Today we have been sent a great media player for Natalia Tena’s upcoming film, You Instead which will be premiering on September 13th in London before it’s theatrical release on September 16th (in the UK). The player contains video from the film, a feed of the film’s twitter with regularly updated news and gig tips, plus the option to download the title track from the film for free. It will be updated with new content periodically so make sure to keep checking back!

Don’t forget to enter the contest to win 2 tickets to the exclusive launch event that includes a screening and VIP after-party where Nat’s band will be playing!

Everyone is getting ready for the International Quidditch Association‘s 5th annual Quidditch World Cup this November in New York City. The event is on November 12 and 13 (Saturday and Sunday) on Randall’s Island in New York City. The facebook event can be found here and there is also promo video.

You can also visit the event website and purchase tickets for the event.

Thanks to the IQA for emailing!

Fashion lovers, rejoice! Not only do we have some very fashionable women in the Potter world but there are also fashionable men, Tom Felton and Rupert Grint recently did a set of amazing photos for Band of Outsiders Fall/Winter collection. Emma Watson has worn this brand in the past as they do make some women’s clothing as well under the name Boy Band of Outsiders.  All of the photos may be seen on the Band of Outsiders blog with a select few shown below, enjoy! (click them to enlarge)

Thanks Ice Cream Man!

Back in February I announced that Harry Melling (Dudley) would be attending Spotlight Event’s Back to Hogwarts event this past weekend in Paris.  The event has been rescheduled to November 4-6th. Harry will still be in attendance and it has also been announced that Stanislav Ianevski (Krum) will be at the event as well. More stars will be announced as the event approaches, I will keep you up to date.

More information on the event may be read at this page. Tickets may be purchased through this link; prices range from 70 Euro to 300 Euro.

The Bloomsbury book store has been updated to show that hardcover versions of the UK ‘Signature Edition’ books will be released this coming November, the exact date has not been revealed.  The paperback versions of the Signature Editions came out last November. An image of the box set has also been released and may be viewed below:

Bloomsbury have emailed this morning to inform us that Severus Snape has been voted as the fans Favourite Harry Potter character in a recent poll (that I posted about on a couple of occasions). A snippet from the press release is as follows, read the full release and see the Top 40 characters here.

Snape snatched the top spot from Harry, J.K. Rowling’s personal favourite. When asked about her favourite character J.K. Rowling said: ‘Harry, although I believe I am unusual in this, Ron is generally more popular (I love him too, though) Now that I have finished writing the books, the character I would most like to meet for dinner is Dumbledore. We would have a lot to discuss, and I would love his advice; I think that everyone would like a Dumbledore in their lives.’

The vote was launched in May 2011 and received over 70,000 votes. Severus Snape gained 20% of those votes (just under 13,000) making him a clear winner. Severus Snape has appeared in all seven of the Harry Potter novels and came to be an integral part of Harry Potter’s life.

Hermione Granger took second place and Sirius Black third. Harry himself came in fourth and Lord Voldemort just made the top twenty at number 17. Dobby is the only non-human character to make the top ten and another Slytherin, Draco Malfoy, completes the top characters in tenth place.