Skiing Goddess Picabo Street is an avid Harry Potter fan according to the Deseret News (Thanks Rames). She has read all 4, is anxiously awaiting the 5th and is currently reading them aloud to her physical therapist.

The Ottawa Citizen wrote an article covering the boycott by DADA and Potterwar.

Coming Attractions is reporting that the Harry Potter trailer will debut next weekend during the launch of “See Spot Run.” This is confirming earlier reports that Dark Horizons made. Unfortunately the movie “See Spot Run” looks pretty bad and technically AdCritic won’t have the ad until it airs on TV. Stay tuned!

There’s been various articles this weekend after the USA Today coverage of PotterWar. Mitch Albom from the Detroit Free Press wrote one of them. What I find interesting is that while Warner Bros. is apologizing for the coldness of the notes these kids are getting and saying they never had any intent to shut down …read more!

Today’s Guardian reports that four Harry Potter “bookubes” will be coming out. What is a bookube? We did a Web search and came up with the following: a Bookube is precisely what it says it is – it is a book turned into a cube format. Instead of pages there are 48 faces that you …read more!

Back to casting news, many people have wondered how Rik Mayall and Verne Troyer both got the part of “Peeves” the poltergeist. It all started with a September 1, 2000 article in Entertainment Weekly that talked about Verne Troyer’s latest role: “He is now doing duty as a ghoul in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s …read more!

According to the AP, cake decorating and food crafting company Wilton Industries will be coming out with Harry Potter related products in September: Harry Potter fans will want to check out a new line the company will introduce in September, based on the popular children’s books. The Harry Potter collection will consist of a cake …read more!

Julie Walters, playing Mrs. Molly Weasley, won a Best Actress award at the 25th Laurence Olivier Awards for her role in “All My Sons” at the Royal National Theatre. She was apparently unable to attend the performance due to her filming of the Harry Potter movie. Good news! She’s working hard!! Filming for the Harry …read more!

One of our readers faithfully typed in a facinating article from the London Telegraph about a food stylist. It turns out the same woman who did the fabulous chocolate spreads for “Chocolat” is working on the Harry Potter movie. As soon as I find the article online, I’ll link to it: Chocolat opens this weekend, …read more!

People have been asking how rumors got out about Derek Jacobi playing the role of Mr. Ollivander. This quote from an August 2000 Birmingham Post article may shed some light on the situation: And Jacobi does confess to a secret dream. ‘I would give anything to do the part of the Wand Seller in the …read more!