The Internet Movie Database has a poll for what movie will be the biggest holiday smash and Harry Potter is currently in the lead with Lord of the Rings following close behind. Let your voice be heard.

Cute Foxtrot cartoon today, specifically on the LOTR-HP interfandom issues.

Thanks to Karen, we learned about a chat on AOL with Emma Watson and Rupert Grint on Tuesday, November 13, at 5pm Eastern Time (US), and a chat on MSNBC at 1:30pm Eastern Time (US) with Robbie Coltrane. We assume that the AOL chat will be accessible from KEYWORD: HARRY POTTER but will update this …read more!

Straight from the horse’s mouth, another big ol’ rumor squashed: Daniel Radcliffe revealed on The Today Show this morning that his birthday is not July 31 but July 23. Close enough, I say.

Han tells us that the series of Blindingly Tremendous Potter Posters is about to crown a king: Berlin’s poster, to be put up on Nov 13, will have 300 pieces and a surface area of 1200 square feet.

The Washington Post has a profile of Danny Radcliffe and other Potter info.

Hollydaze tells us that the movie says James Potter was the Gryffindor Seeker – we know from many JKR chats that he was a Chaser. Hm.

In addition to HPGalleries’ extensive review page, a good review place to keep bookmarked is Rotten Tomatoes’ Harry Potter page for a running log of the stampeding hordes of opinions coming in and my favorite feature, a tomatometer to weigh the good and bad.

A transcript of the interview with Daniel Radcliffe which aired on the Australian version of 60 Minutes is available from their website.

FictionAlley Park has a report from the New York premiere. Two Park regulars managed to get tickets to the showing at the Ziegfeld and met Dan Radcliffe just before the show started. Pics and scans of the ticket will be available on FictionAlley later tonight/tomorrow.