Investor’s Business Daily has this article about J.K.R’s rise to success in the publishing world. Amoung people interviewed are Arthur A. Levine of Scholastic, the U.S. publishers of the Harry Potter novels. “She’s very aware that these books have a place in history,” said Levine. “It would be sad if anything was rushed or less …read more!

The new issue of Entertainment Weekly has a article about this year’s summer movies and Prisoner of Azkaban is mentioned as one of the best. Film critics Lisa Schwarzbaum and Owen Gleiberman discuss the best of the summer films: OWEN: “Look, this was easily the best summer movie season in years, Lisa, and for the …read more!

The U.S. paperback version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is now a number one best-seller book. The paperback, which was released on August 10th, is now number one on both the New York Times Children’s Paperback list and the USA Today‘s Best-Seller list. The U.K. paperback version of Harry Potter and …read more!

HP4U has posted a report from the set of the upcoming Goblet of Fire film. There are descriptions of the set used in the Pensieve scene with Karkaroff. “Wow, I wish you could all get a picture of it, words cannot describe the effect.Made of course to look as though Harry has gone back in …read more!

Shhh! as many readers have let us know, the “Do Not Disturb” sign is back on the door to the office on JKRowling.com.

CBBC Newsround has posted a story about filming of scenes for the upcoming Goblet of Fire film. At the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, scenes with Mad-Eye Moody(Brendon Gleeson), Professor McGonagall(Dame Maggie Smith) and others including Crabbe( Jamie Waylett) and Goyle( Josh Herdman) are being filmed. “They went into New College which looked like it …read more!

Earlier we told you about the London Symphony Orchestra touring here in the U.S. with performances including works from the Harry Potter films. The “Music of Hollywood” tour has now been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Thanks Rachael and Connie.

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HP4U has posted a report from the Edinburgh Festival where JKR answered a few new questions from two lucky young fans. “…to where JK Rowling was, given our wristbands, then we went to meet her. We said hello and she told us ‘she was really glad we could make it’. I told her I was …read more!

Veritaserum has posted the text of an article out today in Movie Magic which features new quotes from Mike Newell: “The films definitely have a dark, frightening feel to them,” he says. “There’s romance and magic in the story, but its mixed with this fear, this overwhelming dread. I want to be sure to capture …read more!