The Biography channel, is going to re-air The Harry Potter Kids, a documentary about Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, later this month.

It will air on Wednesday, April 23rd at 10 pm (ET) and Thursday, April 24th at 2 am (ET).

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There is some new news about the JK Rowling vs. RDR books now online.  You can see another article here as well.

U.S. District Judge Robert Patterson Jr. said the copyright infringement case was a legal close call, involving unresolved areas of American law, and was almost certain to end in years of appeals.
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“I don’t want to be influenced by either party’s attitude toward settlement,” said Judge Robert Patterson today, at the start of the third day of trial. “I think this case, with imagination, could be settled . . . . But don’t throw anything out because of my desire to move ahead.”

UPDATE: JKR released another statement about this issue.  You can also read more HERE!

The book at the heart of this case has overstepped a boundary so unreasonably that I have been forced, regretfully, to take legal action. Authors have a right to protect their works from misuse. Do I have fewer rights because many people read my books? If this book is published, it will open the floodgates for anyone to lift an author’s work and present it as their own. But if it is not published, that will be a boon not only to all who create original works, but to all who enjoy those works.

There is a new interview with Rupert Grint online where he talks about a bunch of interesting topics.

It felt like she was plotting my death every time Lavender came at me. It was all very intense but a lot of fun too. (for your best source for Jessie Cave go to my Jessie Site!)

I met Lindsay last summer and she talked about herself a lot. She said she was going to win an Oscar before she turns 25. I just kept thinking, “But you can’t act”

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This is fake, ha ha. But still amusing anyways, so I will leave it.

There is a new interview with Helen McCrory online!

If I told you what I was wearing, I would probably have to kill you; it’s a bit like working for MI5. My costume is very couture, with beautifully sculpted silhouettes. The costumes are designed by my Parisian friend. Of course, style was battered into her at an early age.

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The Harry Potter Alliance is asking all Harry Potter fans to sign a petition to stop the Darfur Genocide.

It’s time now to join Harry, Dumbledore, and our real world hero Jo Rowling in making this world a place where the spirit of every child, including the children of Darfur, can be safe to come out of the cupboard and experience the magic of life and love.

There are millions of Harry Potter fans across this world.

Do you think one thousand Harry Potter fans can sign a petition to prosecute those guilty of war crimes against children in Darfur? Will you go to http://wantedforwarcrimes. org/hpa right now, scroll down, and sign the petition? Are you willing to wake up the UN Security Council to take action against the genocide in Darfur the way Dumbledore’s Army woke the world up to taking action around Voldemort’s return?

Our goal is one thousand signatures right here at http://wantedforwarcrimes.org/hpa before the UN Security Council votes to take action in June.

Please sign and show your support for the children of Darfur and tell all of your friends to sign as well.

So everyone PLEASE go and sign the petition!

Today I come with some more news on the court case between JK Rowling and Steve Vander Ark and RDR Publishing. A video of JKR giving a statement can be seen HERE. USA Today has an article online about the case.  Vander Ark has stated:

“It’s been … it’s been,” he stammered, choking on his words. “It’s been difficult because there has been a lot of criticism, obviously, and that was never the intention. … This has been an important part of my life for the last nine years or so.”
During his testimony Tuesday, Vander Ark acknowledged that he, too, had substantial concerns all along about whether publishing an encyclopedia based on Rowling’s Potter universe would constitute copyright infringement.
He said he was talked into doing it by the publishing company.