Cartoonist John Cook let us know that there is a new Hairy Plopper parody cartoon online, in which we see Moody asking for the names of the three Unforgivable curses, with interesting results. Users submitted the punchline of this parody; you can see the winning one and more than 1,000 others at the link; feel …read more!

As part of Red Nose Day in the UK, Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) is running around shouting “bogies!” as loud as he can. We are so proud. 🙂 Rupert took part in the special Pro Celeb Bogies event to raise money for Comic Relief, winning a semifinal on Monday, and is competing right now (Red …read more!

” Harry Potter is a global brand worth an estimated $1 billion. ” So says Forbes in a short article about the industry surrounding the Harry Potter series. Focusing on the amount of money generated by the Potter books, movies, and merchandise sales, Forbes notes that “at least a dozen companies list Harry Potter as …read more!

Hooooowl! According to JKRowling.com March 10th(already in the UK) is Remus Lupin’s Birthday! Cheers!

Jamie Waylett (Vincent Crabbe) has received so much fan art from readers lately that he’s decided to hold a contest via his site: “Everyone who sends in a drawing of me or of my character, either by himself or with other fellow Slytherin students, over the next 3 weeks will be judged in a fan …read more!

Previously we told you that Harry Potter had been nominated for two awards at Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards. The online voting section for the awards is now open. If you would like, you can click here to vote for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in the “Favorite Movie” category. The Harry Potter book …read more!

No worries, but just as a precaution for this high bandwidth day, we’re switching to our text page for our main. This will return to normal shortly, but there’s so many of you around right now that it’s best to play it safe. If you’re really dying for the graphics version, go here.

…visit the threads on our forum, where discussions are already heating up. The threads in question are in the Daily Prophet Section.

With the release today of the book covers for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, some media sources have posted stories about this. MSNBC has this article about artist Mary GrandPre and her design work for the American version of Book 6. “It’s a challenge to take a character … and make sure he ages …read more!

Arthur Levine of Scholastic spoke on the Today Show just now, and released a few small tidibts about the book. Click below to read, and thanks to the reader who listed them! Update: You can also see videos here, thanks to Page from DanRadcliffe.co.uk. Thanks Page! There will be a new Minister for Magic (which …read more!