The Clinton-Potter comparisons continue in the media, with today’s cartoon on Slate.com and MSN’s MSNBC’s comparison of the two tales: As he tells it, the rite-of-passage fable is similar: A gifted foundling, possessed of magical but unruly powers, is pursued by an evil force he cannot escape because it is within him, and teams up …read more!

Many readers have written in to tell us that in a recent Starlog article, the scans of which are posted on DanRadcliffe.com, Dan Radcliffe says the person playing Fleur is Pam Espose, not Clemence Poesy as previously reported. Here are at least two reasons not to believe it (or at least believe it’s a misquote): …read more!

TLC reader Gervásio let us know that Harry Potter o Filme has up a couple of nice quality stills of Ian Brown’s cameo from The Leaky Cauldron (i.e. the fellow stirring the tea and reading the book).

The Snitch has just posted a great collection of large images from the movie, many of which we haven’t seen in still format before. Enjoy! Thanks, Parker, for the link!

Potterish has posted a great collection of movie promo shots, many of which we haven’t seen before. You can also view the shots at Mugglenet.

Poet, New York Times best selling author, Muscular Dystrophy Association spokeman, and Harry Potter fan Mattie Stepanek has died due to complications of a rare form of that disease. Mattie gained attention in 2001 when he appeared on the Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon. In that same year, he published a volume of poetry, Heartsongs, which …read more!

Many readers have emailed about upcoming roles for some Harry Potter actors: Siriusly Star Wars? According to Gary Oldman’s (Sirius Black) manager, the actor is in negotiations “to perform a character voice in the upcoming Star Wars film. “ Isaacs Elektra: Coming Soon reports that Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) has a role in Elektra as …read more!

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban placed third in boxoffice returns this past weekend, taking in $18 million for a total of $190.9 million to date. While this lags slightly behind the $200.2 million taken in by Chamber of Secrets by its third weekend, Hollywoodreporter.com points out that the second Potter film had the …read more!

Several TLC readers have let us know that Mad Magazine’s Harry Potter issue has hit the streets. Thanks to Katya in particular for the link!

Our last of the junket set: The PoA Producers: David Heyman, Chris Columbus and Mark Radcliffe. This interview had to be really short because we were all running off to the press conference, but it’s still good, I think. Quotage: TLC: Did you guys have a heart attack when you saw the size of book …read more!