabulous costumes for Goblet in the category of “Outstanding Costume Design.” Musician Jarvis Cocker was nominated for his song “Magic Works” in the category of “Outstanding Original Song.” The Satellite Awards, which “acknowledge this …read more!

Emma Thomson and other entertainment, music and sports celebrities have decorated walking sticks for an online charity auction. The money raised will aid the Disabled Living Foundation (DLF), a British charity providing information on disability equipment. Commenting on her creation, Ms. Thompson said: “‘Doing the stick took me hours and I still have sticky hands.’ …read more!