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Leaky is up and running again! News below. It is official: As we exclusively reported on href=”/MTarchives/004915.html”>July 29 and July 23, Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Richardson have joined the cast of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The press release reads: BURBANK, CA, August 4, 2004 – Ralph Fiennes (Red Dragon, Maid in Manhattan, …read more!

Last week HPANA reported that the HP GoF cast was seen filming the Portkey scene (where the Weasleys, Hermione, Harry and the Diggorys go to the Quidditch World Cup) near Berkhamsted in England. Thank you for the many many e-mails. We waited on posting this because, like many similar tips that come unconfirmed to our …read more!

BBC reports that two diaries from CoS have fetched more than $4,000 on Ebay. A plain version of the leather-bound diary fetched $2,125 (£1,168) when sold on internet auction site eBay. A second prop diary, with tubes attached to deliver fake blood from the book during filming, was sold for $1,900 (£1,044).

We’ve received several emails with this IMDB link, which reports that Jo Rowling intends to write an eighth Harry Potter book: The English novelist – currently adding the finishing touches to her sixth Potter book – had previously vowed to only create seven adventures about the magical wizard. But she now wants to add an …read more!

CBC News has a profile which focuses on Convention Alley, the for adults only Harry Potter symposium which took place over the weekend in Ontario, Canada. Overall, the conference’s wide range of paper, panel and discussion topics – from “Severus Snape: Romantic Byronic Hero or Unredeemable ‘Greasy Git’?” to “Harry’s International Readers: Global Understanding or …read more!

Yesterday’s New York Times Magazine featured a piece on Susanna Clarke’s “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell,” a novel about a friendship of two gentleman sorcerer’s in London. (Registration required to view article, but it’s free and worth it.) Quotage: The novel is being compared with abandon in the press to the ”Harry Potter” books, but …read more!

Yesterday’s edition of Speaking of Faith on NPR dealt with fantasy and religion, including HP. The description reads: “A Return to the Mystery: Religion, Fantasy, and Entertainment Today’s program is on the explosion of religious and spiritual themes in movies and television. Host Krista Tippett explores the deeper appeal of programs like Harry Potter and …read more!

Klara of HarryPotter.cz has sent us the text of the the letter the president of the Czech Republic, Václav Klaus, recently wrote to J.K. Rowling regarding her letter objecting to caged beds in childcare facilities, a letter which prompted the country’s minister of health to order the removal of the beds in question in short …read more!

Today’s Ottawa Citizen showcases the ongoing ConventionAlley‘s unique approach to dodging copyright issues that come with running a fan conference: So, in a solution that’s increasingly common among legions of Potter-obsessed fans, organizers of an international Harry Potter conference this weekend in Ottawa have tweaked the children’s classic. Their Harry has Canadian roots. … And …read more!