BBC has a great interview with Fiona Shaw who plays Aunt Petunia: Shaw, who plays a “Muggle” – Harry’s nasty aunt Petunia – said the young stars were coping very well, and that Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry, was “wonderful”. “I had a ball doing Harry Potter,” she said, heaping praise on director Christopher Columbus, …read more!

Ananova has a great article about John Cleese and his portrayal of Sir Nicholas De Mimsy Porpington or “Nearly-Headless Nick”. That’s one of the interesting things I noticed about the below Halloween costumes. No Peeves, Gringotts Goblins, Bloody Baron, Fat Lady Portrait, Nearly-Headless Nick, Prof. Binns costumes. Not even Snape, Prof. Quirrell or Voldemort. You’d …read more!

Loyal Reader Andrew Rankin has finally found a post that I didn’t find first. Hollywood Costumes has recently posted a bevy of pictures for their Harry Potter line, due out in June. Looking at the pictures, we’re guessing that these costumes are based on the various movie items due to the fact that the Dumbledore …read more!

According to Dark Horizons, Robin Williams WILL NOT be doing a cameo in the film despite earlier reports. Harry Potter: Robin Williams’ publicist has confirmed the actor will not cameo in the movie or sequel, despite reports to the contrary.

This Chicago Tribune article indicates that not only will Tiger Toys be producing a Quidditch game played on a broom, but a magic wand as well: Of course, Tiger still produces a huge line of toys, including its soon-to-be-released infrared-based Harry Potter magic wand and a Battle Bots line of fighting robots.

A reader emails us this interview from the Detroit News of J.K. Rowling: We spoke via conference call to J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter book series. She does not believe in magic, but she sees it “as a beautiful metaphor for other things in life.” She told us that writing the book …read more!

This morning’s London Independent has a look at the Harry Potter Trailer screened in over 200 theaters across the UK. Though the author thinks Harry and his world is a bit too clean…

Raincoast Books has a great interview with J.K. Rowling. (PDF file)

According to the Harry Potter Galleries, a company called Birds & Animals Unlimited is providing dogs, cats, rats and owls for the movie. This came from a recent New York Post article: Currently, Barkin is in Canada training a team of border collies for “Winterdance,” a movie about sled dogs, starring Cuba Gooding Jr., while …read more!

Killer Movies has pictures from “Harry Potter’s” appearance with Stephen Fry during Red Nose Day. The picture of the check is hilarious – it’s straight from Gringotts.