The BBC has posted a short video interview with Sophie Thompson, who is portraying the role of Mafilda Hopkirk in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” in which the actress mentions briefly filming for the seventh film. Noting a particular scene filmed “a couple of weeks ago” where she is being chased by dementors. Quoteage: …read more!

*checks her non-watch* *heads over to a comfy chair and puts down her shopping* I’ve had one of those days. You know¦those days where you are looking for something¦but can’t seem to find it, but find a million and a half of other things you forgot you needed? Yeah, one of those. And yet, I’m …read more!

Earlier this week, Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley) and Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) were among those to speak on the Harry Potter Day at Leeds Young People’s Film Festival. In a follow up interview about the event, Chris Rankin mentioned that he was due to finish filming “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” shortly. Talking to …read more!

PlayStation Blog has a brand new interview with Traveller’s Tales‘ Jonathan Smith, the Head of Production at the independent games developer behind the LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1 – 4 video game. Smith stressed how magic can be used to “create a new kind of LEGO gameplay, with characters that learn new spells over a …read more!

In March our Contest Team brought you their Skiving Snackbox Contest, which asked you to create an edible joke shop product to sell to Hogwarts students in order to get them out of lessons. The judges received many fantastic entries and have now picked the winners as follows: First Place: NealieZealbie – Sickly SticksSecond Place: …read more!

We Are Pop Star has released an interview with actor Rhys Ifans in which he discusses working with on-screen daughter Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood). The actor, porting Xenophilius Lovegood in the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” film, speaks to the wealth of knowledge Miss Lynch holds about the Harry Potter series, by saying: “She’s …read more!

A first look at the cover art for the forthcoming Ultimate Editions of the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire films has been revealed over on Amazon.com, which updated their respective pages with the new art. Available to view here for PoA and here for GoF, …read more!

Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling just wrapped her two readings at the Annual White House Easter Egg Roll. After reading from the fifth Chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone book, the section where Harry finds his wand at Ollivander’s, the author answered a few questions from the audience.Firstly, in response to a …read more!

J. K. Rowling’s reading has commenced, please see the above post for complete coverage.style=”background-color:#282828; width:480px; font-size:10px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;”>style=”border-top:solid 1px #666666; margin:0 10px; height:40px; display:block;”>style=” background:url(http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/themes/whitehouse/img/facebook_bubble.gif) no-repeat; padding-top:13px; height:30px; float:left;”>JOIN THE LIVE CHATstyle=”padding-top:13px; height:30px; float:right;”>VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOVHarry Potter author J. K. Rowling is set to read today as part of the Annual White House Easter Egg …read more!

A quick reminder on this hopping holiday that tonight’s episode of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice is set to feature the Wizarding World of Harry Potter as part of a challenge put forth to their contestants. In recent weeks, video previews have given us glimpses at the challenge, which involves creating “a three-dimensional display for the Universal …read more!