Our partners as the Harry Potter Lexicon has a new blog on its What’s New page, allowing you to leave comments and subscribe to its new RSS Check out all the new stuff here! There’s more coming there soon so keep your eyes peeled!

Scribbulus, Leaky’s essay project, has added two more essays to its “If You Like Harry Potter” section, where authors review other works that may interest a Harry Potter fan. Chocolate Frog Card reviews “Maybe a Miracle” and HermyG13 reviews Superman Returns, here on our issues page. Enjoy, and stay tuned for further updates as the …read more!

HarryLatino has confirmed the date for the release of Harry Potter y la Orden del Fénix (OotP) in Spain for July 20, 2007, a week after it hits theaters in the US. WB Argentina also recently confirmed July 12 for their release, the site says. Thanks Pablo!

Entertainment site UGO.com has set up a “Versus” feature in which several known fictional teens are competing for class president; you can see Hermione’s campaign video here. Her first matchup is with Haverchuck from Freaks and Geeks – so not a match for our favorite witch. Vote for her by clicking on “Vote for this …read more!

The Daily Record has a new interview with actress Julie Walters who gives new insight on her role as Molly Weasley in the Harry Potter films. The actress, who will be in Edinburgh next week for the screening of her new film Driving Lessons with Rupert Grint, relates the story about her being worried Mrs. …read more!

Actress Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) turns 15 today! Happy Birthday from all of us at Leaky!

We told you last month that Alan Rickman (Snape) would be featured in a poster for the American Library Association‘s Celebrity READ campaign. This popular campaign encourages children to read through posters featuring celebrities along with a book of their own choosing. You can see — and purchase — the new poster of Mr. Rickman, …read more!

The 51st show of (the now-Podcast Award winning!) PotterCast, is now up! In this show, Matt Lewis comes by to talk about movie five, movie four, book six, and much, much more, in the first of a three-part interview. To listen, just hit the “Play” button on the right side of the page (—>), or …read more!

PotterCast has just won the Best Entertainment Podcast Award in the 2006 Podcast Awards! This is due in no small part to the “Wizard Rock the Vote” movement in which PotterCast and MuggleCast were nominated in the same two categories and asked you all to vote for one of us in each category rather than …read more!

The character of Neville Longbottom will go through a transformation in the fifth Potter film, said Matthew Lewis, the actor who plays him, in a recent interview with PotterCast, Leaky’s Harry Potter podcast. “It almost comes off as a different character this year,” he said of Neville. “He’s not the Neville that we all know. …read more!