Cinesite, creators of special effects seen in the Harry Potter films, has now updated their website with a detailed feature on the effects used in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This article gives some insight into the creation of things such as the transformation of Draco Malfoy into the ferret, the floating candles …read more!

The Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire video game has been nominated in multiple categories at the Golden Joystick Awards. Along with being nominated as “Game of the Year,” it is also listed as a contender in the Playstation, X-Box, Nintendo, Handheld, PC, and Girls Choice Game of the Year categories as well. Finally, …read more!

Previously we told you actor Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick) would be part of a charity auction that contained some Harry Potter items. The results of the auction are now in, with this very cool unique Quidditch World Cup Program from GoF that was autographed by Dan Radcliffe selling for £2,000 (approx $3,640 USD). The Peterborough …read more!

PotterCast 48, featuring director M. Night Shyamalan, is now up and we have the easiest way for you to listen yet: Just look on the right side of this page (—>) and hit the “Play” button. (Also available: iTunes and direct download.) Remember to vote for PotterCast at Podcast Alley if you haven’t. Now, in …read more!

Last month, we told you Warner Brothers was going to release the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film in IMAX the same day as it would be released into general theaters. At the very end of the press release, there was a brief mention of possibly converting a portion of the …read more!

Madam Poppy Pomfrey is listed as one of the authors of a study recently published in Annals – Academy of Medicine Singapore. This is a real article, published in the journal’s “free papers” issue. The article’s title and abstract read: Interesting In- and Outpatient Attendances at Hogwarts Infirmary and St Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies …read more!

A year ago: We were gorging on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, swallowing it as fast as our eyes could scan lines and our hands could turn pages. In my case, I was in a small hotel in Edinburgh, trying to focus on reading instead of having intermittent attacks of joy that in roughly …read more!

TLC Reader Katy let us know that actor Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) appeared tonight as the mystery guest on the BBC “A Question of Sport” TV show which was part of a charity event, and “re-enacted a scene in a pool hall from The Colour Of Money.” This program features a sport quiz format, and …read more!

ITV has compiled a list of “TV’s 50 Greatest Stars” in the UK, and have included several performers from the world of Harry Potter. This list includes Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Julie Walters (Molly Weasley), Dawn French (The Fat Lady, PoA), Lenny Henry (voice of the shrunken head in PoA), and Stephen Fry (UK HP audiobook …read more!

The Toronto Sun has a brief new interview with actor Robbie Coltrane, who plays Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films. While speaking about his return to the television series Cracker, the article notes that Robbie has ” just wrapped his scenes on the fifth Harry Potter movie.” In this new television movie, Robbie returns …read more!