Today the Guardian newspaper featured a piece on UK Harry Potter book publishers Bloomsbury, and there was a mention of Book Seven “probably” being released next year. The article highlighted again the future plans of the company after the last book comes out. Quotage: The fact that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the latest …read more!

A clip from “Driving Lessons” a new film starring Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Julie Walters (Molly Weasley) is now online. As we told you previously, this film is to screen in a few weeks at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, and tickets are now available. To watch this lovely scene from the …read more!

Michael Gambon is currently performing the title role in Samuel Beckett’s Eh Joe at Dublin’s Gate Theatre. The play is the stage premiere of a work originally written by Beckett for television in 1965, in which a middle aged man listens intently to the voice of an unseen woman, reacting powerfully to her words but …read more!

Previously we told you that actor Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) will be starring in the play “Faith Healer.” Finishing a run in Ireland, this play will preview on Broadway this month, starting on April 18. Tickets to this show are now available, and you can order via this link. Ralph also recently filmed a new …read more!

Actor Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) will be starring in a new television series for Showtime called “Brotherhood”, which is set to debut on July 9 . The website for this adult program is now live, and you can see a video preview of Jason in this series, here. Jason also is set to star in …read more!

The Financial Times has a good profile of actor Timothy Spall, who portrays Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter films. While Mr. Spall does not discuss his role in the Potter films, this article gives an in-depth look at his career and his battle against Leukaemia. Mr. Spall will also be seen in an upcoming …read more!

Last year we told you that actor Dan Radcliffe was thought to be appearing on the show “Extras” with the very funny Ricky Gervais. The comedy series is set to return with new episodes on HBO starting in June, and there is a new quote from Dan today in the press about his upcoming appearance …read more!

Since J.K. Rowling published her rant on our society’s definition of “thin”, newspapers, magazines and Web sites all over the world have picked up on the story. At BlogCritics.org, Dawn Olsen says, “At least J.K. Rowling is using her fame and popularity to try to turn the tide and for that, she gets some serious …read more!

The Scotsman reports that after her latest diary entry lamenting the lack of normal, lined writing paper in Edinburgh, shops have assured that they are fully stocked in lined paper, ready for Rowling to arrive in need of some. “Meanwhile, at the Bruntsfield Post Office, also five minutes or so from the writer’s home, Tahir …read more!

(We’re extending past 11 a bit…) So that you all don’t have to go crazy while waiting to get through on the PotterCast call-in, we’ve opened up our forum’s text chat (you must be a member of the forum to get into it); it’s right here. (If you aren’t yet a member of our forum, …read more!