Martyne let us know that Jason “Captain Hook” Isaacs will be participating in a live reading and performance of Peter Pan for the St. Ormands Steet Hospital – more information is available here. (Isaacs, who played Captain Hook in last year’s film Peter Pan, plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies.)

Extremely perceptive reader Potterfan has notified us that the “Welcome” note on JKRowling.com‘s front page has changed slightly in the past day from this: This is where I can tell you the truth about rumours or news stories, where I can share the extra information I haven’t put in the books, where I can give …read more!

The Daily Record has a new interview with actor Ian Hart, who played Professor Quirrell in the first Potter film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. He says that he had never read the books before auditioning for the role. When he went to buy the book, he was given the 2nd book, Chamber of …read more!

The Cambridge News has a short interview with the two people who played the doubles for Draco and Ginny in the Prisoner of Azkaban film. Joe Parsison, who was the double in the scene where Draco gets his come-uppance, said “It was really cool. We got taken up there in a Mercedes each day and …read more!

The Make-A-Wish Foundation is making one girl’s dream come true when she gets to meet the cast from the Harry Potter films. A young girl who suffers from the birth defect Spina Bifida is being flown to England to the set of the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film. Talking about the Harry …read more!

Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon) was named “Best Actor” at The Evening Standard Theatre Awards for his role in the play The History Boys. Congratulations Richard. Thanks Liz!

Two separate spokespeople for Jo Rowling told TLC today that all these bookstore “memos” going around telling people to expect an announcement on the release date of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in early- to mid-January are completely uninformed. “If there was an announcement about to be made early next year no one would …read more!

Newsweek Magazine in the US has named PoA one of its top ten films of the year, along with films like Sideways and The Aviator – they say “third time’s the charm”!

This week’s Entertainment Weekly shows that the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban DVD gained first and sixth place earnings (for the widescreen and fullscreen editions, respectively) in DVD sales in its first week out of the box. Thank you Elizabeth for the info!

JKRowling.com says today (December 12 already in England) is Charlie Weasley’s birthday!