A TimesOnline article said today that Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was “expected to be released early next year.” This is not true. As a trusted source has said, all that’s definite is that it will possibly be released next year. JKR is still writing the book (which also puts to rest other …read more!

Congrats go tonight to Emerson and crew from MuggleNet.com and Jenna and crew from DanRadcliffe.com, who have won the Best Movie Fan Site and Best Actor Fan Site awards, respectively, at Movies.com. The Official Harry Potter Site also won Best Official Movie site, making HP a winner in three of the nine awards! (Previously, Leaky …read more!

Actor Chris Rankin has updated his blog with a note that he may not be in Goblet of Fire: Turns out that my contract states that I was contracted to appear in Prisoner of Azkaban +1 more HP film – it doesn’t have to be the next in the series (as we’d all presumed) – …read more!

JWFan.net is reporting that they have received confirmation from Warner Brothers that the composer for the Goblet of Fire film will be Patrick Doyle. Patrick Doyle is a well known film composer, having worked with Goblet director Mike Newell previously on Donnie Brasko and Into the West. Other film scores by Patrick Doyle include those …read more!

Today, actor Tom Felton(Draco Malfoy) turns 17. Happy Birthday Tom!

A spokesperson for Warner Brothers told CBBC Newsround: As for the next movie, it’s far too early to think about casting. We don’t have a script, director, start date or casting director and no one will be considered for any role until all these are in place. We don’t want children to be disappointed, so …read more!

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As JK Rowling.com reminds us, today (Sept. 19 in the UK) is Hermione Granger’s birthday.

Welcome to the new/old TLC, folks. You’ll notice we’re back to using our graphics page; we’re hoping to give it a test run and make sure the shiny new server doesn’t blow up because of it. For those who prefer it, the text page is still accessible (and updated simultaneously) via a link on the …read more!

Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuaron will accept the Raul Julia HOLA Founders Award, presented by the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors on September 20th in New York City. Thanks to Michelle and Nelly for the link.