Actress Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and actor Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory) have made People Magazine’s list of the 100 Most Beautiful People for 2009. The issue, which arrives on newsstands today, features both the Harry Potter actors among other such famous faces as Halle Berry, Zac Efron, Freida Pinto, and many more. There is also …read more!

The LA Times is running a new preview today of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that also includes a new photo of Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) and Harry (Dan Radcliffe) inside a darkened home of Slughorn. The article contains comments from actor Dan Radcliffe and Emma Watson, as well as from Rupert Grint, …read more!

Time Magazine has released their annual list of the 100 Most Influential people in the world. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has written a piece about the number two man on the list, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown. A long time friend of the Prime Minister, readers will recall J.K. Rowling was a recent guest …read more!

Quick reminder: I’ll be at the Contra Costa Library in Concord, CA (near SF) this weekend, giving a keynote and doing a signing of my book, Harry, A History. It should be a fun day and I hope to see you there! You can RSVP to the event on my Facebook account (page here, event …read more!

The BBC has a new video report online today from Freshwater Beach in Wales, where Shell Cottage is under construction for use in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In the video, you can see construction work underway for the location filming which is due to begin with the cast on Monday, May …read more!

HBO will air their special “First Look” program on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on Wednesday, July 1st at 10:45 pm (ET). According to the schedule, this traditional making of/behind the scenes feature will run 13 minutes in length, and will be re-broadcast several times on the cable station in the month of July.

Actor Matt Lewis, who portrays Neville Longbottom, has given a new interview where he discusses working with various cast members, new and old, for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Readers will recall that TLC first told you actor Domhnall Gleeson (photos here) would be playing the part of Bill Weasley in Deathly …read more!

The second part of our Riddle Contest, which we first announced in the beginning of April, is now ready to be launch on May 1st. During the month of April, our Contest Crew took submissions of your riddles and chose the ten best entries. Now as the second leg of the contest starts, those riddles …read more!

PotterCast is Live tonight! Please join us as we will be discussing the recent flurry of Harry Potter News, Leaky Con news a preview of the Harry Potter exhibit, and much more as we broadcast live tonight via our Ustream starting at 6:45pm ET (give or take a few minutes Have your questions and ideas …read more!

Among the many reports and photos now online from the opening of Harry Potter, the Exhibit are two new props from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The Chicago Tribune has a host of new photos, including one of the Bezoars, as well as the Wanted Posters for the dreadful Amycus Carrow, Fenrir Greyback and …read more!