A reader has pointed out that The Houston Museum of Science has several Harry Potter related clases going on during various holidays and spring break in the area. On Thursday, March 15th at 10am ET for ages 6-11 they will be teaching “Gringotts Gold and Dragons“. As of 8am today, there were only 7 seats …read more!

Countingdown has also been digging in the archives and pulled up this September 20th, 2000 article from This is London about 3 girls cast in the Harry Potter movie: Beaconsfield High School pupils Danni Tabor, 15, Natalie Klamar, 15, and Samantha Whittaker, 16, were picked from hundreds of hopefuls. The three, who also go to …read more!

CountingDown has some news about how the Quidditch matches are being filmed: HalfVader says: Word from ILM who are doing Harry Potter’s Quidditch match. They spoke about it in a recent Australian SFX convention: The quidditch match is going to be awesome, with a mix of CG and live action. The match will be created …read more!

While we’re waiting for the BBC to get their act together, Harry Potter Galleries has posted a full transcript of the BBC chat from yesterday.

Reuters is not having a good day. A.J. Dowling?? Because of the weaker advertising market, the burden of meeting earnings estimates would rest on the company’s film division, which is releasing the much-anticipated Harry Potter movie — based on the best-selling books by A.J. Dowling, in the fourth quarter

Speaking of the Express Newspapers, a reader emailed us this snippet from today’s Daily Star: “ELEVEN-year-old Guy Mason, son of Pink Floyd legend Nick, wants to become the youngest person to skywalk on the wings of a plane. Daredevil Guy, who appears in the new Harry Potter film, will attempt the 100mph stunt on March …read more!

Going through the back archives, there was a December 10, 2000 article in London’s Sunday Express about a company called Living Props. Living Props provides beautiful gardens and forests you see in the movies today. Apparently, they will be doing the various plants in the Harry Potter movie: He will reveal that they are doing …read more!

Empire Online covers the J.K. Rowling chat at the BBC from the perspective of the movie.

According to the Baltimore Sun, Howard Community College in Maryland will be offering 3 Harry Potter classes for children ages 8-12 this summer as part of their Kids on Campus program. Don’t you wish you were young again? Partners with Potter Are you a Harry Potter fan? Step into his world as we discover the …read more!

BBC News shows Blue Peter and Newsround both have contests to win SIGNED copies of the new, short Harry Potter books released today.