Today actor John Cleese( Nearly Headless Nick) turns 65. Happy Birthday John!

Previously we told you the launch for the PoA DVD would be held on November 18th in London, England with the cast and crew to attend. Actor Tom Felton(Draco Malfoy) has updated his website to confirm this. He writes: “Talking of glitzy bits, there’s going to be the launch of the DVD for the Harry …read more!

Rupert Grint has reportedly done some voice work on a documentary special about Peter Pan. According to Rupert Grint.net the young actor( Ron Weasley in the Potter films) will provide commentary on a documentary about the 100th anniversary of Peter Pan. The show is to air on the BBC this December.

MuggleNet was given eight teaser clips of some deleted scenes and commentary to be included on the Prisoner of Azkaban DVD. Click here to see them. Enjoy!

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban has been nominated as”Best Feature Film “by the Children’s BAFTA Awards. The children’s version of the British Academy of Film and Television Awards will be presented on November 28th, 2004.

J.K.Rowling is lending her support to a fund-raising effort benefiting those with Multiple Sclerosis. The Harry Potter author generously spent thousands of pounds to rent Powderham Castle where a charity black-tie masked ball will be held on Nov. 1st, 2004. Readers will remember that JKRowling also hosted a similar event back in 2002.

Earlier we told you about a story from Ain’t It Cool News on French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet(Amelie) being approached by Warner Brothers to direct the film version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Today Variety has this story where Jeunet does confirm the interest from Warner Brothers, but is still undecided about …read more!

Matthew Lewis has re-opened his official and recently overhauled (although still under a bit of construction) website, Neville-Longbottom.co.uk. Thanks to both Maria and MuggleNet for the link!

Steve Vander Ark of the Floo partner The Harry Potter Lexicon has informed us in a very bleary way that after four solid days of work, the Lexicon’s master timeline has been updated to include all new bits of information we’ve recently learned from J.K. Rowling. For instance, the timeline notes that while Fred says, …read more!

Mugglenet has received a batch of new photos from the filming of the Quidditch World Cup scenes for the upcoming Goblet of Fire movie. These are close-up shots of the tents, and you can see some variety of flags from different countries. On the last page of the photos there are two of the stadium …read more!