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!

Author J.K. Rowling and her husband appeared at the screening of “Snow Cake” today at the Edinburgh Film Festival, which was attended by the stars of the movie, including Alan Rickman (Professor Snape). You can see photos of Jo, along with Alan and his co-star Sigourney Weaver, here in our galleries. Update: This article is …read more!

Jim Dale, narrator of the U.S. Harry Potter audiobooks, turns 71 today. Happy Birthday, Mr. Dale!

The first photo of Natalia Tena as Tonks in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has now surfaced online. You can see a photo taken of the the costumed, purple -haired auror standing among a group of the crew on the Potter film set via this link to MuggleNet. Thanks guys!

Easels at the ready! Leaky is proud to announce our very first Fan Art Contest. If you are an artist, then you can enter our contest to depict a scene from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone that is decribed in either the book, or shown in the first Potter film. While complying with a …read more!

Forbes magazine has published a list of “Top Celebrity Earners” of 2005, and J.K. Rowling is ninth on the list. According to the magazine, Ms. Rowling earned £41 million last year, which is roughly £77 per minute. Hannah Clark of Forbes said this about Jo: “If you want to keep making money in the long …read more!

He runs our forum, which means he manages about 39,000 people every day – and it’s his birthday! I expect to see 39,000 comments here, people! 🙂 Happy, happy, happy birthday, Nick Rhein!

Sectus 2007, the new Harry Potter conference to be held next year in England, has now announced that Lexicon founder Steve Vander Ark will be a guest speaker at this event. Registration is now open for the conference, which will be held in central London July 19-22; the early bird booking rate is available for …read more!

A few weeks ago we told you about our very first Fan-Fiction Contest as part of Leaky and PotterCast making our trip to Lumos and Las Vegas. We had a HUGE response to this contest, and we are now proud to announce the winners. In the Most Creative Category, First Prize went to Laura Keaton …read more!

There are new stories in the press about two lucky fans who got to ask author J.K. Rowling some questions while she was in New York for the “Harry, Carrie, and Garp” charity readings at Radio City Music Hall. The first story involves young Kyle Searcy of Destin, Florida who spent almost a half-hour with …read more!