Scholastic has sent TLC a press release describing its HBP campaign, set to kick off on April 7, when there are 100 Days Until Harry. The multitiered campaign will include a national advertising campaign; a first-time ever Harry Potter crossword puzzle in The New York Times; online activities and downloadables; promotional giveaways; and midnight parties …read more!

TLC would like to wish actor Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) a Happy 55th Birthday today! Cheers!

USA Today announces today that the Scholastic (US) edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will have an all-time high initial print run of 10.8 million books, shattering the last record of 8.5 million – set by OotP in 2003. The article also mentions Leaky, and they fixed the link in the online version.

The Witching Hour, the HP convention from HPEF that will take place on Oct. 6-10 in Salem, MA, (otherwise known as the Witch City, has a couple of important announcements: Dr. Marleen Barr, author of Oy Pioneer, will speak at the conference about feminism and science fiction, as part of the panel, “Sirens, Furies and …read more!

Brand new, beautiful quality versions of the pics that recently ran in French Premiere, sent over by WB. We’ve got them for you in two sizes: Big, and HUGE! (No watermarks, yadda yadda, enjoy!) Fleur, Crouch, Dumbledore (Big) Fleur, Crouch, Dumbledore (Huge!) The Trio (1) (Big) The Trio (2) (Huge!) Rita (Big) Rita (Huge!) Trio …read more!

Netscape has awarded J.K. Rowling’s website the cool site of the day award for today, March 29th – and our sister-site, the Lexicon, is also highlighted. We always knew JKR was cool!

The Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban film has been nominated for a Hugo Award in the category of “Best Dramatic Presentation- Long Form.” The Hugo Awards, presented by the World Science Fiction Society to recognise achievement in Science Fiction, will be awarded on August 7th in Glasgow, Scotland. Thanks to Kathy, Jonathan, and …read more!

There is a story today in icTeesside about a former basketball player Ian Whyte, who is the body double for Frances de la Tour’s Madame Maxime in Goblet of Fire. The 7 foot 1 inch tall former athlete turned actor was the perfect choice to be the body double for the Madame Maxime, the head …read more!

The Daily Prophet section of the WB Harry Potter film website has been updated to include some photos from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. While most of these are previously released photos from the film, there is a newer, clear one of Emma Watson wearing a pink jacket. This photo was in an …read more!

As the release of book six gets closer, we have noticed a lot of fans making concerted efforts to stay away from fan sites, including TLC, because they don’t want to even risk finding out any more about the upcoming tome, even official information…even the slightest hint of anything remotely related to information about book …read more!