And because it’s very quiet on the news front this week, let me show you a fine group pic of the GUND Harry Potter characters, I found on eBay. I must admit, I like their Scabbers plush! And that cat behind him is Mrs. Norris – you wouldn’t expect Crookshanks to be that calm next …read more!

This is impressive!! According to German news agency dpa and media control, the Harry Potter books are still in the top four slots of the hardcover bestsellers list in Germany, with Goblet of Fire in the lead! This latest book in the series has been released in Germany last fall (October) and sold its complete …read more!

As promised, Harry Potter Galleries has posted the pictures from the Gloucester Today article. We gave you a sneak peak in April also reporting what our insider told us about the Gloucester shoot. Dark Horizons first posted something about the article in March and as soon as we clean our office and find the actual …read more!

Many updates to Harry Potter Galleries today: Trading Cards has been updated – get Geber and Agrippa this week. The actor gallery has been updated with pictures of Bonnie Wright and Alfie Enoch and Jason Gay was given his Vernon Dursley award I nominated him for last week.

Crossing the language barrier, the Brazilian Harry Potter fan site “Harry Potter o Filme” emailed us this article from the Brazilian Magazine VEJA. It started out in Portuguese but was translated by “Harry Potter o Filme” Webmaster G.V.Linares – we’ve edited his version a bit: The Brazilian Friend of Harry Potter Fernando Cavalcanti/Ag. Atimo “He …read more!

Someone emailed us this plea for assitance: Calling all Harry Potter fans! A Leicester primary school needs you to help put the magic into an activity week devoted to the fictional hero. Parks Primary School, in New Parks, is seeking young volunteers to work with children on activities centred around JK Rowling’s first book, Harry …read more!

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has a cute article about how the Venice Elementary School took a break last week to celebrate Harry Potter with a Trivia Contest.

The London Evening Standard’s Business Day has this article about Harry Potter being at, of all places, an Antiquarian Book Fair: HARRY Potter finds himself in the strangest of places, but an antiquarian book fair? I ask you! His first adventure, Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone, was published three years ago. Yet there he …read more!

We came across an article in the June Nutrition Action Healthletter decrying Coca-Cola’s use of Harry Potter to sell “liquid candy” to kids: “Harry Potter” isn’t just about magic. It is magic. The best-selling books have done more to transform millions of children into enthusiastic readers than any well-intentioned effort by anyone, anywhere. They haven’t …read more!

A reader emailed us interesting news from 4 Daily Variety articles this week. In an article about the “post-production” business slowing down, we find out this: This year, ILM is tackling its biggest slate ever, creating visuals for “A.I.,” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” “Jurassic Park 3,” “Pearl Harbor,” “Planet of the Apes,” “Star …read more!