A new scene from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was just broadcast today on CBBC Blue Peter program where James and Oliver Phelps were the guests. Reader Tony writes of what was shown: Just seen Blue Peter where they showed a brief clip of Ron, Hermione, and Harry in the Weasley joke shop. It …read more!

The MSN Mom & Pop Culture Blog for Family Entertainment has an opinion piece today based on the question ” ‘Has Harry Potter Lost His Magic?.’ ” The article starts by mentioning the huge interest and media attention paid to the Twilight series, then discusses the delay of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, wondering …read more!

OK this is cool: New video is now online from IGN of the making of Quidditch for the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Video Game. The piece features new interviews with cast members including one Weasley who is our King… aka Rupert Grint (Ron), Bonnie Wright (Ginny), Dan Radcliffe (Harry) as well as Tom …read more!

Earlier today TLC first told you about the new clip that was shown today from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince featuring Weasley Wheezes. Thanks to TLC reader Will we can see the clip here via Youtube, plus the portion of the show featuring James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George) as it aired today …read more!

Attention Dumbledore’s Army members! There will be a meeting of the Harry Potter Alliance via Ustream tonight live at 8pm (Eastern). Please join in as the conversation continues, asking “What would Dumbledore Do,” where you can discuss then blog about your thoughts and reflections on the late great Albus Dumbledore, and how his lessons can …read more!

The publicity machine is in high gear for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, with actor Tom Felton the source of some recent interviews and appearances. First longtime TLC reader Rotfang owled to let us know there is a new interview with Tom in the July Issue of the UK edition of Readers Digest magazine. …read more!

J.K. Rowling contributed to a charity fundraiser auction that took place over the weekend in London that involved piggy banks. In writing that would no doubt make the Weasley Wheezes proud, Jo contributed a specially designed piggy bank, and The Daily Mail reports ” etched a special message – ‘Magic pigs can fly’ – on …read more!

Thanks so much to Teen Vogue magazine who let us know actress Emma Watson is the subject of their new cover. As seen via this link, you can see a new photo of Emma as she graces the cover, plus bonus photos of the actress sporting some highstyle new frocks here, and video of the …read more!

Thanks much to MSN for letting us know about some new footage and interviews they have with cast members at the recent Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince prop tour in London, England. At this link, you can see new interviews with Matt Lewis (Neville), Tom Felton (Draco), and James and Oliver Phelps (Gred & …read more!

As readers will long know, filming has been underway for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. While we have been lucky in the past few months to see location filming for the films, another piece of news arrived today in the form of a twitter; this being from actor Tom Felton who is now officially …read more!