The Grand Rapids Press has spoken with the author of The Harry Potter Lexicon, Steve Vander Ark.

“I’ve always been a fan of Harry Potter and of Rowling and my hope all along was that we’d find an amicable way to settle this. I’m disappointed, but this is the way it went and I don’t hold any ill will at all. It was a question of law over a difference of opinion and, in a way, I’m glad that it’s finally over.”

Thanks MN!

Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley), Stan Ianevski (Viktor Krum), Jamie Yeates (Marcus Flint) and Jamie Waylett (Vincent Crabbe) are all to attend RingCon 2008 next month in Germany.

You can see Stan on October 3rd participating in a panel,
And Chris & Jamie Yeates on October 4th
And all three on the 5th.
There will also be autograph sessions throughout the weekend.

OFFICIAL SITE.

Thanks SS

EW has a new interview with Ralph Fiennes. Here is the segment where he discusses Voldemort:

“That’s actually the hardest to do because you have to personify evil, and there’s such a history of cliches and villains and monsters. You’ve got to struggle not to play all the obvious notes. And with such extreme makeup, such an extreme look, that’s the challenge. Also, the style of the movies is so strong. The movie itself is its own machine, and you’ve got to fulfill a function of a bigger machine. It would be good to keep the sense of some kind of real psychology going on, even in all the special effects and everything.” That is, assuming that Fiennes reprises his role as Lord Voldie for the final movies, which he has every intention of doing. I’m not officially contracted to the last ones, but I think that’s in the cards. I want to do it. It’s just that they haven’t got a script yet, so the deal side of it isn’t in place. But the indications are that it’ll happen. Watch for the Dark Mark in the sky.

There are now photos online of Emma at the National Movie awards that were held today. She is looking gorgeous in a white dress.

You can view the photos HERE at the EW.net Galleries!

Today a judge ruled in favor of JK Rowling and WB in her case against RDR Books.  U.S. district court judge Robert Patterson said that Rowling proved the publication of Steve Vander Ark’s unofficial Potter companion book, based off his web site of the same name, would case irreparable harm to the author. He also said that RDR Books had “failed to establish an affirmative defense of fair use.”

So now The Harry Potter Lexicon book must halt publication. Here is the full decision (it is a pdf file).

Thanks HPANA!

ComingSoon finally has the official announcement from EA and WB about the Half-Blood Prince video game.

Electronic Arts Inc and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today confirmed that the “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” video game will be released globally Summer 2009, alongside the Warner Bros. Pictures’ film based on J.K. Rowling’s sixth Harry Potter book.

Click More for the official announcement.