Another quick reminder: The PotterCast Summer of 7 Tour hits Tucson, AZ, today! It’s set to be the hottest day of the year, which is exactly why we came. (Not.) It’s at the Borders Bookstore at 5870 E. Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, 85711. Be there for all the intense live canon discussion. See you there! …read more!

Rumors have been floating around the internet today concerning a ‘hacker’ obtaining a digital copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from a Bloomsbury computer and posting the alleged ending on the web. Reuters is reporting this evening that a Bloomsbury spokesperson ‘declined comment on the hacker’s claims,’ while Kyle Good, a spokesperson for …read more!

In an extensive new article on FilmJournal.com, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix director David Yates discusses taking the lead in a production as massive as OotP and gives his thoughts on the process, actors and result. Stepping into the directorial shoes after Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón and Mike Newell, Mr. Yates first …read more!

A few appearances and specials promoting the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film will be broadcast over the next few weeks. Here is a short rundown of the various programs that will feature OotP actors or behind the scenes looks: First, Australian morning show Sunrise, will feature as part of its …read more!

Fellow Potter site, HarryLatino.com, had the opportunity to interview Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) recently where the actor spoke on many topics including: how he began acting, his role in the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the possibility of branching out into other areas of film making. You can read the entire …read more!

The Houston Chronicle is holding a new contest to win the Harry Potter SceneIt DVD game, plus four free passes to your local Cinemark movie theater. In order to enter, readers must write an essay on the biggest Harry Potter fan they know, in 250 words or less, and can submit their entry, along with …read more!

Have you ever wanted to take a trip through the world of Harry Potter and learn more about the different locations found in the series by J.K. Rowling ? Well now you can take a trip of sorts, via this guideto the many places found in the Harry Potter world now online at BudgetTravelOnline.com. Written …read more!

Along with US and UK Harry Potter publishers Scholastic and Bloomsbury, Allen and Unwin, who publish the series in Australia, have opened their ‘J. K. Rowling and the Midnight Signing’ contest. Similar to the US and UK contests we previously told you about, Allen and Unwin are now accepting entries to win tickets to London …read more!

IGN.com is featuring a new ‘exclusive look’ at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place in a virtual tour of the actual set, via its website this evening. This feature lets you zoom in and out and move 360 degrees around the richly detailed set, seeing everything from the table settings to the small chest on the fireplace …read more!

Just a quick reminder that the PotterCast Summer of 7 Tour is stopping in Albuquerque today, doing a show at the South Broadway Cultural Center at 5:30 p.m. And right afterwards, Harry and the Potters will be tearing it up wizard rock style. Also if you’re around in about an hour, there will be a …read more!