As 2009 comes to a close, newspapers continue to take stock of the decade, compiling lists which look back the past ten years. Tonight, the Guardian has such a list, naming the Harry Potter series as one of their “Icons of the Decade.” In this profile, the newspaper goes through the history of the series, …read more!

Keighley News reports that the British Heart Foundation has received a charitable donation of a full set of first edition Harry Potter novels from Michael Thompson, an actor set to play a Death Eater in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film. Mr. Thompson donated the set books from his personal collection of …read more!

Happy birthday wishes go out on this day to actor Ralph Fiennes, who portrays the character of Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films. Mr. Fiennes is celebrating his 47th birthday today. Cheers to you, Ralph!

Video featuring photographer Tim Hailand discussing his One Day in the Life of Daniel Radcliffe photographic book has been posted to the photographer’s YouTube, and contains the first look at the newly released publication. Order Partners DanRadcliffe.com report that the four minute video features the photographer speaking about concept for the photographs of Dan Radcliffe …read more!

We are lucky today, because this person just joined senior staff at Leaky and we haven’t even had time yet to mark his birthday in our “to post on Leaky” calendars before it was upon us. Nevertheless we hope you’ll join us in wishing Chris Dotson, who runs the super-fantastic video galleries here at Leaky …read more!

Business and world finance magazine The Economist has published a lengthy profile on the varied ways in which the Harry Potter series by author J. K. Rowing as impacted on the financial and business markets over the past twelve years. In this article, the successes of the series are examined, along with many of their …read more!

Times Online has a fun and probing Q&A with actor Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) online tonight, in which he discusses the people in his life who have been most significant. In the article, which can be read via this link, Mr. Felton speaks to the reactions of his friends to his work on the Harry …read more!

The December issue of Empire Magazine, on newsstands now, looks back on the year 2009 and has chosen the Harry Potter series as one of their ten Icons of the Decade. As TLC reported previously, Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe graces one of the ten covers of this magazine, which contains a retrospective feature on …read more!

As readers will recall, last week word came from an interview conducted by The Magazine in Canada with actors Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) that the pair will be visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park currently under construction at Universal Orlando, Florida. Word comes today from the Twitter …read more!

At the request of Total Film Magazine, the scan of Mr. Grint featured in their February issues has been removed. As TLC reported previously, the issue is set to feature the Harry Potter films at number eight of their “Franchise of the Decade” list. If anyone can get scans of the feature inside the magazine, …read more!