After Sean Biggerstaff’s short film, Cashback was nominated for an Academy Award, the makers have decided to expand the film into a full-length feature. Writer-director Sean-Ellis and producer Lene Bausager will turn the film from a 19-minute “supermarket dramedy” to a full-length film, using the entire ensemble cast, including former Harry Potter actor Sean Biggerstaff. …read more!

March 12 is the fifth anniversary of the publishing of the Canadian versions of Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; to celebrate, The Globe and Mail will publish an ad today noting that to date, $1.7 million have been raised for Comic Relief through these books, to benefit disadvantaged …read more!

Actor Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) has donated an autographed shirt for auction, with proceeds going toward charity. This auction is part of Clothes Off Our Back, which features many famous celebrity donations from events such as the Oscars and the Golden Globe awards. Jason donated this shirt that he autographed recently while attending the Sundance …read more!

Subscribers to the WB Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire podcast let us know that there is a new installment available. While this is not yet showing on the podcast section of HarryPotter.com, this new edition features two cast interviews, including one with contest winners, and another where the Trio discuss the Yule Ball. …read more!

The world premiere of Mirror, Mirror, a classical wind ensemble composition will be held at the University of Connecticut on Saturday, March 19. The piece, written by composer Stacy Garrop, winner of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize, was inspired by three stories about mirrors and mirror images: “Mirror, Mirror involves two identical …read more!

It would seem that the new Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD reveals not just the deleted scenes and bonuses, but allows for some closer inspection of things that we might have missed when seeing the film in movie theaters; things such as two House-Elves riding on camels at the Quidditch World Cup. …read more!

We’re happy to bring you the first-ever Harry Potter fan DVD audio commentary track. Now that you (in the US anyway, we know) have your DVDs, we hope this track will provide you with some entertianment and even information (in the form of tidbits from TLC’s set visits) on Harry Potter and the Goblet of …read more!

Michael Gambon (Dumbledore) will take part in the Royal Court’s season of rehearsed readings, 50 Readings, 50 Writers, 50 Years. Mr. Gambon will appear on Wednesday, March 22 in Cary Churchill’s A Number. The series of staged readings at the Jerwood Upstairs Theatre in London, which began in January, features some of the most famous …read more!

The calendar on Jo’s website has been updated to honor the birthday of Remus Lupin, March 10. Happy Birthday, Professor Lupin! Oooowwwooooooooo!

Five million copies of the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD were sold in North America on its first day of release (Tuesday, March 7), breaking the record for first-day DVD sales. Warner Bros. reports that the DVD is on its way to becoming the best-selling DVD of the Harry Potter series so …read more!