As we previously reported, Bloomsbury’s competition for fans in the UK to attend the “Midnight Signing” with author J. K. Rowling has closed and the very, very lucky winners are starting to receive word that they have been selected. Owls have been going out with the great news, so if you’ve applied, be sure to …read more!

UK retailers ASDA gave us word today, of a contest to win a brand new PlayStation 3 gaming console and the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix video game. According to the entry page, UK residents aged 18 and older, are able to enter the contest by answering a Harry Potter question and …read more!

The official “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” WB website has been updated to feature a number of brand new wallpapers and a ‘Who’s Who’ section, that contains short biographies of a number of the major characters. These new downloadable wallpapers, show promotional images of Luna Lovegood, the Weasley family, Bellatrix Lestrange, the …read more!

Two new interviews with Harry Potter actors Katie Leung (Cho Chang), Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) are online today. The first, from the Telegraph, features the four actors answering a few questions in the form of a Q & A, about their characters and experiences filming in …read more!

BBC News has a new interview online with actress Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), in which she gives her thoughts on the final Harry Potter book coming out, how she began reading the series in the first place and speaks a little about the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film. She is …read more!

The door has now closed. The “Do Not Disturb” has returned to the door on JKRowling.com, marking the end of her three part W.O.M.B.A.T. (Wizards’ Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test) examination. Now that testing has ended, your answers are currently being reviewed and final grades will be revealed soon, as it is noted on …read more!

Borders has now relesed their “Harry Potter Book Club,” a joint presentation with PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast. The discussion took place between PotterCast and several Phoenix Rising attendees a few weekends ago in New Orleans. The talk goes about an hour (and is viewable or downloadable in chapters or in full, in WMV and …read more!

To dads who love Potter, to dads who love their kids who love Potter, to dads who read Potter to their kids, to dads who take their kids to the movies and dads who take their families to the bookstores; to dads who work for their families like Arthur Weasley, protect their children like James …read more!

DanRadcliffe.com, along with many other Radcliffe fan sites, have recently received the latest edition of actor Dan Radcliffe’s newsletter where he talks about his now completed West End run in “Equus,” his upcoming role in December Boys and his other role in a film called Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. In the …read more!

Soundtrack.net has an exclusive sneak preview of the entire soundtrack to the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film now online. Composed by Nicholas Hooper, you can now preview 30 seconds of each of the tracks found on the CD which is due to be released on July 10. Click here (SPOILERS!) …read more!