An HP-airbrushed car is going for about 10,000 GBP on eBay right now; the car was custom painted and airbrushed by Darren Horton with a plethora of Azkaban images. The item says the airbrushing took eight weeks to complete. Thanks to everyone who emailed!

The Broadcast Film Critics Association nominated but did not award Dan Radcliffe (Best Young Actor), Emma Watson (Best Young Actress) or Prisoner of Azkaban (Best Family Film ) at their annual Critics’ Choice Awards. Finding Neverland won Best Family Film, while Finding Neverland‘s Freddie Highmore and The Phantom of the Opera‘s Emmy Rossum won Best …read more!

Scholastic.com’s ‘Shrieking Shack’, a feedback section, has returned to the site, this time asking readers who they think the half-blood prince is. Follow the link to submit your opinion.

Update 1/13: The Sun calls us a “genuine fans” Web site in dealing with the scam. Update 1/11: Today Monsters and Critics talked to editor Heidi about the scam as well: The Cauldron received over two-dozen emails from fans who had stumbled on the, what is sometimes called, phishing site. Phishing is when Web sites …read more!

Jamie Waylett (aka Crabbe) has updated his blog with more of his funniest emails, which were such a big hit last time: 11/ Are you and Josh brothers?…p.s. he is the one who plays Goyle. 12/ It says on you site that you were born on the 21st of July, 1989, so how old are …read more!

Update, 1/10: The site is closed. We’ve had a number of reports in the past day or so about a website that is allegedly selling electronic book versions of the five released Harry Potter books, as well as an electronic book of Book Six, which we all know hasn’t been released yet. We’re not linking …read more!

JKRowling.com tells us that Jan. 9 is Prof. Severus Snape’s birthday!

Alan Rickman, who plays Severus Snape in the HP films, has signed on to play the voice of Marvin in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams, directed by Garth Jennings, and due out this year. Marvin will be played by HP actor Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick). Thanks Julie and all who …read more!

Issue number 54 of the liberal arts journal Topic: The Washington and Jefferson College Review focuses on Harry Potter, and is available for order online. The issue includes such essays as “Disillusionment in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix“, by Donna C. Woodford; “Fantasy and the Interpretation of Fantasy in Harry Potter“, by …read more!

IGN Film Force has a new interview with actor Gary Oldman (Sirius Black). While the interview is mostly about his role in the new Batman Begins movie, there is a brief mention of his work in the Potter films. “Playing Sirius Black in last year’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and now Gordon …read more!