Last month we first told you the DVD for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released in time for the holidays on December 7th of this year, with several retailers providing early notice of availability for the disc. Play.com has now updated with more information on the Blu-ray edition, including word that Half-Blood …read more!

Many new high quality high res photos are now online of the cast and their characters for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Of note is this rare high res photo of Alan Rickman as Severus Snape, with a closer look here. Others include high res looks at Jim Broadbent as Professor Slughorn, Luna Lovegood …read more!

Many new high res photos are now online of the cast and their characters for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Of note is this gorgeous and rare high res photo of Alan Rickman as Snape, with a close up here, and a second, here. Others include high res looks at Jim Broadbent as Professor …read more!

For the over 100,000 of us that follow actor Tom Felton on his official Twitter page, you might have seen a series of very interesting tweets of late as Tom is hard at work filming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This filming is for the perilous Room of Requirement scenes involving his character Draco …read more!

The birthday wishes continue, for today actress Helen McCrory, who portrays the character of Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, celebrates her 41st birthday. Many happy returns!

There is a rather offbeat yet fun Harry Potter reference in the news today as there is a report that a giant owl crop-circle has appeared in a field in England as a tribute to the late pet of Harry, Hedwig. The Telegraph reports that a new series of mysterious crop-circles (patterns cut in farmers …read more!

Please join us here at TLC in extending birthday wishes on this day to actress Evanna Lynch, who portrays the character of Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films. Miss Lynch is celebrating her 18th birthday. Many happy returns to you, Evanna. Cheers!

Happy Birthday wishes go out on this day to Jim Dale, who is the narrator of the US Harry Potter audio books. Mr. Dale is celebrating his 74th birthday. Cheers to you, Mr. Dale!

Construction watch continues on the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park attraction with new photos and video. First thanks to David who let us know about this new video of the construction work being done in Orlando, Florida, now clearly showing the towers and facade of the giant Hogwarts castle being built. You can …read more!

Today is a special day: our forum admin Nick Rhein’s 25th birthday! Please everyone join us in wishing him the happiest birthday someone who spends all day wrangling the content and bugs that more than 80,000 users can heap onto a site. We love you Nick – have a great day!