Well, guys. You’ve done it again. We’re flabberghasted. We’re closing the drive down because we’ve already beseeched too much of your generosity, and we have more than enough to keep Leaky around a very long time. Most of the donations come in within 24 hours of the call for help…and they totalled almost $12,000 in …read more!

Various sites have been reporting for a while that the release date for the PoA DVD is November 23; we’d consider this a strong rumor, but the only word from WB is that they’re not ready to make an announcement on the date. Also, Jonah of HP-Fans.de has written to let us know that the …read more!

Leaky reader Alan has sent us pictures from today’s ceremony at the University of Edinburgh, where Jo Rowling received a doctor honoris causa. Not a goatee in sight! Jo gets her degree Jo talking to fans in the car park afterward, where some had gathered to get books signed. Thanks Alan! Update: Check out BBC …read more!

There’s an Ananova item parading as news, implying that Daniel Radcliffe could play in the film version of Sebastian Faulks’ WWI book, Birdsong. This is patently untrue for many reasons, the most important of which is that Daniel is on set until the spring doing GoF, and then will be taking his GCSEs (OWLs 🙂 …read more!

Harry & the Potters are going to be in Illinois this week, then along the west coast through July before returning to Ohio, Pennsylvania and Massacheusetts towards the start of autumn. Check out their full tour schedule here – and a special note: their September 17 show in Brookline, Mass will be followed by a …read more!

It’s been a while since we mentioned the Get a Clue 2 T-Shirt drive, but our full report on our trip to Book Aid International’s 50th birthday party is finally up. After costs, your contributions yielded $6,300 – an incredible amount for such a brief call to action. When we handed the check to Nicola …read more!

Head over to JKRowling.com‘s FAQ poll question to find a highly hilarious answer to the “Who is Mark Evans?” question that’s been plaguing all of us since last year. We’re not posting it here, but the comments are spoiler-areas, FYI. To get to the post on her site, hit the paperclips (FAQ) on her desk, …read more!

The Independent reports on a debate in the French periodical Le Monde, which started three weeks ago when Ilias Yocaris, maître de conférences of French literature at the Institut Universitaire de Formation de Maîtres in Nice deemend the “fantasy universe of Harry Potter … a capitalist universe”, stuffed with “neo-liberal stereotypes” which caricature approvingly the …read more!

If you’re a Leaky regular, we certainly hope you know the answer to question number three on the BBC’s quiz about events of the past week!. Thanks to Peter for the pointer!

TVGuide in the US has listed Dan Radcliffe at number 5 on the “TV Guide Channels Hottest Summer Movie Hunks” countdown, Hermionellony tells us. Full Bloom (an Orlando Bloom fansite) reported that the show first aired on June 27, but if you click here and register, TV Guide will tell you when the show will …read more!