Melissa of the Spellbinder has successfully carried out a major coupe d’�tats in the world of Harry Potter News: In the same night, they have posted not only the entire Vanity Fair photo spread, but the aforementioned article from Entertainment Weekly as well. The Vanity Fair article will be online later this evening. The Leaky …read more!

According to the BBC, the world premiere for the first Harry Potter movie will be November 4th at the Odeon cinema in Leicester Square.

The HOL Spellbinder has a very interesting article about visiting the home of the REAL Nicholas Flamel.

Interesting news about the 2nd Movie from Dark Horizons: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (SPOILERS) : Alan Rickman is about to kick off theatre work on Noel Coward’s “Private Lives” in London’s West End, so how will this affect filming on the HP sequel? Rickman apparently gets Mondays off to work on the …read more!

The Official Site actually updated their pages recently. Check out their new “Live the Magic” sponsor section for a screensaver, a free Hogwarts acceptance kit, and a game – Potions Class Final Exam.

An anonymous reader sent us this screenshot from an airing of Access Hollywood which showed snippets of all the Harry Potter photos. Be sure to read a review of the whole photo spread.

Lynn Chealander over at the Harry Potter Connection has a cover photo from next week’s Entertainment Weekly, also on the subject of Harry Potter, along with a synopsis of the coverage. I’d say the media blitz has begun: In next week’s issue, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY takes an inside look at the highly-anticipated Harry Potter and the …read more!

The Scholastic Store in New York (557 Broadway between Prince & Spring Streets) will be holding a reading of Prisoner of Azkaban by Jim Dale to celebrate the release of the paperback edition Tuesday, September 11th at 4pm. It’s free but space is limited so do call for reservations – +1.212.343.4903.

Reader Kimaire sent us this bit of info about a new contest at the Official site: The official site, along with AOL Hometown, is having a contest to design a website. (It has to be done using AOL Hometown from what I understand.) The 10 winners get a screening of the movie in their hometown, …read more!

According to Reuters via MovieHeadlines.net, the Harry Potter Coins from the Isle of Man sold out very quickly to collectors.