Today’s Hampstead Express features Imelda Staunton, the award-winning actress who is playing Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The story doesn’t give any new filming information, but the profile is interesting all the same.

If you, like many, found the JKR W.O.M.B.A.T test (for instructions on how to get to it, click here) less than, er, how shall we say…easy, you’re in luck; our partners over at the Harry Potter Lexicon have made an info sheet for you. They don’t claim to have the right answers – this is …read more!

The second issue of our essay project, Scribbulus, is now open for perusing, and contains 12 news essays. The subjects include: Possible repercussions of Dumbledore revealing the location of the Order’s headquarters to theh Dursleys, and the parallels between Muggle happenings and the International Statute of Secrecy. There’s also a humourous look at why Ginny …read more!

EvannaLynch.net, the fan site for the actress who will play Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films, has debunked a rumor that lasted past the end of April Fool’s Day, that the actress had pulled out of the films and had no intent of appearing in Order of the Phoenix. Evanna doesn’t even have an …read more!

Our Gallery, which now has more than 20,000 images, now has an album of 67 hi-res images JKR at the British Book Awards, thanks to our image manager, Mary. There are now also several thousand screencaps from Goblet of Fire and the DVD. Enjoy!

At the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, Goblet of Fire took home Favorite Movie honors while Harry Potter triumphed as favorite book. The awards took place yesterday and were the result of more than 25 million votes.

Grogan Stump, popular Minister for Magic from 1811, is the new Wizard of the Month on JKR.com!

Oh, we know we had some of you. For like a second. We tried working with the great boys over at MuggleNet, but the small interactions we usually have are enough. We couldn’t stand how they kept replacing our coffee thermoses with chocolate milk, and insisting on video game consoles in the conference rooms. Not …read more!