Today, please join us in wishing Miranda Richardson, who played the sneaky Rita Skeeter, a happy 57th birthday!

Maggie Smith (Minerva McGonagall) recently sat down for a couple of Sunday Time’s interviews. (If you have a subscription to The Sunday Times you can read the full articles here and here). Smith talked of her character on Downton Abbey, saying that the series must be coming to an end, and she doesn’t “see how …read more!

J.K. Rowling tweeted “This biting, blackly comic drama reminded me of mid-Eighties series A Very Peculiar Practice, Blott on the Landscape and Porterhouse Blue – panoramic ensemble pieces with a cartoonish sense of the absurd. The review uncovers many spoilers, especially it’s reaction to the changed ending, and can be read here. YouTube also posted trailers …read more!

You love him, sometimes you hate him when Horcruxes or Goblet of Fire name draws cause him to spaz out, but you always love him. He is a brave and loyal friend, who rescued Harry from Privet drive in a blue Ford Anglia and stood by his side at the Battle of Hogwarts. He’s been …read more!

Last April, Leaky reported on a new J.K. Rowling/Harry Potter non-fiction “bibliography.” The book is considered an academic textbook on the making of Harry Potter–to dispel rumors and reveal facts of how the Harry Potter phenomenon came to be. Then, it was thought that the book would be released in the United States December 18, …read more!

Please join us in wishing Georgina Leonidas, who played the bewitched Katie Bell, a very Happy Birthday! She turns 25 today!

Timothy Spall (Scabbers/Peter Pettigrew) turns 58 today! Please join our whiskery friend a very happy birthday!

Throwback Thursday, Fun Friday, a combination of both–going out on a limb here to try something new and fun/silly on the Leaky News page. Bustle recently posted a hilarious list of “25 Harry Potter Characters, Ranked by Dateability.” You can read the list on their sight, here, and peruse their pros and cons of each …read more!

Sound like an interesting book title? Maybe to the more science-oriented fans in this fandom, or those of us particularly interested in genetics. Professors at Rutgers University have turned towards using Harry Potter as an introductory level example of behavioral genetics to answer the famous question: what drives our personal characteristics and actions, nature or …read more!

Many of us tuned in to watch the Oscars last Sunday evening, and even though Harry Potter was not directly mentioned, Harry Potter affiliates tend to find their way into the mix. The leading Harry Potter alumni was Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort) in The Grand Budapest Hotel.  As Leaky reported a couple of weeks ago, Ralph Fiennes new …read more!