Marilyn Manson Takes Swipe at Potter

Marilyn Manson took a shot at Harry Potter when he accepted a "Kerrang!" award, the Sun reports.

He said: "I get blamed for being bad but this kid is practicing witchcraft from a very early age which is totally unacceptable."

"FoxTrot" Cartoon Features HP

Bill Amend's "FoxTrot" will give HP fans a chuckle this morning! Thanks to all who sent this in!

Joss Whedon, Veronica Mars and...HP

Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Serenity mastermind Joss Whedon - who has been a very vocal supporter of HP in the past - waxes poetic about his love for the TV show Veronica Mars in a recent blog post, and in doing so (eventually) ascribes his long list of superlatives about it to Harry Potter:

"Best. Show. Ever.Continued...

Harry Potter in the post-9/11 and 7/7 World

Slate Magazine this week features an article exploring how the series resonates in the post-9/11 and post-7/7 world. The article contains some spoilers for the plot of HBP, and the reporter notes:

In 1998, when the first Harry Potter book came out, Voldemort was a fantastical villain, a symbol of evilContinued...

Harry Potter by Charles Dickens

The Star-Telegram has a very cute story today by writer Jeff Guinn who supposes what it would be like if the Harry Potter stories were written by an author other than J.K. Rowling. For fun, he took a chapter from the Harry Potter series and speculated how that same chapter would read if it written by legendaryContinued...

'Potter' Parody Poses Trouble for US Army

An issue of a training manual published by the U.S. Army containing a cartoon parody is turning out to be no laughing matter for J.K.Rowling and her attorneys. The Times of London reports that in a recent issue of "Preventative Maintenance Monthly", the training manual featured a cartoon strip withContinued...

Fuzzy Harry

Harry's in today's Get Fuzzy comic. Thanks everyone who emailed!

"Lie Detector": JKR's Cousin to Make TV Show Appearance

Several media outlets today, including the L.A. Times, had this story about a new television program called "Lie Detector", which will feature a cousin of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. Based on information confirmed to them by NBC/PAX-TV the newpapaper says, "the show willContinued...

Fans Pay Homage at Graveside of Soldier

Here's a bit of an unusual piece of news today. A grave of a young British soldier killed in Hebron, Israel at the age of 19 has gained quite a bit of notoriety. It's become so popular with tourists and vistors, that the local council recently added the gravesite of the young soldier to their localContinued...

Restaurant Story Debunked

(This was pulled from our original post to demarcate it as separate news.)
A representative from Jo Rowling's agency has informed TLC that plans to make an HP restaurant are false, and that there has been no contact between the restaurateur and Jo Rowling, contradicting an article that appeared yesterday. No permissionsContinued...

Dinner for Two at a Harry Potter Restaurant ?

Would you like to go out to dinner at a Harry Potter themed restaurant? Well, according to the Business Journal, you might be able to make those reservations in the future. This article says that a new Harry Potter themed restaurant is in the works and will open in the future. Steve Schussler, who hadContinued...

Entertainment Weekly Preview on Goblet of Fire

Entertainment Weekly has their new 2005 preview issue out. In the magazine there is a short preview of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film, due to be released on November 18th. Says the magazine:

"He's faced giant snakes, ghastly Dementors, and the minions of the villainousContinued...

Followup: Marko-Grinch Responds

A few weeks ago, we posted a story about a columnist for the Tribune Review named Jack Markowitz, who wrote a rather unflattering column about the popularity of the Harry Potter books, calling them "the most over-praised, over-publicized and marketed books ever printed." Many of our readers wrote in toContinued...

Half-Blood Prince Plot Speculation Continues

With the new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book due to be released this year, the speculation grows on what the plot will be, and which character may die. The Star-Telegram newspaper has an article that says possible clues to Harry's future may be found in Lord of the Rings or fromContinued...

2004: The Year in HP: A Leaky Cauldron Review

Happy New Year everyone! Because 2005 is going to be such a big year for Harry
Potter fans, we thought now was a good time to look back at 2004, which
wasn't too shabby either where we're concerned. Editor Sue scoured our archives
and found all our 2004 highlights, so we hope you enjoy this littleContinued...