Thanks to everyone who sent us the Official Newsletter from Warner Bros, including its links to “exclusive” footage cut from the movie. We’re still trying to determine whether they’re the same as the snips we’ve seen before (scroll down for more links), but there’s about 60 seconds worth of clips showing Petunia with Harry’s uniform, …read more!

Reader Annie writes to tell us that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has received the following nominations from the Young Artist Awards: Best Family Feature Film – Drama Best Ensemble in a Feature Film – Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton Best Performance in a Feature Film, Leading Young Actor – Daniel …read more!

Four brothers are driving everyone Harry Potty – because they all look like the boy wizard. Aspyr Media has announced that its Macintosh version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has shipped and will soon be available in stores.

Little wizard Harry Potter has spellbound millions of children and adults alike as well as catapulting a local boy into the spotlight. Xu Gang, 14, has five years experience doing voice overs for nearly 100 plays and films, but it is the character of Harry Potter that made him famous overnight. Two bits of information …read more!

Box-office races are like a good Quidditch match: Just leave it to Harry Potter and his trusty Nimbus 2000 to wipe up the competition. Harry Potter has reclaimed the number one spot in the UK book charts. The Hogwarts Express made a secret journey from its base in Carnforth to London for filming of the …read more!

Providing a counterpoint to “Harry Potter” bookburnings and bannings, here’s part of what the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops had to say in their review of the film: Parents concerned about the film’s sorcery elements should know that it is unlikely to pose any threat to Catholic beliefs. “Harry Potter” is so obviously innocuous …read more!

More on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone becoming the second highest grossing film in history from The Age.com. In a rare interview, two-time Oscar winner and newly nominated Dame Maggie Smith is asked to look back on her long, illustrious career, but she really can’t imagine why anyone would be interested in talking about …read more!

Warner Bros. said Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has become the second [highest]-grossing movie worldwide of all time, surpassing Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace. The boy-wizard film, known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in most countries outside the United States, has grossed $926.1 million, beating Phantom Menace’s $922.8 million …read more!

From Dark Horizons: “Word has gone round that Warner Home Video in Australia has apparently made the decision to release the first HP film’s DVD in ONLY Pan & Scan 4:3 format rather than the choice of widescreen or pan & scan which all other regions are getting.” JK Rowling and David Beckham could turn …read more!

Harry Potter, boy wizard, has faced some formidable foes, from abusive Uncle Vernon and nasty Draco Malfoy to malevolent Lord Voldemort. Never before, though, had he come up against an adversary quite like the Penryn Fire Police. Audio clips of Daniel Radcliffe’s acceptance speech after winning the Variety Club “Newcomer” award for 2001 can be …read more!