Melissa A. has posted a whole slew of brand-new images from this month’s Premiere Magazine. We learn some interesting things including that the dog used to play Hagrid’s “Fang” is a black, Neapolitan Mastiff and that Daniel Radcliffe’s B-Day is the same as Harry Potter’s and J.K. Rowling’s – July 31st. Interesting. Steve VanderArk – …read more!

Another article from Empire Online wherein Columbus does some heavy rumor thrashing. No Hugh Grant, no confirmed Alan Cumming, no nudists, possibly no Spielberg, and possibly no director’s cut. Lots of nos.

Empire Online has a very interesting new article about the movie, wherein Chris Columbus refutes claims that the first cut is 4 hours long – he says the final will be between 2h 30m and 2h 35m. He also gives a maddening hint about an original scene. He says it’s straight from JKR, and was …read more!

Blaise from the Harry Potter for Grownups list found a casting call for Chamber of Secrets on the Oxford Daily Info Web site. “Tom Riddle: playing age 15-18. Not unlike an older version of Harry in look and mind. Seemingly nice, but turns out to be something else … charmingly sinister. (Lead). Standard English accent.” …read more!

Rachel Bray of Harry Potter for Grownups reports on an article in Empire Online about two parents who bid on wands used in the filming of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which were part of a charity auction this weekend in Edinburgh for cancer charity Maggie’s Centre. The wands went for £12,500, and were …read more!

This November, Fantastic Beasts and Quidditch Through the Ages are being republished as a hardcover boxed set, available from Amazon in the US; no word yet on a release in the UK or elsewhere. Perhaps this is what booksellers in the U.S. have meant when they’ve said that a “new” Harry Potter book is being …read more!

Johnson & Johnson products are now available online, including foaming kiwi-melon hair detangler, foaming red cherry hand soap, toothbrushes and toothpaste.

The Spell Binder also has some new stills courtesy of some terrific readers and The Sunday Times. More as we get ’em.

As reported on “Entertainment Tonight” this weekend, the November edition of Premiere Magazine will be issued in four different collectors covers on Harry Potter: One cover will show Daniel Radcliffe as Harry, the second Dumbledore and McGonagall and a third cover shows the three friends Harry, Hermione and Ron. The magazine is available from OCT …read more!

We have posted a whole lot of new and great stills on The Harry Potter Galleries. Please check them out from the HPGalleries or Movie Tab on the title bar. We will publish many more new pictures over the next week.