The Gwinnett County, Georgia Board of Education voted unanimously tonight to allow the Harry Potter books to remain in public school libraries there. Last month, a parent (who said she had not read any of the Potter books in their entirety) brought a complaint before the Board asking that the books be removed because, she …read more!

Well, guys, thank you! Because of you, Leaky has become the first fan site to win the Webby Award, considered the “Oscar of the ‘Net.” We took the People’s Voice award in our Celebrity/Fan category; the official site for Prince took the judge’s award. Other People’s Voice winners this year include my.yahoo.com, Google Maps, Google …read more!

PotterCast #38, Dobby is freeeee, in which the second of two parts of your awesome Harry Potter Impersonations stars, is live! In this show: -The second part of your Harry Potter impersonations! -Leave your voicemail for next week’s Canon Conundrum now: Who else in the canon made a horcrux? -HP movie season has officially begun: …read more!

The WB is running a poll on its soon-to-be new T-shirt, based on your favorite wizarding pub, The Leaky Cauldron. Check in and let them know if you want text on the back or not in our Cauldron Shop forum, where a representative from WB takes your suggestions and makes them real merchandise, all of …read more!

Boston-based rock group “Harry and The Potters,” known for sporting Hogwarts student uniforms and supporting literacy through their Harry Potter-inspired songs such as “Save Ginny Weasley,” “Platform 9 & 3/4,” “Dumbledore’s Army,” and “S.P.E.W.” will play a free concert on Wednesday, July 26 at 6:30pm at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas, Nevada. The …read more!

First; for those having issues, PotterCast.com is again fully functional; some of the old shows are not working for download right now but that will be fixed shortly. And now: Quick reminder: today is the last day to send in your voicemails (not emails; we get so many emails and love hearing the theories, but …read more!

Previously, we told you about the Drama League nominations to be presented today. Playbill now reports that “The History Boys,” currently starring Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon) and Frances de la Tour (Madame Maxime), received a Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Play this season. “Faith Healer” with Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort) was nominated for …read more!

Miriam Margoyles, a.k.a. Prof. Sprout, has been cast as Madam Morrible in the London production of Wicked, the Musical. She will star alongside original Elphaba, Idina Menzel (pictured in this album with Chris Rankin at Wicked last year), who will reprise her role in the UK. The musical tells the “untold story” of the witches …read more!

J.K. Rowling and her husband, Dr. Neil Murray, won a lawsuit yesterday against the Sunday Express, which printed a photograph of their son David. Because of the ruling, British newspapers will be unable to publish photographs of celebrities’ children in many circumstances, which is likely to have “serious implications” for the paparazzi. Keith Schilling, who …read more!

Thanks to you all, the last time we checked, Leaky had an astounding 65 pecent of the vote going into the final days of the People’s Voice Webby competition. However, there are now about 36 hours left to vote, and as such we have absolutely no idea what’s going on, because the tracking stats have …read more!