As we know, the opening chapter of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire contains the murder of Frank Bryce at the Riddle House. The actor who is portraying this character in the upcoming film version of the book has now given a new interview to Manchester Online. Eric Sykes says of his role in …read more!

IMDB is reporting that Emma Watson is going to be in a movie called Airborn, in 2006, playing a character called Kate DeVries. Please take this as a rumor. It is wholly unconfirmed and IMDB has been wrong about bigger things before. Updates as we have them. Thanks to Kristin and www.dazzling-emma.net!

Actor David Thewlis (Remus Lupin) will be performing live on stage along with the wonderful Meryl Streep at UCLA, September 14-16, appearing a production of Theater of the New Ear. The description of this event reads “Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Being John Malkovich; Adaptation) brings the quirky drama and savage wit …read more!

HP4U just sent along this pic of Dan behind the scenes of GoF, looking quite morose as he’s put into makeup (gills?) at what looks like just after 4 in the morning, from the time on the makeup artist’s watch. Also MuggleNet has posted two pics (one, two) of the Goblet of Fire poster huuuuge …read more!

Allocine.fr posted some great quality shots of the French GoF posters we got a glimpse at yesterday: The Trio and Mad-Eye The Trio and the Champs Harry Hermione Ron Thanks Pierre!

The transcript for PotterCast 3 is now up! Thanks again to our Transcription Elves, this time Pascal, Naomi, Rachel and Teresa. If you’d like to join the transcription team, email [email protected]. A quick reminder of what you can find inside if you haven’t yet listened to this week’s show: A reporter who has seen GoF …read more!

VH1 features Potter Punk band Harry and the Potters today with the headline: “Harry Ramone? Iggy Voldemort? Band Splices Punk With Potter.” “With song titles like “The Foil (Malfoy)” and “Voldemort Can’t Stop the Rock,” 18-year-old Joe and 26-year-old Paul have watched in stunned amazement as their “goofy” idea has turned into a full-fledged, touring …read more!

Newsday had an article today about post-HBP depression – “Now what?” the piece asks Potter fans. Thanks Jamie!

Apple sent out its eNews newsletter today to its millions of subscribers about all the new products it unveiled yesterday, and they included the following: “To date, customers have subscribed to over 7 million podcasts. No wonder: you can now find over 15,000 free podcasts on the iTunes Music Store. The number keeps growing all …read more!

A quick look the U.S. iTunes AudioBook store reveals that less than 24 hours after the announcement of their release, HP books are ripping up the charts at iTunes. The rankings stand thus, at this moment: 1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($49.95) 3.The Complete Harry Potter ($249.00) 4.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone …read more!