Agents for Jim McManus have confirmed to Leaky today that the actor will play Aberforth Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This also confirms for the first time that the role will be in the film; in addition to being Dumbledore’s brother and once charged with using inappropriate charms on a …read more!

While savvy TLC users know that our text-only page is compatible with most mobile phones, we’ve gone a step further and opened up LeakyMobile, your on-the-go Harry Potter resource at the very convenient-to-type m.leakynews.com. In this extremely scaled down Leaky page that fits just right on your phone you get the latest batch of HP …read more!

David Tennant (Barty Crouch, Jr.) is having a great week! Not only did his new series, Dr. Who, New Earth have a terrific premiere, but today is his 35th birthday. Happy Birthday, Mr. Tennant!

Canadian viewers will now have an opportunity to see “Dark Kingdom; The Dragon King,” with actor Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory). The film was previously aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in the U.S., but not in Canada. “Dark Kingdom” will be shown on Canada’s Space Channel on May 13-14 at 7:00 p.m. Thanks, princess_leigh_ah!

Warner Bros. and IMAX Corporation announced today that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has surpassed the $20 million (USD) mark in box office receipts, becoming the first 2D Digitally remastered IMAX film to do so. So far the film has grossed $20,033,758 million worldwide in IMAX theaters, an average of $188,998 per screen.

David Tennant, or Barty Crouch Jr. from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire attracted more than eight million viewers for BBC One on Easter Saturday, TVSquad reports. This was his first turn as the title character of the series two opener of Doctor Who, New Earth; the show was up against Harry Potter and …read more!

We had a technoquirk in our signups for the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone reading groups in LeakyLounge the other day, so now that everything’s working the process is repoened again. If you wish to sign up, go here. As a reminder, if you’re already in a group or if you were on a …read more!

It’s almost belated, but please everyone raise your butterbeers in a salute to David Bradley (Argus Filch) who celebrates his birthday today!

PotterCast #35, the second part of our call-in show from this weekend, is now available for download! First, a reminder: Our impersonations contest is still going on, and at stake is $30 at The Cauldron Shop. For more, click here. In this show: -A quick news discussion with the PC trio precedes the call-in show, …read more!

Leaky is proud to present a new section: our Quizzes section, for all you HP quizmasters who love trying your hand at trivia and testing your personality in an HP-related way. This section will be expanded greatly upon in the near future: for now, we’ve got one, hard test for you to take. It scores …read more!