Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince filming took place this week in the village of Lacock in the UK. Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Michael Gambon (Professor Dumbledore) filmed the scene where their characters visit Slughorn's house in "Budleigh Babberton" and convince him to return to Hogwarts.

David Thewlis (Remus Lupin) was in Toronto this week for the International Festival of Authors, where he was promoting his new book, The Late Hector Kipling. CityNews.ca caught up with Thewlis at the event and asked him what he thought about Dumbledore being gay.

According to Emma Watson's official website, Warner Bros. is holding a Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD press launch in London on November 3. Watson is slated to attend the event. The Order of the Phoenix DVD comes out November 12 in the UK and December 11 in the US.

J.K. Rowling was at the International Festival of Authors in Toronto on Tuesday to wrap-up her Open Book Tour. Rowling began the day with an early morning press conference where she answered a number of questions relating to the books.

Two new video interviews show Emma Watson and Tom Felton speaking with Digital Spy at the first ever UK Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday. In her interview, Emma discusses winning the award for best actress and briefly talks about Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which she begins filming in December. Meanwhile, Tom shares his thoughts on Dumbledore being gay. Check both interviews out at this link.

Thanks to everyone who let us know that the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix feature film and video game are nominees for this year's Children's BAFTAs. The film has also been nominated in the "BAFTA Kids' Vote" category, which is the only award open to public voting. Voting for that award will begin November 2 at this link. The Children's BAFTAs will be held on November 25 in London.

This is Gloucestershire is reporting that parts of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be filmed at Gloucester Cathedral, where bits of the first and second films were shot. According to the article, "The cloisters at the Cathedral double up as areas in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where Harry and friends Ron and Hermione, live out many of their fantastic adventures." Students from nearby schools will be auditioning for roles as extras.

It's been a little over twenty-four hours since J.K. Rowling revealed that Dumbledore was gay, and opinions are already flaring. A large number of people are welcoming the news and commending Rowling for being frank. But, as the best-selling author predicted, some people are fuming.

Emma Watson and Tom Felton attended Nickelodeon's first ever UK Kids' Choice Awards this evening. You can see some photos of Watson here, and Felton here and here. Watson reportedly won the best movie actress award for her role in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. (Read what she had to say here.) This is Nottingham is reporting that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows won the award for best book as well.

The Noble Collection is continuing to add more Harry Potter collectibles to their website. They are now offering Mad-Eye Moody's Staff, a cute Dobby Doorstopper, an Order of the Phoenix Bookmark Collection, Bellatrix Lestrange's Wand, and more. View these and more new products here.

Spike TV has announced the winners of SCREAM 2007, an annual celebration of the best in Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Comic genres. According to the press release, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix won the award for "Best Sequel" and Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) was named "Most Vile Villain". The awards were taped last night at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and will air on Tuesday, October 23 at 10 PM EST. Congrats to Warner Bros. and Ralph Fiennes!

As many of you know, J.K. Rowling read to the winners of Scholastic's Open Book Tour sweepstakes last night at New York City's Carnegie Hall. The reading was followed by a Q&A, where Rowling dropped some major revelations: naemly, Dumbledore was gay and Neville Longbottom married Hannah Abbot. A paraphrased summary of the entire is below. You can also see the only known pictures of the book signing (which came after the Q&A) at this link.

Tonight, the lucky winners of Scholastic's Open Book Tour sweepstakes congregated at New York's Carnegie Hall, where author J.K. Rowling read from chapter nineteen of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, answered sixteen questions, and signed a copy of Deathly Hallows for each attendee.