I decided I am going to start archiving the news each month, because it is getting crazy not doing it, too many stories. So now each month the stories will be sent to the News Archive page.

So now there is an archive from March-May because I don’t know how to separate them into months once they are archived (if someone can help me do this PLEASE email me). But then after that there will be a link to each month’s news so you can go back and search for things.

YAY!

CTV.ca has an article out where they discuss the Harry Potter phenomenon.

Potter the phenomenon doesn’t compare for suspense, but like the wizard’s tale, it is unique and extraordinary and well placed in tradition. Like “Star Wars” and “Star Trek,” it is the story of how a work of popular art becomes a world of its own — imitated, merchandised and analyzed, immortalized not by the marketers, but by the fans.

“Around 2000, message boards, mailing lists, blogs were starting to form into the community hubs we have now. So the fans, who were desperately awaiting word on the fifth book … obsessed together on the Internet, writing their own fan fiction, having huge discussions picking every last piece of the canon apart and finding whatever way possible to make the wait tolerable,” says Anelli, who is writing a history of Potter, due out in 2008.

“I think we’ll always have Harry Potter conventions-conferences, and the appeal won’t end once it’s off the `new releases’ shelf,” Anelli says. “The mania will never be this intense again but this series will have life in the real world for a very long time.”

I am proud to say I have been a part of the phenomenon since the first book came out here in the US and I will stay a loyal fan for the rest of my life. How about you guys?

Read the whole thing HERE.

According to Mugglenet:

Warner Brothers Records has sent MuggleNet details about a special edition Order of the Phoenix soundtrack set. Encased in a custom hinged box with Navy “velveteen” fabric, the set also includes a 20-page booklet with a foil embossed front cover.
Check out your first look at this special edition soundtrack right here(I have my own link below)! You’ll see the box also has a clear plastic dome on the front with Voldemort inside. More details coming soon!

See a picture HERE
Thanks Mugglenet!

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.

Katie Leung, who plays Cho in the Harry Potter films is featured on the horoscopes page of Teen Vogue magazine, in the August issue.

See the scan here. (well it seems as though the link is wrong sometimes so if it doesnt come up with the right picture change the way the pictures are shown to DATE +, that should work)

You can find it on page 76.

NBC’s Today Show aired the first official footage of Deathly Hallows being printed this morning!! The clip shows pages being bound together and packaged into boxes.

To watch, click here and then click “Launch” on the right.

The Today Show also continued their weekly “Today’s Mystery Question” relating to Deathly Hallows. This morning’s question was asked by Scholastic Editor Arthur Levine: “How Will Peter Pettigrew repay his life debt to Harry?”

Thanks Mugglenet!