Thanks to Tybalt-Quin for the pointer and UninvitedCat for the link regarding the “Harry Potter Cow” currently in residence in Leicester Square, London. You can send it to your friends as a Virtual Postcard too. Only one problem. It’s clearly not possible to have a Harry Potter cow. So should we call it Harriet?

Heather sends us this, I think it’s from ComingSoon…: New Harry Potter Trailer Not with Spy Kids 2 Monday, August 5, 2002 1:04 CDT There’s been some speculation that a new trailer for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets would be playing with Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams in theaters starting …read more!

Thanks very much to Trina, for this info about the second trailer: My boyfriend went to the San Diego Comic Convention and there he saw the second trailer. He told me that it does run about 4 minutes in length. He said there were scenes at the Weasleys’ house, the basilisk, Harry and Ron talking …read more!

Thank you very much Megan, who reminds us that the trailer to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone played in front of the first Spy Kids movie. The rumor makes more sense by the minute. 🙂

We’ve received a rumor that the second trailer may play in front of Spy Kids 2, due in U.S. theaters on August 7 and U.K. theaters on August 9. This is very much a rumor, but it does make a lot of sense, as Spy Kids is a kids movie that also has adult appeal …read more!

Well, it appears the 2003 HP Calendar is available in some stores – but the movie one, the one with shots from the film is not yet widely available (according to BN.com). A few of our readers do seem to have gotten their hands on it – so if you can scan it, please do. …read more!

Thanks Laura, for sending us this snippet from this week’s new Entertainment Weekly about Book 5, or the lack thereof: WAIT PROBLEM: For Potter fans, it’s a torture worthy of the dungeons of Azkaban. Two full years have passed since the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and now there are rumblings …read more!

Thanks Michael, for this rundown of the pics in the 2003 HP Calendar (which he won, and which is not yet available in stores!): Cover- Doby Telling Harry to not go back to Hogwarts. Inside Front Cover- A picture of Hogwarts. January-Gilderoy Lochart and Harry getting their picture taken at Flourish and Blott’s. February- Ron …read more!

Japan Today reports that a Chinese student was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of selling pirated DVDs of the hit movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. From the spookiness of Signs to the old-fashioned wizardry of The Lord of the Rings, the long-lasting trend is clear. Comedy and action still draw crowds, but fantasy …read more!

Characters from three of the all-time highest grossing movies will join the star ranks of the Hollywood [California] Wax Museum. Starting July 31, Harry Potter, Spider-Man and Captain Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg), along with three primate co-stars from Planet of the Apes, will appear as if they stepped off the movie screen casting their spells, …read more!