As part of the A Celebration of Harry Potter 2016 festivities, the official Harry Potter Facebook page hosted Katie Leung (Cho Chang) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) today.  Fans submitted questions for the pair to answer.  See the video below. #KatieLeung and #BonnieWright are live now! #AskHPCast #HPCelebration Posted by Harry Potter on Saturday, January …read more!

Today we would like to honor the birthday of Harry Potter’s mother, Lily. Lily (Evans) Potter was known to be the brightest student in her class at Hogwarts; even more she was kind, loving, and remembered as such. Though Lily does not often appear directly within the Harry Potter books, and we hear little from …read more!

Earlier this week, Michael Gambon attended the premiere of his newest film appearance, Dad’s Army. He reportedly told the Express that he would love a role in the Fantastic Beasts film series, perhaps as a ‘young Dumbledore’: “I want to be in it, yes,” he confirmed.  “They’ve got a Dumbledore. They’ll have a young Dumbledore, won’t they? But I could be …read more!

This evening, A Celebration of Harry Potter 2016 officially began with a crowd of fans and a spectacle of film stars and studio representatives at the Opening Ceremony, which can be seen below. The ceremony started with a tribute to the late Alan Rickman, featuring scenes from his performance as Severus Snape in the Harry …read more!

The official Harry Potter Facebook page is keeping up with the Celebration of Harry Potter, and hosted a live interview with Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom). The live interview occurred at 12:15 EST and can be seen below. It is great fun to watch Matt and Rupert mess around in front …read more!

Pottermore have announced their first “massive surprise” from A Celebration of Harry Potter – wizarding school maps! In their tweet announcing the collection,  Pottermore linked to their Wizarding School page, which says the following: “There are eleven long-established and prestigious wizarding schools worldwide, all of which are registered with the International Confederation of Wizards. Smaller and less well-regulated institutions have …read more!

UPDATE: View the live-stream below.   Universal Orlando Resort is providing official live coverage of some of the panel events from A Celebration of Harry Potter 2016 this weekend. On Friday, the Official Blog for Universal Orlando Resort will host the live stream of the Opening Night Event, where all of the participating film stars …read more!

Pottermore has more than hinted at more surprises coming at the Celebration of Harry Potter in Orlando this weekend. But today, they have heightened the excitement, the level of expectation, and the stakes with the use of one word. “Massive.” Earlier today, Pottermore brought us a lovely surprise by bringing back the beloved Sorting Hat …read more!

While this HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED by J.K. Rowling or anyone associated with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Rowling Library book blog reported yesterday that two publishers are vying for the right to publish the play.  MuggleNet also shared the unconfirmed news.  The Rowling Library writes, Our sources have informed [us] that at …read more!

Pottermore announced earlier this morning that House Sorting and Wand choosing had found its way back onto the Pottermore site, after a long absence. These features were originally apart of the Pottermore site but were removed last October when the site got a make over. Many fans were underwhelmed with the Pottermore relaunch and were …read more!