The Onion’s “AV Club” interviewed Stephen Fry a few weeks ago; he talks a bit about the Harry Potter books, reading, writing and acting. The reporter put a few HP-specific outtakes on her LiveJournal as well, including Fry’s comments about how he became the UK voice for the audiobooks, and whether he’d want to find …read more!

As a followup to our notice that, in contrast to the way the title’s been used on JKRowling.com, there will be a hyphen in the American edition of HBP, we’ve just confirmed it will also be in place in the British edition. The book will be Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince whether you be …read more!

Emma-Watson.net has scans of the UK 2005 Prisoner of Azkaban calendar. While there, scroll down to view a collection of nice high res photos from the Wimbledon premiere, which Emma Watson attended.

Several readers have let us know that Potter actor Timothy Spall will appear as Mr. Poe in the December release of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Information on the movie can be found through Events author Lemony Snicket’s site, although he strongly suggests that you do yourself a favor and avoid the whole unpleasant issue.

The Irish Gaelic version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is due to hit bookstores next month, putting the number of languages that the first novel has been translated into at over 200. Thanks to Shelagh for the info!

A TimesOnline article said today that Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was “expected to be released early next year.” This is not true. As a trusted source has said, all that’s definite is that it will possibly be released next year. JKR is still writing the book (which also puts to rest other …read more!

Congrats go tonight to Emerson and crew from MuggleNet.com and Jenna and crew from DanRadcliffe.com, who have won the Best Movie Fan Site and Best Actor Fan Site awards, respectively, at Movies.com. The Official Harry Potter Site also won Best Official Movie site, making HP a winner in three of the nine awards! (Previously, Leaky …read more!

Actor Chris Rankin has updated his blog with a note that he may not be in Goblet of Fire: Turns out that my contract states that I was contracted to appear in Prisoner of Azkaban +1 more HP film – it doesn’t have to be the next in the series (as we’d all presumed) – …read more!

JWFan.net is reporting that they have received confirmation from Warner Brothers that the composer for the Goblet of Fire film will be Patrick Doyle. Patrick Doyle is a well known film composer, having worked with Goblet director Mike Newell previously on Donnie Brasko and Into the West. Other film scores by Patrick Doyle include those …read more!

Today, actor Tom Felton(Draco Malfoy) turns 17. Happy Birthday Tom!