There was a mention of Harry Potter in the Washington Post today in an article about comic books and Spiderman quoted Avi Arad, the chairman of Marvel Studios and a principal shareholder in the company about whether the video generation has given up on comic books and that kind of entertainment. He said, “Today you …read more!

From website This is Stroud: “Four Harry Potter look-a-likes are set for a TV appearance after being discovered by the News & Journal. The Foley boys, Oliver,10, twins, James and Sean, nine and Leigh, seven, will appear on CBBC’s Smile programme when JK Rowling’s latest book on the boy wizard is released this summer …” …read more!

Christian Coulson (Tom Riddle) is appearing in “The Forsyte Saga” on ITV1 on Sunday. It’s a period drama. Coulson plays Jolly Forsyte, who in Sunday’s episode is considering joining the army. He’s also currently on British TV in “Weirdsister College” as a muggle waiter unknowingly dating a student witch (Thanks to reader Gemma).

Zoe Wanamaker has denied reports saying she didn’t want to be in the new Harry Potter film. The official Sean Biggerstaff web site informs us that the DVD launch party for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone will be held at Kings Cross station in London on Wednesday May 8th. (Thanks to Dark Mark for …read more!

TWW has posted an email they received from Simon Fisher-Becker, the Fat Friar in the Harry Potter movies. Dark Horizons reports that the London Symphony Orchestra is scheduled to record the score for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets this coming September. A letter to the editor from Emma Matthewson (Senior Commissioning Editor, Bloomsbury …read more!

From CBBC Newsround comes Lizo’s verdict on the Harry Potter DVD: Well, it’s set to be one of the biggest, if not THE biggest DVD of the year. The most exciting thing about the DVD is the scenes that didn’t make it into the final movie. Best is the leg locker scene, as it actually …read more!

Potter-mania has already reached [the] Ukraine. Thunderpants, starring Ned Beatty, Stephen Fry and Harry Potter’s Rupert Grint, which is released in the UK on 24 May 2002, has put its first trailer online.

British stores are planning midnight openings to mark the launch of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone on DVD next month. From Ananova: “Harry Potter mania is gripping the nation once again as fans eagerly await the release of the movie on video and DVD. … Meanwhile fans are already preparing for the release of …read more!

Mr. Kagay said the extremely improbable sales of Mr. DeVos’s book — at a time when no other stores reported any sales, and coming from small stores that report only a few hundred sales of even a Harry Potter book — certainly would have excluded the DeVos book from The Times’s list (Thanks to Tanisia). …read more!

From CBBC Newsround: Get ready for a magical treat on Monday because Newsround will be showing you exclusive clips of the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone DVD! Our very own Potter expert, Lizo Mzimba, is spending the weekend in his cupboard under the stairs to check out all the extras and interactive features.