From CBBC Newsround: Harry Potter director Chris Columbus has admitted that the trailer for the next film isn’t quite ready. … Columbus said he wasn’t quite happy with the trailer for Secrets just yet and wants to make sure he gets it perfect before releasing it. Young readers are facing a second barren summer without …read more!

Hoover’s Online has posted a copy of the press release for the launch of the OwlSightings site. (The “digital rewards” offered appear to be limited to screensavers, unfortunately.) The worldwide release dates for the DVD are also listed. (Thanks to iHP for the link.) Stars of the blockbuster film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone …read more!

An interesting point from the IMDB: There has been some debate in the fandom about Ginny’s name, and whether or not it’s fully Virginia. It’s listed in the IMDB as “Virginia ‘Ginny’ Weasley.” This is by no means confirmation, as the IMDB has been wrong before, but it does suggest it’s been listed this way …read more!

Hamilton’s Catholic school board [Ontario, Canada] is considering whether the wildly popular Harry Potter series of books should continue to be available in school libraries.

If Hagrid, the Dursleys, Malfoy and Fluffy are not already household names tripping off East Lancashire tongues, they soon will be. For pre-sale figures in WH Smith of the illustrious Harry Potter video are highest in Blackburn than anywhere else in the North West. Harry Potter fans are being targeted by organised crime gangs in …read more!

From CBBC Newsround: “You’ve read Philosopher’s Stone a million times and you could recite the Goblet of Fire backwards, but it looks like you’ll have to wait till the autumn [autumn?? – ed.] to get your mitts on Potter five. So can you bear to wait that long for your next Potter instalment? Had you …read more!

Thanks to MuggleNet for getting behind Owlsightings.com. Here’s the signup link, and what you can win: One Grand Prize Winner and guest will receive: A seven (7) day/six (6) night trip to the set of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ Including a walk-on role for the Bonus Trip winner in the movie Roundtrip …read more!

A brief rundown of OwlSightings.com‘s source code (slightly revelatory- looks like it really will be a contest) – Here’s the site’s descripton: The official site of Harry Potter! Movie trailers, film clips, behind the scenes at Hogwarts. J.K Rowlings’ wizards and witches Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Hagrid, Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort brought to …read more!

Attention, J.K. Rowling: Your fans are waiting. And waiting. After quickly turning out four Harry Potter books — one per year since July 2000 — the usually prolific author is months late in wrapping up her fifth entry into the sensational series, reports The New York Times. How late? It apparently will not be ready …read more!

Website DVDFile has a very detailed review of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone DVD. And, as such, it contains many spoilers, so proceed at your own risk! (Thanks to Dark Horizons for the link.) Alan Rickman has been nominated for a Tony award in the category “Best Performance by a Leading Actor …read more!