Do you believe that Dragons are real? There is a new television special set to air on Animal Planet called Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real all about these fascinating mythological creatures that are part of the Harry Potter world. For this special produced by the people who made the award- winning show Walking with Dinosaurs, …read more!

Today actor Harry Melling who plays Dudley Dursley is celebrating his 16th birthday. Happy Birthday!

Everyone, it makes me so happy to report that today is everyone’s favorite news wench Sue Upton’s coughcoughnd birthday. We’re sending a free round of drinks round the ol’ Leaky in honor of the occasion. Happy Birthday, Sue, we don’t know what we’d do without you!

“It was a mistake any wizard could make Who was tired and caught on the hop One piffling error, and then, to my terror, I found myself facing the chop. – excerpt from the Ballad of Nearly Headless Nick by JKRowling Do you know the Ballad of Nearly Headless Nick? As stated on her website …read more!

Cartoonist John Cook let us know that there is a new Hairy Plopper parody cartoon online, in which we see Moody asking for the names of the three Unforgivable curses, with interesting results. Users submitted the punchline of this parody; you can see the winning one and more than 1,000 others at the link; feel …read more!

As part of Red Nose Day in the UK, Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) is running around shouting “bogies!” as loud as he can. We are so proud. 🙂 Rupert took part in the special Pro Celeb Bogies event to raise money for Comic Relief, winning a semifinal on Monday, and is competing right now (Red …read more!

” Harry Potter is a global brand worth an estimated $1 billion. ” So says Forbes in a short article about the industry surrounding the Harry Potter series. Focusing on the amount of money generated by the Potter books, movies, and merchandise sales, Forbes notes that “at least a dozen companies list Harry Potter as …read more!

Hooooowl! According to JKRowling.com March 10th(already in the UK) is Remus Lupin’s Birthday! Cheers!

Jamie Waylett (Vincent Crabbe) has received so much fan art from readers lately that he’s decided to hold a contest via his site: “Everyone who sends in a drawing of me or of my character, either by himself or with other fellow Slytherin students, over the next 3 weeks will be judged in a fan …read more!

Previously we told you that Harry Potter had been nominated for two awards at Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards. The online voting section for the awards is now open. If you would like, you can click here to vote for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in the “Favorite Movie” category. The Harry Potter book …read more!