Update: Originally posted in small form back in November, there is a larger unmarked photo online tonight of actress Dame Maggie Smith in her role as Professor McGonagall from the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. You can see this photo, here. Thanks to ScarPotter!

As readers may know, Cherrybomb, the new film starring actor Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) will premiere next month at the Berlin Film Festival. Thanks to our Order partner RupertGrint.net we now know that Rupert will be part of a special Question and Answer session at a screening of the film on Sunday, February 8th. Tickets …read more!

The Tonner Doll Company has updated its website for the new year to include two new pieces for their Harry Potter Character Doll Figures collection. The figures of Professor Albus Dumbledore (modeled after actor Richard Harris) and Bellatrix Lestrange (modeled after actress Helena Bonham Carter) are now part of their 2009 collection. Both dolls are …read more!

The Telegraph has a short article online, with more on a possible Harry Potter stage production that might have been. The paper reports that many years ago, acclaimed theater director and producer Sir Trevor Nunn had expressed an interest in creating a stage production out of the Harry Potter novels, but when he asked, he …read more!

This book discusses a common trend noticed by both teachers and parents alike, that school doesn’t seem to be working well for our boys. I found the book fascinating and Dr Saks ideas level-headed and just filled with common sense. I suggest everyone read this book. If you care about a single boy out there, …read more!

size=”3″>”I sometimes think we sort too soon.” size=”3″>-Albus Dumbledore, “The Prince’s Tale’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows size=”3″> size=”3″>Me, too, Dumbledore, me, too. size=”3″> size=”3″>The other day at work a customer called me “sir” then “ma’am” then, frustrated, threw his hands up in the air and said “I don’t know which.” I turned beet …read more!

Yeah, I know this was announced a few weeks ago. Admittedly, I’ve been in denial. It’s not that I have anything against Matt Smith becoming the 11th Doctor. He’s just so not what I expected that I really was speechless. The one thing I said they’d have to do was avoid bringing on a David …read more!

Surprise! We’ve made a last-minute change to this week’s recording schedule (which wasn’t supposed to include a live show). It will start at 4:30 p.m. ET (9:30 p.m. GMT / 1:30 p.m. PT) – sorry for the short notice, and also that it’s during the day, but this is the only time we can all …read more!

Check it out! The new trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which is being aired in Japan, is now online here via YouTube. Enjoy! UPDATE: Thanks to our hardworking crew, we now have the screencaps here in our image galleries! Please note: This video contains Japanese subtitles and announcer, but you can also …read more!

The San Francisco Music Box company has introduced several new pieces to their Harry Potter collection for 2009. New are scenes from the various films including the following: The Final Battle from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (be sure to click for the closeups of the fight with Professor Quirrell) Harry Potter from Harry …read more!