Samantha has sent us two new pics from a Mexican magazine called Cinemania – Dumbledore’s office in full, and our first look at the scene where Harry and Ron visit a petrified Hermione. Thanks so much!

As your friendly publicity director for the Harry Potter Symposium, I’m here to tell you that the registration is now open; just visit the site and click on “register” to get going. Those who register by Halloween, 2002, will receive a special t-shirt available only for Early Bird registrants. The registration system includes a page …read more!

Nath sent us a wonderful image of Harry on a broomstick from a French magazine. Cassandra Claire did a translation of the article for us this afternoon. You can find it here.

Thanks to our reader CS Brown for a few new pics: The Basilisk play set The second movie poster And to Agata, for a few more! Dumbledore’s office (one assumes) The greenhouse

Thank you to Chris for sending us more information on the “Red Carpet VIP” contest, which, unfortunately, is only open to AOL subscribers. Contestants are asked to submit an entry in the form of a video tape or other media. (Part of the instructions for what they want on the videos include: “Imagine that you’ve …read more!

Tickets to CoS are available for showings starting November 15 in the US via Fandango and MovieFone. Huzzah! If you live in LA, there will be a premiere at Mann’s in Westwood on the 14th, reader Eudaemonia has confirmed.

Two from Yahoo news: Harry Potter’s wand box, the blueprints for a “Star Wars” spaceship and Tom Hanks’ helmet from “Saving Private Ryan” all go under the hammer this week. Auctioneer Cooper Owen’s “At the Movies” sale takes place on Thursday. British and Irish churches are being urged to acknowledge the escapades of Harry Potter …read more!

From Yahoo news: Harry Potter may carry a wand, ride a broomstick and count a werewolf among his friends but a new book claims the boy wizard’s adventures are really full of Christian imagery and morals. “I could run a weekly bible study using Harry Potter as a starting point. It is a gold mine …read more!

It seems like this changes from week to week, but website The Star is now reporting that Bloomsbury’s chief executive Nigel Newton has confirmed that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will not appear before the end of the year. “Joanne is happily writing away, but the new Harry Potter will not form …read more!

Jessica in Australia tells us of an interviewlet in TV Week with one of the computer games designers, and reports that at Floriade there will be a Harry Potter Scarecrow made by some primary school kids in the scarecrow display area. It’s complete with Gryffindor tie, scar, glasses, robe, broomstick and latern!