The UK’s Independent profiles Harry Potter actress Fiona Shaw: …despite all the media attention being given to the actress’s next venture, her Edinburgh Festival Chekhov debut in The Seagull under the direction of Peter Stein, most of the population, if asked to name one of her roles, would only be able to point at the …read more!

The Kansas City Star offers up this article on scholarly analysis of the books, while noting that many Potter professors are from – Kansas.

Enjoy finding movie bloopers? This article mentions Harry Potter: The first two Harry Potter films each had 107 bloopers, including a visible cast on the broken wrist of Emma Watson, who plays Hermione, and the wires controlling an owl and a giant spider in the sequel. Editor’s Note: MovieBloopers.com has reader submitted bloopers (some of …read more!

The latest article on the subject of Internet book piracy. Even if something’s sent out in old-school paper style, today’s scanners can quickly convert a whole book to a format that’s easily e-mailed or uploaded. That’s apparently how Harry Potter pirates got The Order of the Phoenix online, scanning every one of its 870 pages …read more!

The official German Harry Potter site is currently offering a chance for visitors to choose which Book V cover they like best. Editor’s Note: The site is, obviously, in German. To reach the book covers, click on “Zum Wahllokal” on the main page and you’ll link right to them. If you’re interested in translation, Heidi …read more!

Police in Chile have charged two men in connection with selling illegal translations of Order of the Phoenix: “Not only is it illegal, not only is it a pirate copy, it’s a really bad translation,” said Eduardo Castillo, president of the Chilian Book Chamber business group.

The pics that ran in The Sun a while back are on the official HP site, a small bit larger and with captions. This also puts to rest speculation that these are rehearsal pictures, as they are tagged as ‘PoA pictures.’ Thanks Parker, for the tip!

USA Today has an article discussing the latest Peter Pan movie and how a certain baddie we all know might just be what gets the audience hooked on the film.

A bit more on that book burning we told you about earlier this week, as well as response from the local community: Other books, magazines, posters, compact discs and movies that members believe do not promote God also went up in smoke Sunday, as more than 50 people gathered outside the church for the fiery …read more!

From Guardian Unlimited: If the row is not resolved, the studios could – in theory – stop the BBC showing their films: the corporation wants to make Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone the centrepiece of a ratings-busting Christmas schedule.