USA Today has recently published an article about the upcoming movie, Half-Blood Prince, in which David Yates (director) talks of the romance flying about Hogwarts castle. The article can be viewed, in its entirety, at a HP-informative LiveJournal by clicking here.

Also, thanks to a tip-off from the same journal, we have a few new HBP promotional pictures, which you can view by following this link.

EA Games made us very happy today with news about the latest Harry Potter video game, scheduled to come out along with the movie Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince.

You can now view the trailer for the game here and here If it doesn't show up on the first link.

Tomorrow, July 4, make sure you check out the EA game HP site for a sparkling update, transforming the site into a full fledged teaser for Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince: The Game

The role of Thorfinn Rowle, who was one of the Death Eaters present under the Astronomy Tower the night of Dumbledore's death and was described as big and blonde, has been given to British actor Rod Hunt.

More pictures of him can be seen here, at SnitchSeeker. Thanks for the tip!

JK Rowling has recently revealed that her 800-word prequel, which was auctioned earlier this year to benefit charity, will not be turned into a miniature movie.

"JK Rowling has not written scripts for any films based on the Harry Potter 'prequel' or otherwise, as part of the theme park or any other purpose."

Warner Bros. has denied rumors concerning JKR's supposed story for the upcoming attraction in Florida as well.

Emma Watson, the actress who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, updated the journal on her official website to tell her fans that she has finished her A-Levels.

Difficult to say how I've done and like the rest of the country I won't find out for several weeks. But I can hand on heart say I've barely left my room these past few weeks and totally given it my all and that's the main thing. And now I've got a million things to catch up on, people to see, letters to write and mostly importantly, a summer to enjoy!

Well done, Emma, and good luck for your results!

Thanks to Mugglenet.

As Potter fans, we've all seen the YouTube videos about Severus Snape and his comrades singing along to a Mysterious Ticking Noise. Well, as it turns out, we're not the only fans out there.

NewTeeVee Station, a new online-video critic site, has written a smashing review of Neil Cicierega's Puppet Pals series. The review mentions that not only has PPP won YouTube's 2007 Comedy Award, it has also been recognized as the #2 Most Discussed Comedy of All Time on YouTube, #3 Most Viewed Comedy of All Time on YouTube--and no wonder, considering it's been viewed over 42 million times!

To read Sean Williams' entire review on the NewTeeVee Station, click here.

Sales for the Harry Potter books have now exceeded the 400 million mark, according to her literary agency Christopher Little. They also stated that the books are now translated into 67 languages.
The paperback edition of Deathly Hallows is published on July 10th by Bloomsbury, in the U.K.

Read the full article here.

The DVD for Ballet Shoes, starring Emma Watson of the Harry Potter movies, is to be released on September 2, 2008 in the US. It will be sold for $18.99 and can be pre-ordered here at Amazon's website.
The cover for the DVD can be seen here in our galleries.

Congratulations Ravenclaws of DMRP! Dominating the scores for almost the entire school year, you probably have spent the year flirting with the giant squid if you didn't saw this win coming!

Summer Holidays are starting this weekend, leaving the staff to clean up after all our messy students. You will have 2 weeks of quality time with your families, sneaking in some Butterbeers at Diagon Alley or reading up your school books for the next year. Rumors of various parties and balls have been spotted, so keep your eyes open for those owls with invitations!

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Both JK Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe have made it onto the Forbes 'Celebrity 100' list. JK Rowling places in at number 9, while Daniel Radcliffe is at number 64.

It was wizardry that transformed J.K. Rowling from a destitute single mother on welfare into a best-selling billionaire. Her adventures of teenage magician Harry Potter and his classmates at Hogwarts became a children's literary sensation in 1998 with the U.S. publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It and the six subsequent books have now sold 375 million copies worldwide. The final one, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has sold 44 million since it was published last July, including 15 million in the first 24 hours.

Last summer the British-born boy wizard, 18, signed a jaw-dropping contract worth an estimated $50 million to continue his leading role in the last two installments of the Harry Potter series. (The final story, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, has since split into two movies, meaning even more cash for him.) He also played the title role in the BBC's TV movie My Boy Jack, a World War I story about Rudyard Kipling's ill-fated son, and he'll be baring all on Broadway in Equus.