The main “infringement” complaint from Nancy Stouffer that has bothered me is the use of the word “muggle” by both authors. So I did a little research. Turns out “muggle” has been slang for marijuana, the name of a doll, a character in Hanna-Barbera’s Capitol Critters cartoon, the name of the trained monkeys in Roald …read more!

Following up on their coverage of the Claire Field case, The Register reports on emails received by webmasters of existing Harry Potter fan sites.

J.K. Rowling will meet the Queen today as part of a publishing-themed tour around England.

Dark Horizons reports the Gloucester Today printed both pictures and a great article. The site appears to be down, but if it comes back up we’ll link to the article. If ANYONE has a copy they can send us directly, or email the pictures to us, please do! Harry Potter: Gloucester Today recently ran a …read more!

Rumor that Verne Troyer is still in the film has surfaced yet again in The Guardian. I wonder if he’s in the scene where the ghosts stream through the entry way and scare the first-years: Then something happened that made him jump about a foot in the air — several people behind him screamed. “What …read more!

Harry Potter Galleries, (fast becoming our sister site for the amount of times we link to each other), reports that Chocolate Frogs are being sold in the UK. The British department store chain Marks&Spencer is now selling Chocolate Frogs. Eight milk chocolate frogs in a cardboard box, that contains one “collectable magic card” as a …read more!

Nancy “Moaning Myrtle” Stouffer was given a chance on ABC to come out of the U-Bend of her toilet today to cry that “Nobody liiiiikes meee” and show the world how J.K. Rowling stole all her character ideas from her. Bitter? No….not me. But keep in mind these are MY opinions and not that of …read more!

Popcorn.co.uk has a follow-up to the Cleese interview on Ananova this morning. They also have the video clip of him talking about his Harry Potter role. What people DON’T realize, is that he doesn’t say “I have a big part in the 3rd movie” he actually says “I have a big party in the 3rd …read more!

BBC has a great interview with Fiona Shaw who plays Aunt Petunia: Shaw, who plays a “Muggle” – Harry’s nasty aunt Petunia – said the young stars were coping very well, and that Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry, was “wonderful”. “I had a ball doing Harry Potter,” she said, heaping praise on director Christopher Columbus, …read more!

Ananova has a great article about John Cleese and his portrayal of Sir Nicholas De Mimsy Porpington or “Nearly-Headless Nick”. That’s one of the interesting things I noticed about the below Halloween costumes. No Peeves, Gringotts Goblins, Bloody Baron, Fat Lady Portrait, Nearly-Headless Nick, Prof. Binns costumes. Not even Snape, Prof. Quirrell or Voldemort. You’d …read more!