The new issue of “Entertainment Weekly” magazine has a feature this week called “The 122 People and Things We Love This Summer.” Ranked at number 13 is actor Ralph Fiennes who will portray Lord Voldemort in the upcoming Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire film. Age: 42. Mustworthiness: Give him a character who’s intellectually …read more!

Quick reminder: the “Ask Jo” contest ends tonight at midnight – there are currently 112 pages of questions, and figuring a (very) low average of three questions per user…that’s at least 3-4,000 queries. Yikes. And that’s not counting 33 more pages on another thread. So, this is your last chance to add your question to …read more!

We know there’s been a tremendous amount of stories saying JKR has finally announced or said or something that there won’t be e-books of HP – thank you for the many e-mails. We haven’t posted this because there’s not much news in it, seeing as there’s never been any indication e-books were a possibility and …read more!

TLC attended yesterday’s unveiling of Scholastic’s 30-day countdown clock at its New York City store. Kids from a nearby elementary school gathered around the huge Half-Blood Prince display and answered trivia questions posted to them by Arthur Levine, the main editor of the Scholastic edition of Harry Potter, and Barbara Marcus, the executive vice president …read more!

Forbes magazine has released yet another list, this one of the most powerful celebrities. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is listed this year at number twenty two, falling from last year’s spot at number six. The top spot went to talk show host Oprah Winfrey. One of a handful of billionaires on the Celebrity 100; …read more!

HP Editor Arthur Levine and Barbara Marcus, executive vice president of Scholastic, unveiled an official 30-day countdown clock today at the Scholastic store in NYC, and TLC was there. Stay tuned, because we’re working on our interview footage and pictures to bring you in a special report tonight. In the meantime check out a picture …read more!

It was reported today that Time Magazine will be featuring a new interview with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. In a column for The Boston Globe, the reporter mentions the two mainstream media interviews that JKR will be conducting for the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, along with the one she will …read more!

We’ve just received an update from NBC letting us know that Katie Couric’s interview with Jo Rowling will air on July 17 on Dateline and July 18 on Today. More details about Today’s HBP week as we go.

Amazon has announced that its preorders of HBP have soared past the half-million mark, all the way to 560,000. That’s more than one book for each minute in a year. (Find all versions from five different countries here at the Cauldron Shop). Source: BusinessWire.

We’ve received word from an NBC rep who assured us that the Rowling-Couric interview is tentatively scheduled Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday the week of July 11, though that may easily change. The interview is taking place today in Scotland and seems to be planned to air to go with a whole Harry Potter themed week …read more!