Website Dark Horizons said today that “despite her not being cast as yet, the character of Prof. Trelawney is indeed in [Prisoner of Azkaban] and should be filled soon.”

Percent of children who say the best book series is Harry Potter: 58 Percent who say it’s Lord of the Rings: 29 Amount an unidentified American paid at a charity auction for 93 words handwritten by author J.K. Rowling that hint at the plot of her fifth Harry Potter book: $45,314 Number of books that …read more!

A Russian politician has changed his name. “Harry Ivanovich Potter” claims that he will run for governor in the Ural mountain Sverdlovsk region, according to this report from BBC News. Another version of the story can be found at ABC News. Quote: “Archbishop Vikenty of Yekaterinburg said of the attempt to use the character’s name …read more!

OK, folks. Since we’re rapidly approaching Book 5 frenziness, we’re instituting spoiler protection. With posts we deem as possibly being spoilers or not (yes, rumors too), we are going to start “hiding” the text so you have to highlight it with your mouse to read it. We’ll do our best to be as vague as …read more!

Brazilian website Omelete has posted twelve new pictures from the filming of Prisoner of Azkaban. (Thanks to July for the link.)

This article from This is London quotes Robbie Coltrane discussing the future of Hagrid in the books: (Note: Possible spoilers – highlight below text to read) Time could be running out for Harry Potter giant Hagrid, it emerged yesterday. Robbie Coltrane, the actor who plays him in the films, said the character could be killed …read more!

…Happy Birthday, Ron. (This should have been posted on March 1. Hey, we were having a weekend.)

BBC Newsround reports that 200 children with Tourette’s syndrome were finally able to see Chamber of Secrets, thanks to a doctor who found a theatre that was willing to hold a private viewing.