The official Harry Potter webmaster newsletter today said that WB will have a new Azkaban site available for viewing soon. We’ve heard it’s nearly completed as well, and can say that it’s been under way for a long while and has a lot of enthusiasm behind it. More info as soon as we can.

The fabulous Winky of the French site PotterWorldOnline.com has sent us her translation of an interview Daniel Radcliffe did with the (French) magazine Total Star. As always, our thanks to Winky (who, contrary to what she thinks, has excellent translation skills!). Please note: As with any translation, exact words, and therefore exact tone, may not …read more!

Wanna be Harry’s girl? Auditions for the part of Cho Chang in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” are to be held soon. If you are “of Oriental appearance, look around 16 years of age, and live in the UK”, you could be in the fourth Potter film. Casting will be on Sat. Feb. …read more!

A federal appeals court has held up a ruling against Nancy Stouffer, who claimed that J.K. Rowling infringed upon her work. The sanction, for $50,000, was held by US District Judge Allen G. Schwartz of the Southern District of New York, who said there was “clear evidence” that Stouffer had presented her evidence against Rowling …read more!

Harry is featured in today’s comic ‘Reality Check’ . Thanks to Henna & Gabriele for the link!

Sci Fi Wire has posted a short portion of the text of the full interview that will appear in part two of TLC’s set report. At this interview he told a roundtable of reporters that he will be doing GoF (which wasn’t news) but that beyond that he’s unsure. Also, a bit of a preview …read more!

Check it out! (For those who’ve been asking: Now that there’s a page for it our main page will link to the Floo main as well – soon, soon. There are some changes coming in the header we think you’ll all like, and this will be one of them.)

Casting will be underway this week for the role of Viktor Krum in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”. Starting in the Bulgarian city of Sofia, producers are hoping to find the right young man to play the Quidditch player and love interest for Hermione Granger.

Eragon scribe Christopher Paolini, asked by US News & World Report how his title character would fare in a duel against Harry, said Eragon would win because “he’s got a dragon on his side.” The article says Eragon, an impressive first effort from Paolini, who wrote it when he was 15, just took Harry Potter …read more!

UK optical firm Graham Coates is making parts to be used as special effects for the movie “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”. One part has already been sent out,with more to follow. Editors Note:We are not certain that this has anything to do with ‘Mad-eye Moody’, but it is encouraging to know that …read more!