If you’re American today is the day of barbecues, hot dogs, fireworks, stars and stripes, and we hope you enjoy all those things. If you’re not American, we hope you enjoy the day anyway!

As we reported yesterday, EA, the makers of the Harry Potter video games, launched the first trailer for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince game. There was also news about a new game website, which has now gone live via this link. The site is in the very early stages, with only the …read more!

Hold on everyone! The batch of high res photos from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as seen earlier today in the USA Today newspaper are now here. We also have two more new photos to tell you about released via MSN Mexico, one showing a new photo of Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) in full …read more!

The great news keeps on coming, as EA the makers of the Harry Potter video games, have let TLC know they have now released a brand new trailer for the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” video game. Fans can watch the trailer via this link. Update: You can now see stills here in …read more!

Absolutely hilarious: Our first look at Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, wearing those Spectre glasses from the Quibbler. Luna Lovegood is portrayed in the Harry Potter films by actress Evanna Lynch. The new photo was one of two that AOL Moviefone now has online from the movie, the second is this …read more!

Well, the drought on new images from the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is certainly over, as our Order partner DanRadcliffe.com now has scans from the August issue of Empire Magazine that includes even more new photos from the sixth Harry Potter film. Of interest is our first look at a helmeted Quidditch …read more!

Behold! We now have scans from the USA Today newspaper, which include our first look at actor Jim Broadbent as Professor Horace Slughorn in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Also new is a clear look at Draco Malfoy played by Tom Felton, a shot of a love-lorn Ron Weasley played by Rupert …read more!

Topic of the Blog: “I Open at the Close” ’Deathly Hallows pg. 134 (American) In my experience, Beginnings normally lead to more beginnings. Like this Beginning. This Beginning, the Beginning of this blog, is really the result of a Beginning that happened almost ten years ago. That Beginning began when a certain grade school girl …read more!

It would seem tonight is a great night for Harry Potter fans, as the USA Today has a “first look” preview of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. While new photos from the sixth Harry Potter film do not yet seem to be online, this new article indicates there is new material to …read more!

The Times newspaper has a new interview online with Julie Walters, where the actress confirms her return in the role of Molly Weasley for both films of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. While promoting her new film “Mamma Mia,” which premiered recently in London (new photos of this event here in our image galleries), …read more!