We announced it on Monday, but now we’ve got the official press release announcing Emma Thompson as Trelawney. Enjoy! EMMA THOMPSON JOINS ALL-STAR CAST OF HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN BURBANK, CA, (October, 9, 2003) – Academy Award-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility, Remains of the Day, Howards End, Wit) …read more!

Victoria, whose interviews with Christian Coulson and the Phelps twins were posted here on TLC over the weekend, also spoke with Matthew Lewis at Collectormania IV and has brought it back for us! Matthew Lewis looks nothing like Neville Longbottom in real life. A mop of curly hair above a set of very piercing eyes …read more!

TLC reader Cristobal writes to give more info on Fran’s report of John William’s December concert at the Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli. heard the news on radio and after that I confirmed with a staff member of the Mexico City Filarmonic Orchestra. And the point is as follows: John Williams’ll direct three concerts with the …read more!

Michael Duff of the University Daily turns the microscope around to study and categorize the critics of Harry Potter.

Italian Harry Potter publisher Adriano Salani details plans to help make the Italian edition of HP5 more environmentally friendly. TLC reader Enrico kindly translated the article for us, and asks that we forgive his English (which looks quite good to me). Thanks, Enrico! ZERO IMPACT HARRY POTTER Adriano Salani Editore informs that the price of …read more!

Gere Goble of the Mansfield News Journal discusses the flood of angry mail that followed a posting on TLC. The article is actually focused on another subject, with the Potter part found further down the page. I learned about that in a big way in the Horrible Harry Potter Affair. I wrote a column a …read more!

Harry Potter fans can spend a “Harry Potter Day” fighting their way through a giant corn maze at Escobar’s Highland Farm in Rhode Island! Thanks, Amy!

IGN.net has a summary/review of the new game, as well as images. Thanks to Sean and Lauren for the link!

Sandra points us toward this BBC summary of the next Potter movie, which is worth a click just to see the artwork. Thanks, Sandra!

Richard Harris’ widow recently received a £329,000 parking bill for a car the late actor parked in a New York car park and then forgot about. Thanks, Deirdre, for the link!