The Associated Press reports on which calendars for the upcoming year are the bestsellers as of Christmas. 1. George W. Bush, daily boxed 2. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, wall 3. German Shorthaired Pointers, wall 4. Harry Potter Movie, wall 5. The Far Side, wall Also, Entertainment Weekly’s latest issue has come out with a wonderful tribute …read more!

JK Rowling of course! Reuters reports that “Her annual pay of $77 million was six times greater than the salary of Queen Elizabeth, according to an annual list of The Mail on Sunday newspaper.” Others behind JK include Madonna, Anne Robinson and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Today, The Miami Herald and various other papers around the world published Dave Barry’s annual Look Back at the year. In addition to a wonderful cartoon of Yoda (he’s green-coloured, so is he a Slytherin?) trying to catch the snitch, Barry wrote that in May, …the big news is the release of the fifth installment …read more!

Page from Daniel Radcliffe Rocks sent us this link to an article which states that Daniel Radcliffe may not be overseas as previously reported by the Bangkok Post.

For some reason, they asked a *science reporter* to do an article about fanfic. They quoted a story by Claire Field (possibly because her site is well known for being one of the kids whose domain name Warner Bros tried to take a few years ago), but they don’t link to it, or even give …read more!

The Headmistresses of The Sugar Quill along with some of their staff have been interviewed by NPR’s (National Public Radio) Margot Adler regarding their site and Harry Potter fan fiction. The interview is set to air this Sunday, December 29th during All Things Considered.

From the Bangkok Post comes this article on Daniel Radcliffe attending the 20th World Scout Jamboree in Sattahip, Thailand.

Happy birthday to Dame Maggie Smith!

Website Coming Soon is reporting that “Ian McKellen has not been cast as Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Christopher Lee says he was never even asked.” Read more at the link.

Yeah, this has nothing to do with Harry Potter. But it’s my birthday so I’ll break the rules if I want to, HAH! I just wanted to come on and say thanks for all the wonderful birthday messages – really, you’re all fantastic for giving me so many good wishes. I feel warm and loved …read more!