Hi all; the transcript to PotterCast #6 is up, thanks to our ever-lovely transcription elves! Also, there will be a short delay in posting the next PotterCast; John Noe is a little under the weather so we made him take the night off. It should be up on Wednesday! Thanks for your patience!

And now, all good things come to an end; the last batch of pics from the German pocket GoF calendar that Anne has been sending us all week. Thank you, Anne, it’s been a pleasure! Karkaroff Durmstrangs The Great Hall A fabulous Rita Skeeter shot Cedric in the maze Barty Crouch in the tent McGonagall …read more!

The calendar on JKRowling.com has been updated to wish Gryffindor head Minerva McGonagall a Happy Birthday! Cheers Professor McGonagall!

WB just sent over this hi-res pic of Harry with his arm in a sling, sitting with Ron.

Here are a few pieces of news today about some of the actors seen in the Harry Potter films. *Actress Emma Thompson, who plays Professor Trelawney, is back in another role as a witch (and looking hilarious) as seen in this cute trailer for her new film Nanny McPhee. This film also stars the wonderful …read more!

Over the weekend, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released in France and Taiwan. In France, thousands of eager fans snatched up copies of “Harry Potter et le Prince de Sang-Mele”, which had a record breaking two millon copies printed. In Taiwan, hundreds of fans stood in line waiting for the release of the …read more!

J.K. Rowling has given a brief new interview with CBBC Newsround about a subject near and dear to her, writing. This is in conjunction with the start of the National Children’s Book Week in the UK. Our favorite author gives tips to young writers, reveals how she gets inspiration for her writing, and answers this …read more!

Thank you Xanthian for sending us the new Goblet of Fire TV spot talked about below. In this clip, we see Malfoy being turned into a ferret (and Moody winking about it!), Rita “Everyone loves a rebel, Harry” Skeeter (this is presumably the broom closet), the trio going through the PortKey, Barty Crouch, more of …read more!

We’ve been getting reports tonight that a brand new Goblet of Fire television commercial is running here in the states. One viewer said she saw it on ABC during America’s Funniest Videos. It apparently contains a glimpse of the great Malfoy into a bouncing Ferret scene, and a clip with Barty Crouch Sr. If anyone …read more!

More scanned GoF Pics courtesy Anne, who says there are more to come: Krum and Karkaroff Fred and George put their names in the Goblet Neville (and the gillyweed?) Hermione smiling Harry running in the maze Snape and McGonagall Dumbledore, Cedric and Harry Arthur Weasley Mermaid portrait Harry during the first task (fire!)