Everyone ready to sing? OK, then, to the tune of “Bingo:” We know a wonderful actor Whose birthday is today-oh R-A-L-P-H! R-A-L-P-H! R-A-L-P-H! His birthday is today-oh! Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort) turns 44 today. Cheers, Mr. Fiennes (and, as a special birthday favor, we will remind everyone that your name is pronounced, “Rafe Fines”)!

Our special live call-in episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, will be tonight at 7:30 pm EST. To be involved, you have to send your Skype name or the number to call to [email protected] – since we can’t just simply open up lines (without killing all our computers), it’s going to be a call-YOU …read more!

With the news of the title for the last Harry Potter book now publicly announced, there has been widespread media reaction as you can imagine. Here are just a few of the news stories of interest on the subject: Amazon.com is the focus of this story from Bloomberg news which highlights the fact that “Amazon …read more!

We have opened a chat session in the Corner Booth to talk about the new title and what it might mean. You must be registered to take part, so register here For straight discussion, click here. You must be registered to comment. Be sure to read our last post about where parts of the title …read more!

In the wake of the release of the name of the title of Book Seven today (which is also Winter Solstice btw), Scholastic, the US publishers of the series, has updated their Book Seven image with the new name on the main page of their website. Bloomsbury, the UK publishers also have updated their image …read more!

OK, close your eyes if you haven’t gotten through the riddle on JKRowling.com and don’t want to be spoiled, but it’s now been press-released and is official: the title of book seven is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. UPDATE: We will be recording a special LIVE call-in PotterCast about the title, tonight, talking to …read more!

ho ho HO! The door has opened on JKRowling.com Behold the glorious gift inside! Yes, after a few little tricks to get the door open to her office ,there is a present waiting inside. You click on the present and a game appears of sort, which seems to reveal a TITLE we believe to be …read more!

While no official release date has been announced and despite the latest update from JKR yesterday noting she is still hard at work writing, Wall Street is concerned about a possible release next year of Harry Potter Book Seven, and the impact on both the US and UK publishers of the novels. Scholastic stocks rose …read more!

We now have the winners of the “Bonfire Night” Avatar Contest we told you about last month. First Place went to the “Dark Mark” Weasleys Wizard Wheezes created by Leaky Lounge member henrietta r hippo. In second place was “Hot Tator Fireworks” created by Leaky Lounge member Mbmoses. Congratulations to all who entered! For more …read more!

Actors Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Alan Rickman (Professor Snape) are featured as part of an exhibition by photographer Michael Birt now currently showing in England. Page from DanRadcliffe.co.uk and Jenna from DanRadcliffe.com let us know that they have this new photo of Dan, which you can see here. We are still trying to obtain …read more!