A rare public display of original handwritten work by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is coming soon to the Seven Stories Centre in the UK. The Irish Examiner reports that “Author JK Rowling has lent the new Seven Stories centre in Newcastle upon Tyne a hand-written draft of chapter six of Harry Potter and the …read more!

Carlsen Verlag, the German publisher of the Harry Potter books, is giving the public a chance to vote on which of two covers will grace “Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz”. Both covers are made by the illustrator Sabine Wilharm.

WB has just confirmed that Goblet of Fire will carry a PG-13 rating in the US, for “sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images.” This will be the first time an HP film was not rated PG.

Stephanie at RupertOnline.net sent us a transcript of Ralph Fiennes on Live With Regis and Kelly this morning, where he was promoting his new film, The Constant Gardener. She sent us a transcript, which you can read after the jump. Screencaps of Ralph making his “Voldemort face” are coming soon. Kelly Ripa: We’re back with …read more!

TVGuide.com is reporting that GoF has been given a PG-13 rating for “sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images.” (The supposed use of foul language is unconfirmed and unlikely.) We’ll update you when we have more information.

Ralph Fiennes, who plays Lord Voldemort in the Goblet of Fire film, gave an interview to Comingsoon.net as part of press for The Constant Gardener, a new political thriller in which he stars. He says he will play Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which will start filming in January or …read more!

Many readers have emailed us here at Leaky over this photo that appeared recently in Entertainment Weekly showing a scene from the upcoming Goblet of Fire film. The source of the uproar stemmed over the fact that in the photo Harry is shown standing in front of a grave with three names written on in, …read more!

MuggleNet will host a chat with actor Matthew Lewis who plays Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films. This chat will take place on Thursday, August 25th at 3pm BST / 10am EDT / 9am CDT. To submit questions you can send them to webchat-questions at chat dot mugglenet dot com. They ask that you …read more!

Scholastic has updated the “fun stuff” section of their Harry Potter site to include some cool new Half-Blood Prince bookmarks for you to print out. There is a set of two, one with the front and back covers of the regular edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , and the other featuring the …read more!

The Noble Collection has updated its Harry Potter collection with some stunning new products. There are some new wands (including Draco’s and Dumbledore’s), and even Lucius Malfoy’s very cool walking stick that he carried in the Chamber of Secrets film. Check them out! Dumbledore’s Wand Draco Malfoy’s Wand Professor Snape’s Wand Lucius Malfoy’s Walking Stick …read more!