We told you last month that Alan Rickman (Snape) would be featured in a poster for the American Library Association‘s Celebrity READ campaign. This popular campaign encourages children to read through posters featuring celebrities along with a book of their own choosing. You can see — and purchase — the new poster of Mr. Rickman, …read more!

The 51st show of (the now-Podcast Award winning!) PotterCast, is now up! In this show, Matt Lewis comes by to talk about movie five, movie four, book six, and much, much more, in the first of a three-part interview. To listen, just hit the “Play” button on the right side of the page (—>), or …read more!

PotterCast has just won the Best Entertainment Podcast Award in the 2006 Podcast Awards! This is due in no small part to the “Wizard Rock the Vote” movement in which PotterCast and MuggleCast were nominated in the same two categories and asked you all to vote for one of us in each category rather than …read more!

The character of Neville Longbottom will go through a transformation in the fifth Potter film, said Matthew Lewis, the actor who plays him, in a recent interview with PotterCast, Leaky’s Harry Potter podcast. “It almost comes off as a different character this year,” he said of Neville. “He’s not the Neville that we all know. …read more!

Jim Dale, narrator of the U.S. Harry Potter audiobooks, turns 71 today. Happy Birthday, Mr. Dale!

Forbes magazine has published a list of “Top Celebrity Earners” of 2005, and J.K. Rowling is ninth on the list. According to the magazine, Ms. Rowling earned £41 million last year, which is roughly £77 per minute. Hannah Clark of Forbes said this about Jo: “If you want to keep making money in the long …read more!

He runs our forum, which means he manages about 39,000 people every day – and it’s his birthday! I expect to see 39,000 comments here, people! 🙂 Happy, happy, happy birthday, Nick Rhein!

In a new interview in the Australian Herald Sun, actor Daniel Radcliffe discussed his character’s nudity in his upcoming play Equus, the possibility that Harry will die in Book Seven, whether or not he will return as Harry in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and his new film, “The December Boys.” Regarding Equus, he …read more!

If you’d like to save the JKR “Harry, Carrie and Garp” event in a smaller format that works with your iPod, try it at the links below, captured by Chris for Leaky. Thanks to everyone who wrote in offering different versions! As a reminder, for a limited time, you watch this on MSN here. To …read more!

Signups for the next reading group at the Leaky Lounge are going on right now; this time the groups will be discussing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkban. There is a limit on signups so be sure to get sorted if you want in – check them out here!