Convention Alley begins this weekend in Ontario ,Canada, and Canada.com has a short preview of the Harry Potter convention. Harry Potter Lexicon founder Steve Vander Ark will be the keynote speaker. This conference, which is devoted to adult Harry Potter fans, takes place July 30th to August 1st at the University of Ottawa.

MTV will not be airing its piece about GoF and the on-set fan internship this Friday, as originally reported. It has been postponed for some months, probably to be seen in November, according to sources involved.

Berkshire.co.uk has a story on Thomas Davy, the double for Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom) on GoF. It contains this bit which again reports of Miranda Richardon’s casting as Rita Skeeter, as we reported last week: Thomas is already living most teenagers’ dreams. “I have a trailer were I can play around and was sat next …read more!

Time-Warner Inc. posted better than expected quarterly profits of $777 million, due in part to the success of the Prisoner of Azkaban film. Notable theatrical releases during the quarter included Warner Bros. ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ and ‘Troy,’ which to date have generated worldwide box office receipts of 703 million and 484 …read more!

We’ve just confirmed from extremely trusted sources the PoA DVD details that DVD Answers has been telling us about for two days. They rock. The PoA DVD itself is indeed two discs. On a clarifying note: the “three-pack” the details discuss is a package of six DVDs, which contains two discs for each HP film …read more!

More PoA DVD info from DVD Answers, including shots of the cover art and some other screen shots. It also says that “Arriving the same day will be a Harry Potter three-pack release, containing the first three double-disc releases. This will retail for $59.92.” None of this has been confirmed by WB yet.

On July 31, I’m going to be joining Jenna from DanRadcliffe.com at the Ft Lauderdale Museum of Discovery & Science for some “birthday” events before the 4:15 showing of Prisoner of Azkaban on the museum’s IMAX screen. Join us there in the afternoon – and feel free to wear a costume. There will be prizes …read more!

There is a really nice piece about, well, you all, in today’s Chicago Tribune (viewable here without registration required). I spoke with Eric Gwinn, who writes an Internet column, last week, and couldn’t stop gushing about how you all came to our aid during the server drive. According to him, it makes Leaky “throwback to …read more!

Web India has a piece, based on a Daily Mail article, about Ralph Fiennes being “all set” to play Voldemort, despite the final paragraph of the article being this, from a film spokesperson: “Oh, he’d be really good, but there’s no one in place yet. Obviously, they are speaking to people, but that role has …read more!

DVD Answers has posted some preview info on the PoA DVD: Title: Harry Potter Starring: Daniel Radcliffe Released: 23rd November 2004 SRP: $22.95 Further Details: “We’ve managed to obtain some early details on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban which stars Daniel Radcliffe as the now legendary wizard. The disc will be available to …read more!