We hope you like the new text layout of TLC. We received this layout in e-mail from reader Oliver Janoschek, a designer who lives and works in Germany and often uses his PDA to surf the Web. When he couldn’t donate financially to the Leaky server drive, he thought he’d offer us something else; a …read more!

Extremely reliable sources tell us that British actress Miranda Richardson will play Rita Skeeter in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Ms. Richardson (headshot) is most commonly known for her roles in The Hours (playing Vanessa Bell), Sleepy Hollow (playing Lady Mary Van Tassel, pictured here with Michael Gambon, aka Dumbledore) and The Crying …read more!

Another great Dan Radcliffe gift has been sent out by DanRadcliffe.co.uk; a CD collection called “A Punk Rock World.” Fans made CDs, collected music and memorabilia of international Punk and Rock bands, and send it all in a large box for Dan to peruse. There were also DVD Music Documentaries, and any burned CDs were …read more!

In honor of Dan’s birthday, Jenna from DanRadcliffe.com has come up with one of the more original birthday gifts we’ve seen: a magazine. Not just an e-zine, or newsletter – no, an actual semiannual print magazine called Aced. Jenna calls it a “new entertainment and lifestyle publication, created for Dan’s birthday and more, aimed primarily …read more!

And now we’ve another birthday (since it’s the 23rd in the UK right now), this time the 15th for our fearless boy wizard-actor. Very Happy Birthday Dan Radcliffe, one of the most gentlemanly teens around.

OscarWatch lists PoA among its picks for possible Oscar contention in Visual F/X, Costumes, Makeup, Editing, and Sound Mixing. Thanks to Isiscolo for the pointer!

As tomorrow is Dan Radcliffe’s 15th birthday, a reminder comes to us from DanRadcliffe.com about the fundraiser for Demelza House, Dan’s favorite charity, being sponsored jointly by DanRadcliffe.com and DanRadcliffe.co.uk. Check it out; you could win PoA prizes.

All those online bloggers who claim to be Katie Leung, a.k.a Cho Chang, are faking it, Newsround has confirmed.

Tom Felton has posted his pictures and report of his fan meet-n-greet.

A while ago TLC, along with a number of other HP sites, was nominated for a Movies.com fan site award; there apparently was voting involved, but the notification e-mail got lost in the morass that is my inbox and it seems the majority of Leaky fans, as a result, had no idea about this. (Count …read more!