Yahoo’s BUZZ reported yesterday that Harry Potter fanfic regularly pops up into the top searches list on Yahoo, but on January 14, it spiked 147% (this editor wonders if that was because of LiveJournal being down for much of Friday and Saturday).

Australian Potter site Harry Potter Fan Zone has a new interview with actor Jamie Waylett (Crabbe). In the interview Jamie talks about what it’s like to work with new Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell, and has this tidbit of information about the upcoming film. HPFZ: So Jamie, what’s the deal? Could you enlighten us …read more!

We are very happy to announce that the official French version of our Floo partner, The Harry Potter Lexicon, called ‘Encyclopédie Harry Potter is live and ready for perusal by our friends in France. The site was translated from the English version by no fewer than 20 fans, and joins the Spanish version, El Diccionario …read more!

Entertainment Weekly has their new 2005 preview issue out. In the magazine there is a short preview of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film, due to be released on November 18th. Says the magazine: “He’s faced giant snakes, ghastly Dementors, and the minions of the villainous Lord Voldemort. But teen love? …read more!

Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the short list of films to be considered for the Best Makeup Awards at this year’s Oscars. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is one of seven films listed. The others are The Aviator, De-Lovely , Hellboy, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, …read more!

The Edinburgh Evening News has a new interview with actor David Tennant, who will play the role of Barty Crouch, Jr. in the upcoming Goblet of Fire film. While the article does not have much information about the film itself, it does give some background about the actor, and addresses his experience about being in …read more!

A few weeks ago, we posted a story about a columnist for the Tribune Review named Jack Markowitz, who wrote a rather unflattering column about the popularity of the Harry Potter books, calling them “the most over-praised, over-publicized and marketed books ever printed.” Many of our readers wrote in to Mr. Markowitz, and now he …read more!

With the new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book due to be released this year, the speculation grows on what the plot will be, and which character may die. The Star-Telegram newspaper has an article that says possible clues to Harry’s future may be found in Lord of the Rings or from the legend …read more!

Here you go, the GoF images in small, medium and very large format, no watermarks. Enjoy! (For all our GoF pics, check out the Hogwarts Gallery.) (Small)(Medium) (Large) (Small) (Medium) (Large) The two other previously reported on photos are here: – Harry and Hermione (pre-first-task – the person in the background is Fleur. Save this …read more!

Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuaron has a new project lined up. According to CNN, he will be directing the adaptation of the book “The Memory of Running” by Ron McLarty. The novel, which is “the story of a 42-year-old alcoholic’s quest for redemption on a bicycle trip across America”, was helped into publication by …read more!