Leaky News Archives for June 2007
Travel the World of Harry Potter Online
Have you ever wanted to take a trip through the world of Harry Potter and learn more about the different locations found in the series by J.K. Rowling ? Well now you can take a trip of sorts, via this guideto the many places found in the Harry Potter world now online at BudgetTravelOnline.com. Written byContinued...
Australian Publishers Allen and Unwin Open JKR 'Midnight Signing' Competition
Along with US and UK Harry Potter publishers Scholastic and Bloomsbury, Allen and Unwin, who publish the series in Australia, have opened their ‘J. K. Rowling and the Midnight Signing’ contest. Similar to the US and UK contests we previously told you about,Continued...
Virtual Tour of 12 Grimmauld Place Set on IGN
IGN.com is featuring a new ‘exclusive look’ at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place in a virtual tour of the actual set, via its website this evening. This feature lets you zoom in and out and move 360 degrees around the richly detailed set, seeing everything from the table settings to the smallContinued...
PotterCast Live in Albuquerque Today
Just a quick reminder that the PotterCast Summer of 7 Tour is stopping in Albuquerque today, doing a show at the South Broadway Cultural Center at 5:30 p.m. And right afterwards, Harry and the Potters will be tearing it up wizard rock style. Also if you’re around in about an hour, there will be a randomContinued...
Bloomsbury's JKR "Midnight Signing" Winners Beginning to be Notified
As we previously reported, Bloomsbury’s competition for fans in the UK to attend the “Midnight Signing” with author J. K. Rowling has closed and the very, very lucky winners are starting to receive word that they have been selected. Owls have been going out withContinued...
New Contest for UK Residents to Win PS3 and OotP Video Game
UK retailers ASDA gave us word today, of a contest to win a brand new PlayStation 3 gaming console and the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix video game. According to the entry page, UK residents aged 18 and older, are able to enter the contest by answering a Harry Potter questionContinued...
More Official "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" Website Updates
The official “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” WB website has been updated to feature a number of brand new wallpapers and a ‘Who’s Who’ section, that contains short biographies of a number of the major characters. These new downloadableContinued...
Leung, Lewis, Lynch and Wright Showcased in Two New Articles (Updated)
Two new interviews with Harry Potter actors Katie Leung (Cho Chang), Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) are online today. The first, from the Telegraph, features the four actors answering a few questions in the form of a Q &Continued...
New Interview with Evanna Lynch
BBC News has a new interview online with actress Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), in which she gives her thoughts on the final Harry Potter book coming out, how she began reading the series in the first place and speaks a little about the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film. She is noted in theContinued...
Door Closes On JKRowling.com, WOMBAT Papers 'Being Marked'
The door has now closed. The “Do Not Disturb” has returned to the door on JKRowling.com, marking the end of her three part W.O.M.B.A.T. (Wizards’ Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test) examination. Now that testing has ended, your answers are currently being reviewed andContinued...
Borders Special "Harry Potter Book Club" Now Available
Borders has now relesed their “Harry Potter Book Club,” a joint presentation with PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast. The discussion took place between PotterCast and several Phoenix Rising attendees a few weekends ago in New Orleans. The talk goes about an hour (and is viewableContinued...
Happy Father's Day!
To dads who love Potter, to dads who love their kids who love Potter, to dads who read Potter to their kids, to dads who take their kids to the movies and dads who take their families to the bookstores; to dads who work for their families like Arthur Weasley, protect their children like James Potter; to those who fought the darkContinued...
Sneak Preview of Entire "Order of the Phoenix" Soundtrack Now Online
Soundtrack.net has an exclusive sneak preview of the entire soundtrack to the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film now online. Composed by Nicholas Hooper, you can now preview 30 seconds of each of the tracks found on the CD which is due to be released on July 10. Click here (SPOILERS!)Continued...
Dan Radcliffe Newsletter Updates Fans on "December Boys" and More
DanRadcliffe.com, along with many other Radcliffe fan sites, have recently received the latest edition of actor Dan Radcliffe’s newsletter where he talks about his now completed West End run in “Equus,” his upcoming role in December Boys and his other role in a filmContinued...
"Most Magical Places" Contest Winners Announced
Last month, we had a contest where readers were to photograph a most magical place in their vicinity or a place which reminded you of a setting from the Harry Potter novels. With photos to make Colin Creevy proud, we can now announce the winners of this contest, which are as follows: