Entertainment Weekly posted a short interview with Alfonso Cuaron on its preview of the hottest 10 movies for 2004. You have to be a subscriber or an AOL member for the whole article, but here are relevant quotes from the impish director: “The moment I read the book, I was hooked. It’s a myth for …read more!

The Association of American Publishers will give this year’s Curtis Benjamin Award to Jean Feiwel, editor-in-chief and publisher of Scholastic Books, according to Reed Busines information. The citation included “the phenomenal success of Scholastic’s trade publishing program” and listed “the magical Harry Potter, the groundbreaking visual riddles of I Spy, the zany Captain Underpants and …read more!

A little “Where Are We Now” for you: It was a year ago today that long-baited Harry Potter fans breathed a massive sigh of relief. After two-and-a-half long years of waiting for it, the release date for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was revealed at last, quoting these immortal words: The hottest …read more!

Many of you have written in to tell us and we thank you for reminding us – the WHSmith award, should JKR win it, will not be her first adult award. She won the Hugo Award in 2001 for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The Hugo Awards are not for only-adult books. However, …read more!

I’ve updated the FAQ to answer an oft-asked question.

Movie news site Dark Horizons is reporting that Ray Winstone has been cast as Mad-Eye Moody for Goblet of Fire. It’s about GoF casting time, so this wouldn’t be out of place, but still consider this a very much a rumor for now. See pictures of him here. Thanks very much to Beckie for the …read more!

John Hurt, a.k.a. Mr. Ollivander, plays Tory minister Alan Clark in a six-part drama on BBC Four once a week from Jan. 15 through Feb. 19. Much thanks to the reader who sent this in!

Matthew Lewis, Devon Murray, James & Oliver Phelps will be coming to America for some time this spring, making public appearances for two weekends, official sources have said. There will be a lot more information forthcoming, but there is one confirmed location so far: Main Place Mall, in Santa Ana, California. Events are to be …read more!

We’ve got two additions to the Leaky/Floo family to announce today. The first is Milly, known to Leaky readers as ixchelmala, who has been sending us tips and images for a long time and is known also to go on spy missions at 1am to get photos of advertisements from her local movie theaters. She’s …read more!

According to the Baltimore Sun, Alan Rickman has been in-town filming an upcoming HBO special and seen dining in local Greek restaurant Kali’s Court Mezze. Rickman is in a break between filming the third Potter movie, PoA and the upcoming Goblet of Fire, due to begin production in late April 2004. Thanks to the MD …read more!