Fresh from the press junket for The White Countess, Ralph Fiennes has a new interview in Newsday. In it, he talks about his new film, being nominated (or not) for prestigious awards, and about basing characters on their outward appearance. Which, of course, brings us to Voldemort! “He’s a cosmically evil guy who’s been given …read more!

Daniel Radcliffe will reunite with Sean Foley and Hamish McColl on the British television program This Way Up tomorrow, December 17 on BBC2 at 11:30 p.m. Longtime Leaky readers will remember that Dan had his stage debut in Foley and McColl’s hilarious play The Play Wot I Wrote in November 2002. Here’s a description of …read more!

Slap this one with a very heavy rumor label: The Daily Mail reports that Daniel Radcliffe is in very early talks to appear in a Kenneth Branagh-directed version of Peter Shaffer’s acclaimed but graphic play (not film!), Equus in Jan. 2007 in the West End. The play would be one of three productions produced to …read more!

After working on Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and declining the same position for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, American Visual Effects Supervisor Jim Mitchell was enticed back to the HP fold because of Director Mike Newell’s lack of experience with big-budget, special effects-laden films. “‘Usually, it’s in the director’s head …read more!

Harry Potter is sixth on Lycos’ Top 50 2005 search terms, while the movie is 27th. Meanwhile, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was the most often-searched movie of 2005 on AOL, with Emma Watson and Dan Radcliffe coming in at 6th and 7th in the under-21 division. Goblet was also the top-searched movie …read more!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is among few bright spots in the US’s moviegoing year, reports the Associated Press. Potter, King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia offset unusually low US revenues, which may fall below $9 billion for the first time since 2001.

Here’s your weekly update with the newest of the more than 1,250 items at The Cauldron Shop, the one-stop place for Harry Potter merchandise on the net: –Don’t forget: you can sign up for a wishlist, the same way you do at Amazon.com or your other favorite online stores: Put your favorite Potter items on …read more!

Earlier this year, we told you that one library from every state in the US would be receiving a JKR-signed copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The winning New Mexico library, in Belen, is raffling off its copy. One report says three thousand tickets have already been sold. According to this article, the …read more!

Today’s New York Times has a great story about Ralph Fiennes, prompted by his “onstage conversation” at yesterday’s screening of The Constant Gardner. The article gives a nice overview of Mr. Fiennes’ career including, of course, this bit about his portrayal of Lord Voldemort: “He turns Voldemort into a real character. He may have a …read more!

PotterCast #17 is up and available for download! In this show: On this show: -Introducing…Julie Tynion! -The mailbag crew figures out the whole ending to Harry Potter. (Sorry, Jo!) -The fan interview goes back to the day of the live podcast, with our first attendees! -Wand and wand theory in the modcast -A truly demanding …read more!