An 11-year-old boy who already

An 11-year-old boy who already wears round glasses is the grand prize winner of a walk-on role in the next “Harry Potter” film, according to Warner Home Video. In an announcement Tuesday (June 11), the Warner company announced the winner of the worldwide online “Owl Prowl” game, created to bring Harry Potter fans across the globe together in celebration of the May DVD and VHS release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. (From Zap2it; thanks to Carla for the link.)

Costume designer Judianna Makovsky won the Saturn Award for Best Costumes for her work on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

Folks that may be having difficulties viewing the teaser trailer can download it by using this link. (Thanks to Adam for the information.)

From the ninemsn website: “According to figures released by Warner Home Video, the video and DVD version of the hit movie, which went on sale on May 28, racked up $US200 million ($A353.48 million) in their first week of sales in the United States as customers snapped up 10 million copies of the movie.”

Independent On Line reports that a German company was ordered yesterday to stop selling study guides to the hugely popular Harry Potter novels – or risk paying a huge fine.