Ananova reports on the October issue of Vanity Fair. (Thanks to Bunyip87)

Tonya Werner sent us this preview of the upcoming Harry Potter Soundtrack from RottenTomatoes.com with thanks to JWFan.net.

Reader Eva sent us yet another new picture from the Harry Potter movie: Wanting to give a little something back, I knew I had to scan this pic when I saw it. Hopefully you don’t already have it archived somewhere. It’s not much, but every bit counts, right? It’s from the September 3rd issue of …read more!

Sarah from The Sporadic Prophet sent us this great news about the Harry Potter Trading Card Game: I work at a movie theatre, and we recently got pictures and samples for the concession trays and cups that they are going to use for the HP movie. In the pack, it says that when you buy …read more!

Rames has added 3 pictures to the Movie Gallery sent to us by an anonymous reader – each is a set from Leavesden Studios in the UK and includes the Moving Staircases set seen in the second trailer, the Forbidden Forest, and Diagon Alley (at night).

Brian Costa sent us a new desktop background – we’ve posted a preview image below. 1024 x 768 version (700K) 800 x 600 version (500K)

Reader Greg Benninger has just informed us that all the Mattel Harry Potter Action Figures are up for pre-order at Amazon as well. Most of them have pictures and all of them are $9.99 and will be available starting October 10th. Gryffindor Harry Quidditch Harry Gryffindor Ron Gryffindor Hermione Professor Snape Slytherin Malfoy Headmaster Dumbledore …read more!

While we still haven’t heard from Newsround regarding the CBBC Prom in the Park announcement, they just added a new article with exclusive pictures from Chamber of Secrets – the Hogwarts Express.

Ali WildGoose from Diagon Alley has written A Newbie’s Guide to the Harry Potter Fandom which includes some alternative views on slash fiction.

BBC Newsround sent us this news about the music for the Harry Potter movie and says “stay tuned”: Sometime today there’ll also be a big announcement about the Harry Potter music and the CBBC Prom in the Park. Empire Online speculates that it may be a live performance of the Harry Potter score.