The Ouch! section of the BBC’s website has an article focusing on fanfics about characters with disabilities. Reporter Christina Papamichael writes about how fanfic authors, including those with disabilities including cerebral palsy and neuromuscular diseases, use creative writingto explore how witches and wizards deal with physical challenges, and the ways those challenges impact their “self-image, …read more!

Yet another UK poll, this time the BBC Parenting Magazine survey, surveyed 8000 Brits to find the “perfect family members.” Harry Potter just beat Bart Simpson for the “ideal child” spot, and the CBBC’s website has followed it up with a survey for kids to vote for who they’d consider an ideal brother or sister. …read more!

ITV reports the results of a recent poll of girls aged 16 to 18. Comedienne Dawn French, who’ll be playing the Fat Lady in PoA, is the celebrity young British women most admire, and J.K. Rowling is listed second.

Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) has officially opened his own website, and it includes some new photos of the actor. Thanks Caroline and Alicia!

Reuters reports that Jason Isaacs has landed a three-episode arc on NBC’s “The West Wing.” He will play a photojournalist and a love interest for Donna Moss (Janel Moloney). It’s not clear whether this appearance will air in May or next season.

HBO will air their “First Look” feature on the making of “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” starting on May 25th at 8:45pm(est), with additional showings the next several days.

Actor Richard Griffiths’ agent has told CBBC Newsround that Vernon Dursley will not appear in the film version of Goblet of Fire.

Sunday, May 9th, ABC will air “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” featuring an extended version of the film, including material not included in the original theatrical release. At the conclusion of the broadcast, ABC will then air a ten minute sneak peek of “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”.

Producer and Director Chris Columbus tells SCIFI Wire that he was impressed by POA director Alfonso Cuaron. Columbus, having seen Prisoner of Azkaban three times already, praises certain sequences. Says Columbus: “In Azkaban, that kind of scene for me is the first attack on the train by the Dementors. It’s such a beautifully directed scene …read more!

“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” has been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award, given out by the Horror Writers Association, in the category of “Work for Young Readers”. Thanks Abigail!