As we wave our wands in farewell to 2013 and welcome 2014, we look back at the magic of this past year. Despite being two years post-production of the last Harry Potter film, this past year was not a quiet one. We saw many of our favorite Potter actors star in many new films, our …read more!

Today on her Facebook page, J.K. Rowling confirmed a story that appeared in the Daily Mail claiming that a play based on Harry Potter’s years as an orphan in Surrey would be winging its way to a UK stage. It will be based on Harry’s “early years as an orphan an outcast…featuring some of our …read more!

We let you know yesterday what scant details we knew about “A Celebration of Harry Potter,” and now the floodgates have been opened. Florida residents and Potterheads should get fired up over this news: Universal Studios is hosting a big Potter bash at the park from January 24 – 26, 2014, and they’ve got a …read more!

We let you know yesterday what scant details we knew about “A Celebration of Harry Potter,” and now the floodgates have been opened. Florida residents and Potterheads should get fired up over this news: Universal Studios is hosting a big Potter bash at the park from January 24 – 26, 2014, and they’ve got a …read more!

Universal revealed today that on January 23 it will host a Web cast that will offer a sneak peek into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Diagon Alley, the new extension of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park in Universal Studios’ Islands of Adventure Park in Orlando, FL. The announcement was made via …read more!

We knew it was happening, but it’s good to hear it officially: The Leaky Cauldron will most definitely be a part of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Diagon Alley expansion. In a discussion between Harry Potter set designer, Stuart Craig, the President of Universal Creative, Mark Woodbury, and the Vice President of Universal Creative, …read more!

Some awesome but unsurprising news coming out of Entertainment Weekly that will no doubt have Potterheads thrilled and also nodding their heads. EW readers cast their votes for the greatest YA Novel of All Time, and good ol’ HP took home the crown. That’s right, Entertainment Weekly readers decided that J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series …read more!

The latest series of videos from comedy troupe Improv Everywhere has involved real-life recreations of iconic scenes from movies (think Gandalf shouting YOU SHALL NOT PASS on a bridge in Central Park), so it was only a matter of time before a Harry Potter themed video surfaced. This time, an outfitted-to-a-tee Daniel Radcliffe lookalike heads …read more!

style=”page: WordSection1;” class=”WordSection1″> Earlier this month WB announced it would be unveiling a special series of Harry Potter “forever” stamps with the U.S. Postal Service. Today we have an exclusive image from that collection: The stamp booklet has 20 different images of fan-favorite scenes and beloved characters from the Harry Potter film series, including Harry …read more!

Entertainment Weekly has a new interview with Mary GrandPre, who was the first illustrator for the US editions of Harry Potter. In the interview she discusses her style in illustrating the Harry Potter books, as well as what she thinks about the new 15th anniversary illustrations: In the Potter books, there is one overall color …read more!