Ronny reports that Chamber of Secrets was the top film of 2002 in Germany, attracting over eight million people to the cinema in November and December.

Russian school pupils will continue to be able to read about Harry Potter’s adventures, after an attempt to have the books banned was rejected.

Chamber of Secrets is listed as the third highest grossing film of the year in the US according to Exhibitor Relations, raking in over $240 million to date. Click here for a comparison of the box office for both HP films to date (but remember that CoS is still in theaters).

If you missed it back in November, the Caroline Rhea show will be repeating the episode with Daniel Radcliffe on January 3, 2003, for viewers in the US (and parts of Canada and Mexico).

… actor Michael Gambon, according to this article from E! Online. (Thank you to Amar for the link. Remember — rumour rumour rumour rumour rumour. We can’t stress that enough — rumour rumour rumour …)

An article from The Times of India reports that film designer Stuart Craig – who brought Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to life in the Harry Potter films — has been has been named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

This seems to happen now and then with the rumor bandwagon – a tabloid says one weird thing and it gets twisted around, word by word, it until we have “official confirmation” to which no official will comment. So here is a rundown of what we do and do not know about the search for …read more!

Nikki Thompson’s new site, Filling the Shoes is still under construction, but looks like it will be a great place to speculate about all those Harry Potter characters who have yet to be cast in the films – with all the rumors flying around right now, it fills a void, so we thought we’d let …read more!

Today, The Toronto Star published an article that includes exerpts from JKR’s emails to Catie Hoch, the child who died of cancer before GoF. “This is all TOP SECRET,” the e-mail continued, “so you are allowed to tell (some close friends) and your Mum, but no one else, or you’ll be getting an owl from …read more!

If you missed the NPR segment about fanfiction, you can catch it here – it includes our editor Megan calling herself a dork (which in this edtior’s opinion makes it not-to-be-missed. 🙂 Seriously, it describes the world of fanfiction really well – here’s Megan’s quotage about what inspires people to write HP-verse fanfic: [J.K. Rowling] …read more!