There are more pics from this morning’s Radio City Music Hall press conference here in the gallery. Enjoy! More on the way.

Our friends at MuggleCast have been nominated for a Kids Choice Award in Australia in the “Fave Podcast” category; to support the show, go here, create a NickName, and vote! Congrats, guys!

J.K. Rowling is here in New York City for the readings at Radio City Music Hall that will take place tonight and tomorrow night, and gave a press conference this morning at the same venue where John Irving and Stephen King expressed their anxiety over book seven and much more, which will be made available …read more!

Harry (because he lives through the series – you heard it here first, folks :P) is 26 today, and his creator, Jo Rowling, is 41. As is custom here on Leaky, we’ve brought you some special artwork to celebrate, this time from fandom artist PrettyAnnaMoon, who has given us the following (open full article to …read more!

The calendar on JKRowling.com has been updated, and it is time to wish a certain bespectacled wizard a very Happy Birthday! People all over the world are holding up their glasses and saying (in not-so-hushed voices), “Happy, Happy Birthday to Harry Potter — The Boy Who Lived!!!!!!!” P.S. We know there are more July 31 …read more!

Please join us in raising a bucket-sized glass of single malt whiskey in a toast to actress Frances de la Tour (Madame Maxime), who turns 62 today. Happy Birthday!

The calendar at JKRowling.com has been updated to wish a Happy Birthday to Neville Longbottom! Cheers, Neville. 🙂

The London premiere of Driving Lessons, starring Rupert Grint (Ron) and Julie Walters (Mrs. Weasley) will be held at the Vue Cinema in Leicester Square on Monday, September 4. The film was recently honored at the Moscow Film Festival and will also be screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on August 25 and 26. …read more!

Tickets for “An Evening With Harry, Carrie and Garp,” the charity reading from JK Rowling, Stephen King and John Irving at Radio City Music Hall next week, are in high demand, with some seats selling for well over their face value. The event comprises two evenings of readings by the authors, “surprise guests” and question-and-answer …read more!

We told you in December that Daniel Radcliffe was rumored to be in talks to appear in Peter Shaffer’s 1973 play Equus. Dan has now confirmed to DanRadcliffe.com and DanRadcliffe.co.uk that he will indeed be playing 17-year-old psychiatric patient Alan Strang in the award-winning play, which begins rehearsals in January 2007 and will open in …read more!