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Gloucestershire Cathedral, the backdrop for Hogwarts scenes in the first two Harry Potter movies has just been confirmed as a filming location for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Additionally, students from local schools, King's, Crypt and Denmark Road will be invited to audition for roles as extras in the film. There is no news yet as to when these scenes will be filmed.

 

By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY    Images  By Timothy A. Clary, AFP/Getty   Author J.K. Rowling signs copies of her book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows during the final stop on the "J.K. Rowling Open Book Tour" held at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Friday.   NEW YORK — Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling served up a bombshell Friday evening during a reading at Carnegie Hall, telling a crowd of fans from throughout the United States that Dumbledore, the wise Hogwarts headmaster and mentor to Harry, is gay.

"I always…

Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay.

J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character last night while appearing before a full house at Carnegie Hall.

After reading briefly from the final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," she took questions from audience members.

She was asked by one young fan whether Dumbledore finds "true love."

"Dumbledore is gay," the author responded to gasps and applause.

She then explained that Dumbledore was smitten with rival Gellert Grindelwald, whom he defeated long ago in a battle between good and bad wizards.

"Falling in love can blind us to an extent," Rowling said of Dumbledore's feelings, adding that Dumbledore was "horribly, terribly let down."

Dumbledore's love, she observed, was his "great tragedy."

Potter readers on fan sites and elsewhere on the Internet have speculated…

During her press conference kicking off her "Open Book Tour" in Los Angeles, JK Rowling discussed the religious themes through all of the Harry Potter books and answers that she could not have put too much into the books because most readers would have guessed the parallels with religion, specifically Christianity, before the release of the last book, Deathly Hallows.

(Please note that both articles linked in this news post contains information on the last book, so if you haven't yet finished reading it please do not do read below.)

JK on religion:

To me [the religious parallels have] always been obvious. But I never wanted to talk too openly about it because I thought it might show people who just wanted the story where we were going.

Rowling also touches on her own…

Looking for a unique gift this holiday season for that hard to please Harry Potter fan in your life? Famed toy seller FAO Schwarz has now unveiled a special “Harry Potter Plush Creature Collection” that just may be the answer.

For those wanting their own dragon, perhaps this Hungarian Horntail is the one for you. 145 inches in length, and weighing 155 pounds, this dragon is available at the cost of $2,400, however no gift wrap is available.

Not in the mood for a dragon, then perhaps a spider is more to your liking. The replica of Aragog, the giant man-eating spider who lived in the Forbidden Forest ,is also available. This furry fellow is 66 inches long and retails for $595.

Other creatures include a beautiful Buckbeak ($695), Hedwig ($255) and Fawkes the…

LOS ANGELES — Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling made a rare U.S. appearance, reading at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood in front of scores of wand-clutching would-be wizards and witches.

Seated on a gold throne with plush red cushions, Rowling read Monday from the seventh and final of her novels on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

She then took a dozen preselected questions from the dressed-up and dazzled kids and teens.

To accommodate a crushing demand for tickets for her first American appearance since 2000, Rowling's American publisher sent a "sorting hat" like those used to divide students into houses in the novels to 40 randomly selected Los Angeles schools. Forty students from each school were then selected from the hat.

Rowling said the gimmick was meant to avoid the sort of madness she faced in her last U.S. appearance seven years ago.

"Things had gotten a little unmanageable…

With filming for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is currently underway, some pictures of what may be the exterior of Prof. Slughorn's house have appeared online.

This past weekend students from Lochaber High School in Fort William filmed scenes for the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie the Lochaber News reported today.

The filming, on the Hogwart's Express at Spean Bridge station, consisted of 100 students with additional filming at Glencoe, Glenfinnan and Glenspean.

According to the article an airborne film unit, and cameramen aboard a fish farm boat have been shooting computer-enhanced sequences at Loch Arkaig.

 

There is news tonight of possible filming set to occur in London, England for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film. With absolutely no detail on the address or area of this supposed film location, London Taxi Tours has now posted two photos (click here to view) of a building somewhere in London, claiming they “understand this area is going to be the setting for Professor Slughorn’s house.” The website also reads “Warner Brothers crew have been spotted preparing the front of this house ready for the forthcoming filming,” however no further information as to the dates of this filming or who would be participating were revealed.

While this looks promising, we can say that filming has begun on the sixth film, as we reported earlier today crews were in the Scottish Highlands filming scenes for “Half-Blood Prince.” Also readers will remember filming at…

please no adult content....he is 1 year old after all.....