It’s been a while since we mentioned the Get a Clue 2 T-Shirt drive, but our full report on our trip to Book Aid International’s 50th birthday party is finally up. After costs, your contributions yielded $6,300 – an incredible amount for such a brief call to action. When we handed the check to Nicola …read more!

Head over to JKRowling.com‘s FAQ poll question to find a highly hilarious answer to the “Who is Mark Evans?” question that’s been plaguing all of us since last year. We’re not posting it here, but the comments are spoiler-areas, FYI. To get to the post on her site, hit the paperclips (FAQ) on her desk, …read more!

The Independent reports on a debate in the French periodical Le Monde, which started three weeks ago when Ilias Yocaris, maître de conférences of French literature at the Institut Universitaire de Formation de Maîtres in Nice deemend the “fantasy universe of Harry Potter … a capitalist universe”, stuffed with “neo-liberal stereotypes” which caricature approvingly the …read more!

Various film websites are reporting that documentary writer/producer/director Michael Moore has been invited to direct the film version of book VI. It appears to us that this rumor got started when satirical news site the Spoof “reported” the “news”. Chinese news site Xinhuanet.com apparently then picked up the story and reported it as fact. It …read more!

CBBC Newsround reports that Warner Brothers, Lightmaker, and Seabottom Productions have purchased domain names related to the title of book six. Among them, the companies registered such names as ‘harrypotterandthehalfbloodprince.com’. Lightmaker is the company that created J.K. Rowling’s website; Seabottom is a company that has been linked to the author. The registrations weren’t made until …read more!

If you’re a Leaky regular, we certainly hope you know the answer to question number three on the BBC’s quiz about events of the past week!. Thanks to Peter for the pointer!

TVGuide in the US has listed Dan Radcliffe at number 5 on the “TV Guide Channels Hottest Summer Movie Hunks” countdown, Hermionellony tells us. Full Bloom (an Orlando Bloom fansite) reported that the show first aired on June 27, but if you click here and register, TV Guide will tell you when the show will …read more!

Many Leaky readers have written to let us know that the “Do Not Disturb” sign has returned to the door on JKRowling.com. What does it mean? She told us that the door would open again, and again, and again with more info – so perhaps there’s another nugget to come rather soon. There’s also a …read more!

BLUBBLE BLUBBLE Everyone, your generosity is simply astounding. Thank you so much. We are still begging: – so that we won’t have to do this again for a long time. Still, checks, money orders, cash (if you feel comfortable sending it), paper clips, bits of string, baby pictures, and old stamps welcome at Leaky, Inc. …read more!

DanRadcliffe.com is sponsoring a charity raffle in honor of Dan’s birthday (July 23). The raffle, for PoA merchandise, will benefit Demelza House, Dan’s preferred charity.