The Houston Chronicle reports that John Cleese, A.K.A. Nearly Headless Nick, may run for California public office. For his sake, we’ll hope it goes better then The Headless Hunt campaign. Thanks, Curtis!

BBC News has a nice list of Ten Things We Didn’t Know Last Week – including a certain something about Warwick Davis, who plays Professor Flitwick in the Harry Potter films. Thanks, Dee!

There are rumors about the trio being signed for the fifth movie floating around the net. Don’t buy them – they’re still wrapping up PoA and are in pre-prod on GoF…the script has not been written, no one’s talking (at least in anywhere near a public arena) about casting yet. It’s wayyyy too early.

The Sunday Mirror (not always the best source) has reported an exclusive interview with J.K. Rowling’s father (from which Contact Music fashioned its own article without credit – it’s the same source) over the Sotheby’s auction items that have been a topic of hot discussion among fans lately – especially because one of them reveals …read more!

Slovenia now have a translation of the fifth book– thanks to Kaja for the link!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire took fifth place in The Big Read. Thank you to everyone who sent this in! 🙂

Several readers have pointed us toward HPANA.com, which has up links to large scans of PoA photos, as well as a few shots from the next movie calendar. Here’s what’s new: Emma Watson calendar image Daniel Radcliffe in a calendar image Thanks guys!

From NYTimes.com: In the past year, a handful of separate research projects have surfaced, all sharing the same goal: offloading our memories to machines. Sunil Vemuri, a graduate student at the M.I.T. Media Lab, has spent the last two years wedded to a voice-activated microphone that makes a digital recording of every conversation he has …read more!

Krum will finally have the chance to get his hands on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – the fifth Harry Potter novel will be launched in Bulgaria on December 13th at the 24th International Book Fair. Editor’s Note: The HP information can be found near the middle of the article.

Sotheby’s of London today auctioned off several Harry Potter books, which included two copies of Philosopher’s Stone, a set of the first four books, and a copy of Chamber of Secrets. Prices ranged from 2040 GBP to 14,400 GBP for one of the first in the series. ABCNews.com has a mention of the auction, with …read more!