Reuters reports that the Hogwarts Express got stuck at Banavie station near Fort William on its way to West Highland in Scotland where filming for Chamber of Secrets was to begin. You can see pictures of the West Highland train line at RailScot.

Thomas de Veen from Zweinstein Club sent us a new picture from the movie:

GREAT NEWS! You can now pre-order the Harry Potter Movie Soundtrack from Amazon.com due out October 30th. Get yours today! (Thanks to reader Greg Benninger).

Wizards of the Coast has its first chat about the Harry Potter Trading Card Game on Thursday….PoJo.com was smart enough to get ahold of a log of the chat.

According to Nurice and Majandriah from The Harry Potter Connection, a secret message on the James & Oliver Phelps Web site says that it will launch on September 10th. “Alright, guys, if you’ve been there(James & Oliver Phelp’s[Fred & George Weasley] site) recently- you’ll see this. : TOAIPHTLTHEOH2ETORH : BE : EENH1TTSWAALHYESBU : Okay, well, …read more!

According to CountingDown.com, HarryPotterFun.com and the UEWFC have come together to create Emma Watson Online, the premier fan site for the girl portraying Hermione Granger in the upcoming movie. The site is set to launch September 10th.

Last night the Hugo Awards were announced at the 59th World Science Fiction Convention and J.K. Rowling one a Best Novel award for “Goblet of Fire”.

There’s a new issue of HOL’s The Spell Binder online.

Rames put out the following press release for Hogwarts OnLine: HOL – VIRTUAL HOGWARTS SEPTEMBER 1 – START OF TERM ANNOUNCEMENT Hello, we are proud to announce the launch of HOL – VIRTUAL HOGWARTS, a community and online school, based on the ideas of Joanne K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. http://www.hpgalleries.com/hol/ – HOL Main Page …read more!

Andre´ is back this time with a scan of the Sears Wishbook page containing Legos: You forgot to mention those we’re Lego sets 🙂 Anyways here’s the Lego Page. Note that some sets are mismatched with thier letters. C is labeled D [Hagrid’s Hut] D is labeled C [Forbidden Corridor, with Fluffy ^-^] F and …read more!