German HP publishers Carlsen Verlag have released the cover chosen for HBP, which you can see right here, and you can see a larger version at HarryPotter Xperts right here.

The “Extra” Tv show with the preview of the Goblet of Fire film is now airing on certain stations here in the states. This editor just caught the tail end of the Harry Potter part. There were new shots of the second task (including a very cool shot of backflip out of the water), of …read more!

The current issue of “Nature” magazine has a short feature on wizarding genetics and their use as a teaching tool for kids learning about heredity and alleles.

Syndicated television program “Extra” will be previewing the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film tonight. They will be airing some new footage, brief clips of which you can see on their website(including a quick look at the flying arrival of the Beauxbatons). As the show is syndicated, it will air at different …read more!

Retrovision Magazine‘s next issue, the Harry Potter News Diary: 1997-2005, will be pushed back one month September to make room for recent news, interviews with David Heyman, director/producer Chris Columbus, director Alfonso Cuaron, production designer Stuart Craig, visual effects supervisor Jim Mitchell, and actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. The cover is illustrated …read more!

In this MSNBC article, children’s lit author Jane Yolen speaks of Harry Potter, the similarities it has to one of the over 300 books she has written, and how she believes a lot of those were put into HP. Have you read all six Harry Potter books? What do you think of them? I read …read more!

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Bloomsbury will award a signed HBP to Viola Pruller, for winning their Countdown Clock contest; you can see the entry at this link. Becky Austin and Pablo Reyna came in runners-up. Thanks Harry Latino!

The new issue of Entertainment Weekly (out tomorrow) will contain their fall movie previews, and includes a look at Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. There are small new quotes from director Mike Newell, producer David Heyman, and actor Michael Gambon. The preview reads: ” WE BEGIN WITH A SPOILER ALERT, BECAUSE even though …read more!

Marc from HarryPotterX-perts let us know about two new Goblet of Fire photos. They include one of Krum that we saw recently, only this time with more of the students around him. The second one is possibly that of Frank Bryce at the begining of the film. We are trying to confirm this with WB, …read more!