As you may recall, Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) was recently featured on an ALA READ poster, and now American Libraries, the magazine of the ALA, has interviewed Radcliffe about several topics, including the books he likes to read: In your poster, you are holding Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. That’s an extremely interesting book …read more!

Lumos, the children’s charity founded by J.K. Rowling, has put out a call for committed fundraisers who would like to take one of two Gold Bond places in the 2011 Virgin London Marathon. The charity passed along a press release about participation in the Marathon, which says: Budding marathon runners who are interested in running …read more!

The LA Times HeroComplex blog has posted a video interview and behind the scenes look at the creation of the music for the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” film. Producers David Baron, David Heyman, and Alexandre Desplat, the composer himself, are featured in the video, which can be viewed right here.

Please join us at TLC in wishing John Cleese a very happy birthday. The actor, who plays Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter films, is celebrating his 71st birthday today! Many happy returns!

Yesterday (which was Sunday), I spent the evening crafting, as I’m now trying to do every week. There was a bunch of things I wanted to make (stenciled onesises, a huge cross-stitch of a family picture, some sewing projects including a dress, curtains, etc.), but I settled on making Christmas ornaments similar to this one, …read more!

As you may recall, the MPAA rated “Deathly Hallows: Part 1” as PG-13 for “sequences of intense action violence and frightening imagery.” They have since amended their reasoning for giving “Deathly Hallows: Part 1” a PG-13 rating by adding “brief sensuality.” “Deathly Hallows: Part 1” will be released November 19th.

There are now only 23 days left until “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I” hits theaters! We are posting a quote from the first half of the book every day in celebration and to give us a chance to discuss and ponder the final book as it goes to film. Here is today’s …read more!

Thirty second preview clips from the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” film soundtrack have made their way online care of Amazon.co.uk. Readers will recall, the track titles for the soundtrack were revealed by a Belgin site; this posting on Amazon confirms the track listing for the forthcoming Harry Potter film soundtrack. The …read more!

Thirty second preview clips from the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” film soundtrack have made their way online care of Amazon.com. Readers will recall, the track titles for the soundtrack were revealed by a Belgin site; this posting on Amazon confirms the track listing for the forthcoming Harry Potter film soundtrack.

There are two new, if not high quality, “Deathly Hallow: Part 1” TV spots online, the first of them featuring a look at Hermione shooting Harry in the face during the Snatchers scene, and Scabior commenting on it. The second TV spot has much more new footage such as Moody instructing everyone to take off …read more!