Archive for July, 2008

Presenting: Leaky Blogs!

Jul 23, 2008

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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We’re happy to present one of our newest and most exciting feature here at Leaky: Leaky Blogs! We’ve created a section to allow for more voices to be heard here on Leaky, for commentary about Potter: on canon, on fandom, and more; to allow for further commentary on news items, for posting set reports, for …read more!

J. K. Rowling Discusses MS and Her Mother in New Interview

Jul 22, 2008

Posted by: EdwardTLC

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There is a very brief clip from a new interview with Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling online today from an upcoming documentary on Multiple Sclerosis set to air tomorrow on BBC One in Scotland. The program, part of the station’s BBC Scotland Investigates series, will cover the topic of MS in this episode and …read more!

Wish Harry a Happy Birthday on Scholastic Website

Jul 22, 2008

Posted by: EdwardTLC

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The Scholastic Harry Potter website was updated today to mark the upcoming July 31st birthday of the boy who lived: Harry Potter. This new feature lets you write a special birthday message of up to 150 characters to Harry for all to see. You can check out this new feature in the activities section of …read more!

Harry Potter Actors Attend “The Dark Knight” Premiere in London

Jul 22, 2008

Posted by: EdwardTLC

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A slew of actors from the Harry Potter series were in attendance tonight at the European premiere of the newest Batman film, The Dark Knight. The event took place at Odeon Leicester Square in London, England and was host to the film’s cast along with many other actors including: Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), Tom Felton …read more!

“Order of the Phoenix” Film Helps Boost British Box Office for 2007

Jul 21, 2008

Posted by: EdwardTLC

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The Telegraph is reporting that the British film industry saw a jump in its 2007 global profits, thanks partially to the success of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film. New figures released by the UK Film Council show that a fifty percent jump from last year’s takings was seen in 2007 …read more!

Happy Birthday, Jamie Waylett

Jul 21, 2008

Posted by: EdwardTLC

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The happiest of birthday wishes from TLC go out today to actor Jamie Waylett, who portrays the character of Vincent Crabbe in the Harry Potter films. The young actor is celebrating his 19th birthday today. Happy Birthday, Jamie! Cheers!

One year ago today…

Jul 21, 2008

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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A year ago today, most of us were gulping down pages of Deathly Hallows. Some of us had waited 10 years for it, and though we were sad that the end was nigh we were too excited to fput down the book. We wondered what Harry’s end meant for us: for us as fans, as …read more!

HP art soup

Jul 21, 2008

Posted by: John Admin

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First I want to thank the AMAZING Tom Scribble for the snippets of her artwork on my blog banner. She is truly one of the GREAT HP FanArtists! Now, about this little ol’ blog-thingy here: I thought, being the big HP FanArt geek that I am, it might be nice to talk a bit more …read more!

Balmoral Hotel Offers “JK Rowling Suite”

Jul 20, 2008

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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The room in Edinburgh’s picturesque Balmoral Hotel where J.K. Rowling finished writing Harry Potter has been renamed, with the author’s permission, the J.K. Rowling Suite, the Telegraph reports. It costs £965/night to stay there. The suite is room number 552 in the hotel, and reps for the Balmoral say that since it was revealed on …read more!

The Other Man in My Life…

Jul 19, 2008

Posted by: John Admin

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So let’s get a few facts down so that we are clear on all of this. I’m a 43 year old, happily married woman. I have two wonderful children, a husband who loves me to distraction, a full time career and a part time gig as a fantasy author. This all meshes together into a …read more!



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