Weekly Round-Up: Imelda Staunton Confirmed as The Crown’s Last Queen, Jude Law Prepping for Fantastic Beasts 3 and More!
Feb 02, 2020
Actor Interviews, Davis, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Farrell, Fiennes, Film Awards, Films, Gleeson, Harry Potter Round-Up, Henderson, Herdman, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, Kravitz, Law, Melling, Movies, News, Pattinson, Radcliffe, Radcliffe Interviews, Rankin, Round-Up, Staunton, Television Programmes, Waylett
Hot off our weekend at Broadwaycon where we saw the New York cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, we’ve apparated home to news of a Wizarding World Funko pre-release exclusive, we remembered Lily Potter on her birthday and celebrated International LEGO Day looking at one of our favorite Harry Potter brick builds. This …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Daniel Radcliffe in ‘Escape From Pretoria’, Jude Law Talks Dumbledore & More
Jan 28, 2020
Actor Interviews, Bonham Carter, Casting, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Film Awards, Film Images, Films, Harry Potter Round-Up, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, Law, Movies, News, Radcliffe, Round-Up, Shaw, Staunton, Television Programmes, Trailers
As the first month of the decade in the Wizarding World comes to a close, we saw a major award for a Death Eater and celebrated some made-for-Harry Potter holidays Brew a Potion Day and National Hugging Day. We remembered Sir John Hurt on his birthday and shared the news that Harry Potter and the …read more!
The Golden Cauldron Awards Results
Jan 06, 2020
Alfonso Cuaron, Bonham Carter, Book Awards, Books, Broadway, Charity, Contests, Davis, DH, DH Film, Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf, Events, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Felton, Film Awards, Films, Fogler, Fun, Grint, Harry and the Potters, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter Wizards Unite, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interactive, Isaacs, J.K. Rowling, Lynch, Movies, News, Pattinson, Phelps, PoA Film, Pottermore, Products, Puffs, Radcliffe, Rankin, Redmayne, Shaw, Smith, Staunton, Sudol, Tena, Tennant, Theater, Theme Park, Thompson, Warner Bros., Waterson, Watson, West End, Wright
Leaky recently hosted The Golden Cauldron Awards, a new annual online interactive tradition helping us decide some fan favorite moments from the previous year. Voting closed yesterday, and we have our winners! Best Screen Project The Best Screen Project category celebrates on-screen projects starring Wizarding World actors. Nominations included Little Women (Emma Watson), Miracle Workers (Daniel Radcliffe), …read more!
Year In Review 2019: From ‘Harry Potter’ to ‘Wizarding World’ – Entering A New Era
Dec 30, 2019
Actor Interviews, Alfonso Cuaron, Bonham Carter, Bradley, Branagh, Broadbent, Broadway, Burke, Charity, Coltrane, Composers, Conventions, Cormoran Strike TV Series, Coulson, Cover Art, Davis, de la Tour, Depp, Doyle, Enoch, Events, Fan Events, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Farrell, Felton, Fiennes, Films, Fogler, Gambon, Gleeson, Grainger, Grint, Harris, Harry Potter Round-Up, Henderson, Herdman, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Hurt, Isaacs, J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay, Kravitz, Law, Leaky, LeakyCon, Lethal White, Leung, Lewis, Lumos, Margoyles, McCrory, Melling, Miller, MinaLima, Movies, Murray, News, Oldman, OotP Film, Pattinson, Phelps, PotterCast, Pottermore, Puffs, Radcliffe, Rankin, Redmayne, Richardson, Rickman, Round-Up, Shaw, Smith, Spall, Staunton, Studio Tour, Sudol, Tavare, Tena, Tennant, Theater, Theater Round-Up, Thewlis, Thomas, Thompson, Toys, Video Games, Walters, Warner Bros., Waterson, Watson, WB Shop, West End, Williams, Williams, Wizard Rock, Wizarding World of Harry Potter Hollywood, WIzarding World of Harry Potter Orlando, Wright
We’ve come to the end of 2019, and our review is as full of flavour as a box of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans, regardless of there being no big Wizarding World film or book release this year! The Leaky Cauldron are celebrating a little differently this year, with The Golden Cauldron Awards being our way …read more!
Theater Round-Up: ‘Cursed Child’s’ Samuel Blenkin and Steven Hoggett Bring Magic to ‘The Ocean at the End of the Lane’ and More!
Dec 16, 2019
Broadway, Fandom, Fans, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, HP Cast, Interviews, News, Round-Up, Staunton, Steven Hoggett, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End
In this week’s theater round-up, Cursed Child features predominantly yet again, though not because of the Potter production alone. Magic, after all, is found on many theater stages. Samuel Blenkin and Steven Hoggett joined the stage adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Cursed Child producer Colin Callender invested …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Emma Watson at the ‘Little Women’ Premiere, David Tennant Cast in Another Iconic Role & More!
Dec 08, 2019
Actor Interviews, Casting, Charity, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Felton, Fiennes, Film Awards, Films, Gleeson, Harry Potter Round-Up, Heyman, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, Isaacs, Movies, Pattinson, Producers, Redmayne, Round-Up, Staunton, Television Programmes, Tennant, Thompson, Trailers, Watson, Watson Interviews
The holiday season is upon us and Hogwarts was looking as magical as ever when we attended both the Wizarding World Gold Christmas Party and Christmas at Universal Hollywood this week. We also apparated up the West Coast to share the spellbinding red carpet premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child San Francisco. We also …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Rupert Grint and Tom Felton Talk ‘Harry Potter’ on Press Tours, Imelda Staunton in Talks for ‘The Crown’ & More
Nov 24, 2019
Bonham Carter, Bonham Carter Interviews, Coltrane, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Felton, Felton Interviews, Film Images, Films, Grint, Grint Interviews, Harry Potter Round-Up, Honors/Awards, Interviews, Isaacs, Movies, News, Pattinson, Pattinson Interviews, Radcliffe, Redmayne, Round-Up, Staunton, Television Programmes, Tennant, Thompson, Thompson Interviews, Trailers, Walters
Another big week in the Wizarding World comes to a close with a Whiz-bang! The Phelps brothers and Minalima opened Harry Potter: The Exhibition in Portugal, Universal Orlando gets ready for Christmas, we shared a sneak peek at a Hedwig pattern from Insight Editions forthcoming book Harry Potter Knitting Magic and Leakycon announces a second …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: A Closer Look at Rupert Grint in ‘Servant’, Colin Farrell in Talks to Join ‘The Batman’ and More!
Nov 10, 2019
Actor Interviews, Bonham Carter, Bonham Carter Interviews, Bradley, Broadbent, Casting, Charity, Conventions, Education, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Farrell, Fiennes, Film Images, Films, Grint, Harry Potter Round-Up, Ianevski, Isaacs, Law, Lewis, Movies, Music, News, Pattinson, Round-Up, Staunton, Television Programmes, Tennant, Thompson, Thompson Interviews, Trailers, Wright
Holiday season is on the way and magical gifts are already rolling in from the Potterverse. Emma Watson graced the cover of British Vogue and spoke candidly in an interview with journalist and activist Paris Lees, Harry Potter illustrated edition artist Jim Kay talked to the New York Times, and the Wizarding World announced the …read more!
Wizarding World Round-Up: Could Zoe Kravitz Return As Leta Lestrange? Plus Catwoman Casting, Ed Sheeran’s Weasley Twin Prank & More
Oct 17, 2019
Bonham Carter, Bonham Carter Interviews, Broadbent, Charity, Davis, de la Tour, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Felton, Fiennes, Films, Fogler, Gleeson, Harry Potter Round-Up, Honors/Awards, Kravitz, Kravitz Interviews, Movies, News, Oldman, Pattinson, Pattinson Interviews, Phelps, Redmayne, Round-Up, Smith, Spall, Staunton, Television Programmes, Thompson, Thompson Interviews, Walters
Since our last round-up, we’ve been immersed in the LeakyCon, so forgive us for being a little late with the latest actor news! To catch you up: We saw the Mini Boden Fall Collection launch, as well as a new campaign by the Harry Potter Alliance. We took a closer look at the Hogwarts Christmas Pop-Up from Insight …read more!
Weekly Round-Up: Rupert Grint on ‘Cursed Child’ at NYCC, Eddie Redmayne’s ‘Aeronauts’ Incident and More!
Oct 06, 2019
Actor Interviews, Bonham Carter, Branagh, Broadbent, Casting, Charity, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Fiennes, Film Images, Films, Gambon, Grint, Harry Potter Round-Up, Heyman, Interviews, Jack Thorne, McCrory, Movies, Music, News, Pattinson, Pattinson Interviews, Posters, Producers, Redmayne, Round-Up, Smith, Staunton, Television Programmes, Tennant, Thompson, Trailers
Big news from the Wizarding World as we headed into October. Pottermore has hopped into the Floo Network and arrived at their new online home at WizardingWorld.com and announced the unveiling of the Harry Potter Fan Club and new Sorting Ceremony! J.K. Rowling wrote a letter to the EU on Brexit, her charity Lumos revealed …read more!
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