The international trailer of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie has appeared online. You can view it on AOL UK and also, on YouTube.

Wired has announced the winners of 2007 Rave Awards and J.K. Rowling has won one, along with over 20 other winners, for "changing your mind". A ceremony in San Francisco will be held on 27th of April.
"In 1990, before the rise of Second Life and World of Warcraft, before the triumph of MMORPs, a young woman named Joanne Rowling was stuck on a delayed four-hour train ride to King's Cross station in London. She began to conjure up an outcast boy heading to a sorcery school called Hogwarts. Seven years and countless drafts later, the first Harry Potter novel plunged readers into a parallel universe more compelling than any online world imaginable. Rowling was paid a $4,000 advance. Today she is the first person to become a billionaire by writing books. And when "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final volume in the series, apparates on July 21, it will mark the conclusion of an incredible run: more than 325 million books sold in 200 countries, not to mention the $3 billion or so earned by the first four movies and billions more from games, action figures, and product tie-ins. Rowling is the reigning master of what you might call MMFWs-massively !
multireader fictional worlds-inspiring a generation of screen-fed kids to devour old-fashioned books on paper."

An article on Scholastic CEO, Richard Robinson has appeared online. He briefly talks about Harry Potter, Scholastic's loyalty to J.K. Rowling and some other things. You can read the interview here.
Q. How did you get Harry Potter in the first place — it was first published in England, wasn’t it?
A. She had written her first book, and it was published in England. She then went through the English version of the Yellow Pages and looked for an agent. She says she just liked the name Christopher Little — she’s a whimsical character — and he directed the auction for rights outside the U.K. We spotted the book — Arthur Levine, an editor here, did — and we bid $105,000, which was quite a bit for an unknown author.

Though the new Order of the Phoenix movie trailer is set to be revealed only tomorrow, it has already been leaked. You can view it on YouTube.

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly features a two page article about the Order of the Phoenix movie. You can view the scans here and here.

It has not been confirmed yet, but WhatsOnStage.com reports that both Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths are set to play their roles in 'Equus' when the play moves to Broadway next summer.

It has been confirmed by Warner Bros., that the second, international Order of the Phoenix movie trailer will be aired this Sunday on Channel 4 and shall be available online the same day. It will be released on the 24th in USA, 21st in Japan and in early May in Latin America.

A new, IMAX Order of the Phoenix movie poster has been revealed. It can be viewed here.

Two new pictures from the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie have appeared online. You can view them here and here.

It has been announced by Warner Bros., that the last 20 Order of the Phoenix movie minutes will be 3D in IMAX theaters.
"The last 20 minutes in IMAX 3D will add a new element of excitement to the Harry Potter experience, making this a must-see for fans of all ages. We're looking forward to a long and very successful run."

David Tennant, the actor who played Barty Crouch Jr. in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie and is most known for his role in Doctor Who, is celebrating his 36th birthday today! Happy birthday to him! Cheers!

A new image from the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix video game has appeared online. You can view it here.

Scholastic has updated its site with new downloads for their Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows campaign : "There Will Soon Be 7", such as a desktop alert, new bookmark, etc. Also, first of the seven questions has been revealed, you can vote for who do you think will live or die here.

David Bradley, the actor who plays Argus Filch in the Harry Potter movies is celebrating his 65th birthday to them! Happy birthday to him! Cheers!

J. K. Rowling is the 13th most influential Briton, according to Guardian. You can view the full list of the 50 most influential Britons here.
You can't sell 375m books and not influence someone. Especially when those books lead to a multi-film movie franchise and all the concomitant gewgaws and plastic toys. But perhaps the most important contribution she's made is the way that she and Harry Potter have reached millions of children who'd previously not exhibited any enthusiasm for reading, leading not just to an enthusiasm for more reading but also to the creation of millions of words of fan-fiction and perhaps a revitalised generation of creative readers and writers.

A new survey in Australia was carried out. 75,000 people were asked to name the top 100 of their favourite books. Harry Potter books came at #1. The list also includes Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and various other famous titles. You can view the entire list here.

Two new pictures from the Order of the Phoenix movie have appeared online. You can view them at links below.
 - Fred, George, Ron and Ginnny
 - Draco, Crabbe and Goyle holding Hermione and Neville

Our beloved Hermione Granger, Emma Watson is celebrating her 17th birthday today! Happy birthday to her! Cheers!

Emma Thompson, who plays Professor Trelawney in the Harry Potter movies and has appeared in numerous other amazing films is celebrating her 48th birthday today! Happy birthday to her!

Nicholas Hooper, the composer for Order of Phoenix, has been nominated for a TV BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) award for Prime Suspect: The Final Act. You can read more about it here.

A new article on Daniel Radcliffe has appeared online. He talks about growing up, 'Equus' and various other things. You can read the article here.
Since beating off 400,000 hopefuls over four auditions when he was 11, Dan has seen his fee per movie rise handsomely. For the opening instalment, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), he was reportedly paid $145,000; for the fourth, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, $14.5 million. With Radcliffe also receiving a share of revenue from sales of movie-related merchandise, his net worth by the time of the release in July of the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, should be around $50 million. But as Harry Potter knows only too well, fame and success attract dark forces, too. Dan understands that now he's approaching adulthood, his celebrity means the paparazzi - and citizen snappers armed with camera-phones - see him as fair game.

Julie Christie, who played Madam Rosmerta in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, is celebrating her 66th birthday today. Happy birthday to her!

This morning, Daniel Radcliffe appeared in the Theatre Book Prize Awards in London. He presented an award to John Heilpern for his book John Osborne: a Patriot for Us. You can view some pictures from the ceremony here.

An interview with Evanna Lynch, who plays Luna Lovegood, has appeared online. She talks about her role, Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince movies, as well as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book. You can read the entire interview here.
Luna is so free and seems to drift along with life, dealing with everything as it comes to her.I have more goals so I’ve more worries. I think that’s why I love Luna so much.She doesn’t have to have achievements or approval to feel satisfied and she’s as wonderful and balanced a person as anyone could be. She knows worrying is pointless so she just floats and I really admire that in her. <...> I know some things about what is ahead for Luna so I can’t give you my ideas there... Deathly Hallows, well, none of us (‘us’ meaning the fans, we’re a community :)) know, but we have theories. My favourite theory is that it refers to the veil in the Department of Mysteries.

New photos from the Order of the Phoenix video game have been released. You can view them here. The French cover art for the game has also appeared online.