An interactive survey of 6,819 adults across the United States have determined that President George Bush and New York Senator Hillary Clinton would both land smack in Slytherin, while the US’s First Lady, Laura Bush, would find herself among the badgers of Hufflepuff. Meanwhile 57% of respondents said they’d elect Hermione Granger president. The poll, …read more!

In a review published Saturday by The Guardian, reviewer John Mullan says HBP leaves readers with “a gloom not to be dispelled.” The odd glumness of this novel is partly a consequence of its loss of a satisfying plot, its lack of shape. There is, I think, a clear reason for this, evident from the …read more!

Aint It Cool.com has posted two new, close-up photos of Brendan Gleeson as Mad-Eye Moody in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie. These photos (via The Snitch.co.uk) seem to be from the new Harry Potter Scene-It? DVD game. This game, which was not due to be released until later this fall, …read more!

There is a new wizard of the month for August (yes, already in the UK) posted on JKRowling.com, involving Hermione’s favorite subject at Hogwarts.

Harvard sophmore and soon-to-be-published novelist Kaavya Viswanathan writes in today’s New York Times about first reading Harry Potter just before begining eighth grade, and her continuing love for the series. Harry is an endearingly normal hero, enduring the same romantic insecurities, friendship pressures and temper tantrums that I encounter all the time, and it is …read more!

Author Terry Pratchett has written an unfavorable note published in a newspaper complaining about J.K.Rowling. His complaint is that the status of the Harry Potter author is being elevated “at the expense of other writers”. He writes in the Times: WHY IS it felt that the continued elevation of J K Rowling can only be …read more!

Reader Brittany sent us a pic of Katie Leung as Cho Chang in the Goblet of Fire film; check it out by clicking here. Thanks Brittany! (Edit: This more than likely came from MuggleNet: Thanks guys!)

Today actor Richard Griffiths(Uncle Vernon Dursley)is celebrating his 58th birthday. Happy Birthday!

It’s July 31 in England, which means…it is Harry Potter and Jo Rowling’s birthdays! Jo is 40 today, and we wish her all the health and continued success in the world. (If you poke around JKRowling.com, you’ll see a bit of notice that it’s her birthday, as well.) In our three-years-running tradition of presenting a …read more!

We’ve got that new pic for you of Ron, Harry and Hermione in the Gryffindor common room in Goblet of Fire in high-res, so check it out in small, medium, and tremendous: Small Medium Huge