The 83rd Academy Awards took place last night in Los Angeles, California; a number of actors from the Harry Potter films were in attendance at the ceremony and selected Oscar Parties. Composer of the soundtrack for “Deathly Hallows: Part 1” Alexandre Desplat and Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange) attended the Academy Awards as nominees for …read more!

Today is a special day in Leaky land! It is the august birthday of our very wonderful Edward Drogos, a man who keeps the news ticking along here on the main site and is one of our top LeakyCon ninjas! Please join us all in wishing the best of days to someone who, quite literally, …read more!

An article ran in the UK newspaper the Mirror today that claims that WB have earmarked a portion of Leavesden studios to become a UK rendition of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the Orlando Harry Potter theme park. We can confirm this is not true. WB has plans for the space on Leavesden, as …read more!

Our friends at the HPA are hosting a special Livestream event focusing on the marriage rights and equality today, on their ImagineBetter channel. Join some of our favorite wizard rockers along with many other special guests as we spend the day exploring the issue and raising awareness and donations for the effort.The event is to …read more!

Hurry along to The Harry Potter Alliance’s Wrock for Equality Livestream, at this link. The Harry Potter Alliance is continuing their fight for LGBTQ equality with Wrock for Equality again this year – this time in Rhode Island! Various wizard rockers, including The Whomping Willows, The Remus Lupins, The Moaning Myrtles and more will be …read more!

Wizrockers Alex Carpenter (The Remus Lupins) and Kristina Horner (The Parselmouths) got together with a gang of California Harry Potter fans and put out a fun new song and video today, parodying the Ke$ha song “We R Who We R” as a Potter fan anthem of sorts. I won’t autoplay it, but you should check …read more!

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” has been nominated for five Saturn Awards by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films. The film has been nominated in the following categories:Best Fantasy FilmBest DirectorBest CostumeBest Make-UpBest Special Effects The winners will be announced at a ceremony in June in Burbank, California. Additionally, …read more!

Visual Effects Supervisor Tim Burke has given a new interview to StudioDaily in which he talks about his work on the Harry Potter films. Burke spoke about the challenges he’s faced in both “Deathly Hallows: Part 1” and the films as a whole, naming hippogriffs as “an incredible challenge to pull off”. The VFX supervisor …read more!

As previews are slated to begin this Saturday, coverage of the Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) lead Broadway revival of “How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying” has been coming fast and furious. Here, now, is a brief roundup of the latest news about the forthcoming musical.First, People Magazine has a first look at rehearsals …read more!

Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has once again taken to her Twitter account to share the news that writing is still her top priority, but has not given any further indication on what exactly that might be. Jo tweets:This is the real me, but you won’t be hearing from me often I’m afraid, as …read more!