Ralph Fiennes gave another interview promoting The Constant Gardener, and again spoke about playing Lord Voldemort: I’m not a psychiatrist,” he says. “But I do think childhood is the answer. And thank God, J.K. Rowling has done the work for us. Lord Voldemort is a rejected child. Once I understood that, I could locate the …read more!

The Star-Ledger of Newark’s fall movie preview jokes that Goblet of Fire, set to be released on November 18, is “[s]ome obscure art film no one will see.” They’re kidding, of course; elsewhere in the article, they note that GoF is one of the only sure successed expected this holiday season.

The BBC is featuring a photograph of a fan looking at a small statue of Harry Potter as one of its photos of the day today. If you want to see the specific image, you can see it here.

Today’s “Get Fuzzy” comic has a bit of an HP chuckle for you. Thanks to everyone who wrote!

Listen/Subscribe / Call in/contact / Leave voicemail The second episode of PotterCast is now available! For subscription visit the links above; for direct download visit our episodes page; for help visit our tutorial. In this episode: During the fan interview, MaraudingDon explains to us all why Snape is a foul, loathsome, evil little… and why …read more!

The Lexicon has received information that may reveal the identity of someone mentioned at the end of HBP via initials. (For the unspoiled, we’ll refrain from posting them.) It should be noted that this, while it comes from a reliable source, is still rumor until confirmed or denied by Jo & Co. It is, however, …read more!

Listen/Subscribe / Call in/contact / Leave voicemail The transcripts to the first PotterCast and the special Potter/MuggleCast are now up! For Show #1, click here; for our special episode with MuggleCast, click here. The PotterCast transcripts will, from now on, be done for us by the new team of PotterCast Transcription Elves: Jennifer, Jonathon, Pascal, …read more!

We’d just like to send our thoughts and prayers to our readers in Louisiana and Mississippi, as they come under Hurricane Katrina’s destructive eye. Please feel free to use the comments below to check in with each other, and please, let us know that you’re all right. If you’d like to donate to help the …read more!

Actor Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is sending out his most recent newsletter to fans and Michael from German fansite Wollstrumpf.de let us know they have posted a copy of it. In this note, Dan talks about a recent scuba diving trip at the Great Barrier Reef, noting his practice from filming the underwater scenes for …read more!

Emma-Watson.net has posted scans of a new interview in Empire magazine with Goblet film director Mike Newell. In this very brief interview, he talks about the differences that Goblet of Fire will have over the other three previous Harry Potter films. “The first two films are very sunny in a way, and very wish-fulfillment-y.”…”But there …read more!