A very happy second birthday to David Rowling-Murray, who is undoubtedly toddling around a certain writer/mommy’s feet and keeping her from updating her site! (Take your time, Jo, we’re just kidding. … Wait, no, we’re not. 🙂 We hope you’ll join us in wishing JKR’s son the happiest day today. (And thanks, Maggie!)

Reader DLW has sent us scans of a Scholastic ad for HBP teasing us about finding out who the HBP is. Thanks DLW! Ad 1 Ad 2

Brandenn Bremmer, 14, an American musical prodigy and Potter fan, apparently committed suicide last week in his home, The Telegraph reports. Brandenn was playing the piano at 3 and was taking courses at Colorado State University at age 11. The boy genius had just finished a second CD of his own songs and was talking …read more!

Happy birthday to Leaky Associate Editor Kristin, who does so much hard work for the site that only we editors (and sometimes not even all of us) see. It’s a special kind of person who could work so hard without seeking any public credit, so we hope you’ll join us in wishing her her best …read more!

Today is the last day of shooting principal photography (main characters, important action) on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. There will be a few more days of secondary shooting but for the most part, GoF is in the can.

Since our forum, Leaky Lounge, opened, we have had a representative from the WB Shop hanging out talking to all of you about what items you would most like to see produced. Your suggestions have been amazing, and in the hundreds, and as a result, WB is working on creating your dream list of HP …read more!

David Tennant, who plays Barty Crouch Jr. in GoF, will be leagues away from Azkaban this week when he appears as the title character in Casanova on BBC 3. The drama aims to paint the classic wooer in a funnier and more sympathetic tone than he has been portrayed in the past; Tennant’s depiction is …read more!

Everyone, it makes me so happy to report that today is everyone’s favorite news wench Sue Upton’s coughcoughnd birthday. We’re sending a free round of drinks round the ol’ Leaky in honor of the occasion. Happy Birthday, Sue, we don’t know what we’d do without you!

Cartoonist John Cook let us know that there is a new Hairy Plopper parody cartoon online, in which we see Moody asking for the names of the three Unforgivable curses, with interesting results. Users submitted the punchline of this parody; you can see the winning one and more than 1,000 others at the link; feel …read more!

As part of Red Nose Day in the UK, Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) is running around shouting “bogies!” as loud as he can. We are so proud. 🙂 Rupert took part in the special Pro Celeb Bogies event to raise money for Comic Relief, winning a semifinal on Monday, and is competing right now (Red …read more!