Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint were interviewed on Australia’s ’60 Minutes.’ Each talk about the movie, being recognized and the outcome of the series. You will also see JKR talking about the books.  There is a transcript and video online now.

You can read the transcript HERE (or click Read More) and watch the video HERE.

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JK Rowling has updated her site and named Godric Gryffindor wizard of the month for July!

Godric Gryffindor

Medieval (precise dates unknown)
One of the four famous Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Godric Gryffindor was the most accomplished dueller of his time, an enlightened fighter against Muggle-discrimination and the first owner of the celebrated Sorting Hat.

JK Rowling’s site has been updated to reveal that the W.O.M.B.A.T. results for the third and last test are available.

Good job everyone!

MTV Movie News has an article out about how JK Rowling approved the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Video Game.

At this point, Rowling has some confidence in the developers. But they can’t get away with everything. “She has written documents for us, explaining how certain things work, why you shouldn’t do certain things that we’re not supposed to say because they’re secret,” Roberts said.

And she has put her foot down when need be. Roberts and the team came up with a mission in the game that would have Harry’s classmate Neville Longbottom sabotaging a clock tower to get back at Hogwarts professor Dolores Umbridge. “We got this feedback from her saying, ‘I really like the mission, but I don’t think Neville would do that. I think it would be Dean Thomas. He’s much more likely to do it.’ ” They switched the mission to Dean.

Read the whole article HERE.

Bloomsbury is notifying their contest winners for the JKR reading/signing by email now.  The email contains all the information winners would need to know to accept their prize, and begins as follow:

Dear (super lucky Harry Potter fan’s name),

J.K. Rowling and the Moonlight Signing, Friday 20th/ Saturday 21st June 2007

We are delighted to confirm that you have been selected in the prize draw to attend JK Rowling’s book-signing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at London’s Natural History Museum on the night of 20th/21st July 2007. This email contains important information so please read thoroughly and use the link at the end to respond.

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Forbes magazine has released their annual ‘Celebrity 100’ list and this year Harry Potter author JK Rowling and actors Daniel Radcliffe(Harry Potter) and Emma Watson(Hermione Granger) made the list.

JKR is #48, Dan is #79 and Emma is #97. Click read more to see what the magazine has to say about them.

See the whole list HERE.

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