The first official movie logo for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, shown in Spanish as Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Meurte: Parte I, has been released and can be seen in our galleries in high resolution!

Thanks BlogHogwarts and SS!

ITN has released a few new interviews with the Harry Potter cast where they discuss the films.  Bonnie, Rupert and Dan talk about the final films. Rupert and Dan also talk about Christmas:

Thanks SS!

Just a reminder to everyone that the Harry Potter weekend on ABC family starts TONIGHT!  It will show the first 4 films and a lot of behind the scenes stuff that I assume is on the Ultimate Editions.

Friday, December 4
• 7:30-11:00 PM ET Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Saturday, December 5
• 12:30-4:00 PM ET Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
• 4:00-8:00 PM ET Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• 8:00-11:00 PM ET Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Sunday, December 6
• 12:30-4:30 PM ET Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• 4:30-7:30 PM ET Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• 7:30-11:00 PM ET Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Update: Thanks to Meg for emailing to remind me that we will be seeing the following:

• Exclusive footage from “Creating the World of Harry Potter
• An advanced look at the “Close Up with the Cast” piece with Evanna

Thanks again to Sue we have 56 Seconds of footage from Deathly Hallows!  Watch below and enjoy:

UPDATE: Sadly it has been removed from YouTube because WB wanted it removed. But we will all be able to see it when we get the DVD on Tuesday, or if you have it already. (At least I assume that’s where it’s from)

Entertainment Weekly has posted up their 15 Entertainers of the 2000s, in their Best of the Decade series.  J.K. Rowling made the list at Number 3!

J.K. Rowling

As 1999 came to a close, J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter were already household names — as long as those households contained literate children with a voracious appetite for fantasy fiction. In 2000, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — the fourth book in the British author’s seven-book cycle — ignited a global pop phenomenon that got the attention of all readers, young and young at heart. By 2007, the planet was both eagerly anticipating and deeply dreading the release of the final Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. When it finally arrived, it became clear that Rowling had nailed one of the decade’s greatest artistic achievements: finishing not just bloody well, but brilliantly. —Jeff Jensen

Harry Potter has come in at Number one for Entertainers of the Decade: Your Picks

Harry Potter

The Entertainer of the Decade is obviously Harry Potter — a franchise that covers all the cultural bases, selling books, movie tickets and merchandise. Fans whip up butterbeer batches, obsess over John Williams’ iconic score, even listen to ”wizard rock.” College students actually play Quidditch (and when someone comes up with the right jet-propulsion technology, they can play it for real). Millions of people all over the globe watched J.K. Rowling answer questions about Deathly Hallows on television. Unlike anything else, Harry Potter has literally taken over the entire world.

Heck, Harry Potter has actually inspired new entries into the Oxford English Dictionary! Muggle is now an actual, accepted word. If that doesn’t point to influence, I don’t know what does. And unlike the vast majority of names suggested by EW readers for this list, Harry Potter has actually been around (and consistently popular) for the entire decade. —James

Next come the best books of the decade!

8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (2000)

The fourth Potter novel was the darkest yet, forcing poor Harry to contend with Death Eaters run amok and the loss of a major character. That it also encompasses some of the series’ most purely fun moments of escapism is proof of Rowling’s versatile gifts.

A few more seconds of footage have appeared online at youtube!

Thanks Sue!