TWW has posted an email they received from Simon Fisher-Becker, the Fat Friar in the Harry Potter movies. Dark Horizons reports that the London Symphony Orchestra is scheduled to record the score for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets this coming September. A letter to the editor from Emma Matthewson (Senior Commissioning Editor, Bloomsbury …read more!

From CBBC Newsround comes Lizo’s verdict on the Harry Potter DVD: Well, it’s set to be one of the biggest, if not THE biggest DVD of the year. The most exciting thing about the DVD is the scenes that didn’t make it into the final movie. Best is the leg locker scene, as it actually …read more!

Potter-mania has already reached [the] Ukraine. Thunderpants, starring Ned Beatty, Stephen Fry and Harry Potter’s Rupert Grint, which is released in the UK on 24 May 2002, has put its first trailer online.

British stores are planning midnight openings to mark the launch of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone on DVD next month. From Ananova: “Harry Potter mania is gripping the nation once again as fans eagerly await the release of the movie on video and DVD. … Meanwhile fans are already preparing for the release of …read more!

Mr. Kagay said the extremely improbable sales of Mr. DeVos’s book — at a time when no other stores reported any sales, and coming from small stores that report only a few hundred sales of even a Harry Potter book — certainly would have excluded the DeVos book from The Times’s list (Thanks to Tanisia). …read more!

From CBBC Newsround: Get ready for a magical treat on Monday because Newsround will be showing you exclusive clips of the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone DVD! Our very own Potter expert, Lizo Mzimba, is spending the weekend in his cupboard under the stairs to check out all the extras and interactive features.

All except Harry seem to be having toy trouble (Thanks to Matt): “The rare exception for a first-time film is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, based on J.K. Rowling’s novels about a boy wizard. It’s expected to rack up $400 million to $500 million in products. But it had built-in name recognition because of …read more!

Got an email from a friend at the WB today who said in a very unsolicited fashion, and I quote, “HP2 is looking GREAT! You guys will be very happy!” (Alright man, taking your word for it… :-). He also confirmed that there is more action in HP2 than in HP1, which is cool by …read more!

iHP has posted an exclusive interview they conducted with “Harry Potter” book illustrator Mary Grandpré. Goodbye magnifying glass, hello magic wand! If teenagers were previously intrigued by the mystery that books like Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew or The Famous Five offer, they are now more interested in the magical world of Harry Potter and The …read more!

Celebrated Irish actress Fiona Shaw was honored by Britain on Thursday for her work as a stage and film performer. Shaw, regarded as one of the finest actors in the British theater, was made an honorary Commander of the Order of British Empire, or CBE.