Today is a special day for Leaky and all its loyal readers. Five years ago today the Leaky Lounge, our forum, was born, and Leaky itself changed forever: from a small news-posting blog to a worldwide community, from a one-way news posting service to a great depository of ideas, writing, theories, reading groups, creativity, laughter, …read more!

From our Leaky family to yours, as we had into Leaky’s 10th year online, we hope you have the most wonderful and blessed of holidays!

So many of you e-mailed this we had to post what is undoubtedly one of the funniest HP parodies in an age: Hermione Granger does good in the wizarding ‘hood!style=”padding:5px 0; text-align:center; width:400px;”>See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. (Parents: There is one PG-13-level word in here and it starts with B. Happy …read more!

Hello all! Leaky is looking for some help in the programming department. If you’d like to build your portfolio with work on a major web site, and especially if you have experience with or would like to learn Ruby on Rails, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you very much!

Emma Watson has just launched a Christmas microsite, where she has recorded a video message for her fans where she discusses being back on set after returning from her first semester at Brown University. She has also included new pictures, links to music she’ll be listening this holiday season, and message area where you can …read more!

We are lucky today, because this person just joined senior staff at Leaky and we haven’t even had time yet to mark his birthday in our “to post on Leaky” calendars before it was upon us. Nevertheless we hope you’ll join us in wishing Chris Dotson, who runs the super-fantastic video galleries here at Leaky …read more!

You’ve all got your HBP DVDs now, right?Well, unwrap them and get them ready, because PotterCast is doing one of its renown DVD commentaries but for the first time ever we’re doing it LIVE, via our LiveStream channel. We will all start watching the movie (on our own computers, silly, we’re not broadcasting it!) together; …read more!

The Blu-Ray ultimate editions of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets are now available for purchase and to celebrate we’re running a contest here on Leaky. All you need to do is click here to enter: you have a chance to win Grand prize: A Blu-Ray player …read more!

Jingle Spells is here:The downloads of Jingle Spells 3 will always be available but the physical discs are selling out – and the only chance to get it before Christmas is to place your order by FRIDAY DECEMBER 11 – only under three days left! All orders will be sent out Monday December 14. Please …read more!

A few days ago we told you about the DVD Blu-Ray signing of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince going on at the HMV at 150 Oxford St. in London on Sunday, Dec. 6: Now, a costume contest has been added to the festivities. The person wearing the best costume will be whisked backstage to …read more!