The Scotsman reports Rupert Grint’s (Ron Weasley) school in Hertford is issuing detention to students who ask him for autographs. A source told The Sun newspaper: All the other kids were really proud of him and were asking him about the movies. “Senior staff held an assembly warning pupils not to bother Rupert. “Anybody flaunting …read more!

Thanks to Hiroko for sending us the GoF scans posted yesterday in higher-res: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

The UK has answered Hollywood’s Walk of Fame by launching a new Avenue of Stars in central London, and it include many actors seen in the Harry Potter films. The BBC reports that among the 100 stars honored, were acting greats (and Potter cast members) Kenneth Branagh, Sir Michael Gambon, Dame Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, …read more!

Film director Mike Newell spoke with the LA Daily News about his new film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, saying he hopes his English background will help enhance the film. “This one is bound to be a bit different, because I’m English and the others weren’t,” Newell states flatly. “Whether anyone will notice, …read more!

JKRowling.com has been updated to wish a Happy Birthday (September 19th) to Hermione Granger! Cheers Hermione!

Jenna from DanRadcliffe.com let us know that they have the rest of the images from the Japanese theater-magazine. There’s a few dozen photos, so don’t look if you want to avoid spoilers for the film! UPDATE: These scans came from the Three Owls, and you can also see them here! Thanks guys!

Thanks Matt, for letting us know about this collage of new GoF images from a Japanese magazine, featuring Cedric and Cho at the ball, Ron with a jealous look on his face, Harry after the second task, and more. If you have more information about them, please drop us a line.

The second special episode between Leaky’s PotterCast and MuggleNet’s MuggleCast is now available for download (and John Noe’s on this one). In this episode: -We discuss our thoughts on the new Goblet of Fire trailer -Andrew’s lesson of the day: never post articles to AOL unless you’ve tested them first -We put to bed several …read more!

The transcript of PotterCast #4 is now up, thanks to our lovely Transcription Elves! They really are terrific; if you’d like to join them, mail [email protected]. Where’s that promised special edition with MuggleCast, you’re wondering? It’s coming; Andrew from MuggleNet is editing it and it will be up late this evening. (He’s a little ill, …read more!

Aris from Veritaserum.com sent us over the new version of the trailer in high-res WMV format which you can download right here – enjoy!