Our reader Simon has sent us a ton MORE GoF pics, and some really cool ones too: Barty Crouch The campfire ablaze Cedric in a hood Cho wearing a scarf Dumbledore at the feast Dumbledore in the pensieve scene The Gryffindor kids Harry Harry at the feast Mad-Eye Mad-Eye and Harry Dumbledore Update We’ve also …read more!

More high-res photos from WB for you: Cedric (large)Cedric (med) Krum (large) Krum (med) Harry smiling (large) Harry smiling (med) Weasley Tent (large) Weasley tent (med)

Grace from RGMS.org let us know that a UK paper, The Mirror, is reporting tonight that actress Helen McCrory ” has been lined up to play evil Bellatrix Lestrange in the next Harry Potter film.” A source revealed: “The producers are trying to keep the cast a secret until it’s all sealed. But they are …read more!

PotterProphet.com has posted some scans from the new issue of Disney Adventures magazine that has a feature on the upcoming Goblet of Fire film. While most of the photos we’ve seen recently, there are some new ones, including small photos of Krum, Cho and Cedric. There is also a brand new photo of the inside …read more!

WB zapped over the new Cho Chang pic in high-resolution, so check it out: Cho Chang (huge) Cho Chang (med) Cho Chang (small) Thanks again go to MuggleNet for finding the original scan.

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!