Well, he doesn’t quite own the Mystic Kettle of Nackledirk, but check out the new Wizard of the Month on JKRowling.com

Pedja Bjelac, who portrayed Igor Karkaroff in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, turns 44 today. Happy Birthday, Mr. Bjelac!

Today there was another mention of a possible Book Seven release date coming in 2007. Bloomsbury, the UK publishers of the Harry Potter books, issued an early statement about the outlook of the company ahead of their annual stockholder meeting today, and wire reports are again including mentions of Book Seven coming out next year. …read more!

In a recent article for Retailing Today, Warners Brothers spoke about their plans for the tie-in products with the release of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. They said they are moving away from some of the earlier types of traditional toys and will be making some changes in merchandising with …read more!

USA Today asked me and Emerson of MuggleNet yesterday our odds on specific characters dying in book seven. We were asked on separate phone calls, not that you can tell from the results, which are nearly identical. Voldemort? 100 percent chance of death. Hermione and Ron, at most 12 percent. Enjoy!

First of all, thank you all for the lovely comments on the interviews you heard today; secondly, we have mp3s and videos for those who’ve been asking; the WOR audio interview here (in which people try to suggest Potter fans need to get a life and we tell them to get a life right back! …read more!

Actor Michael Gambon, who plays Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, has given a new interview to The Telegraph where he says he read about the events of Book Six in a newspaper, and his reaction to them. He also says he has a message for author J.K. Rowling as well. Quotage: “I die …read more!

The SyFy Genre Award nominations were announced today, and Goblet of Fire received several nominations. Dan Radcliffe (Harry) was nominated as “Best Actor,” while Emma Watson (Hermione) was recognized in the “Best Actress” category. Both Emma and Dan were nominated in the “Best Young Actor” category as well. Finally, Harry Potter and the Goblet of …read more!

Dobby is Freeeeeee…and hopefully out celebrating his birthday, as is indicated by the calendar on JKRowling.com 🙂

Author J.K. Rowling has written an article highlighting new work facing the Children’s High Level Group and the plight of children in Eastern European orphanages. Earlier this year, Jo became involved with the CHLG after being moved to action when reading about children kept locked in cages. In January she traveled to Romania as part …read more!