As PotterCast is making our way out to Lumos and Las Vegas, we at TLC thought we would kick off the fun by joining Harry Potter in Sin City…well, sorta. TLC is proud to announce our first Fan-Fiction Contest where you, the always creative reader, writes a story about Harry and Co. in Las Vegas, …read more!

Actress Evanna Lynch has given a new interview today to Lizo of CBBC Newsround, and she discussed her role as Luna Lovegood in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. In today’s Newsround broadcast, they aired comments from Evanna, as well as Dan Radcliffe and Emma Watson, which you can watch via …read more!

There is a new article online continuing the media coverage on the possible deaths of characters in Book Seven; this one coming now from MSNBC. Along with a discussion on some precedents for writing off a main character such as Harry, this commentary also mentions the poll we featured here on TLC and notes: “Nobody …read more!

CBBC Newsround has announced that they will be airing a new interview with actress Evanna Lynch about her role as Luna Lovegood in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix tomorrow, Thursday July 20 at 17:25 (5:25 pm in the UK, 12:25 pm EST) on BBC One. Anyone who can get video …read more!

Hey everyone: as the “captain of Beauxbatons” at the Dissendium.com TriWizard tournament, it’s my happy duty to report to you that the second and third tasks in the tournament are now open to participate; if you follow the following link to get to it, your school will receive 50 house points: click here! The tournament …read more!

A lot of you have been emailing asking when Cheryl Klein of Scholastic, and Emerson Spartz of MuggleNet and I will be in which cities talking about the books. The schedule is as follows (and is now in a sidebar link on Leaky). We hope you come out! July 20, 7 p.m. Naperville, IL Anderson’s …read more!

Actor Robbie Coltrane has given a new interview to the Daily Record where he discusses his role as Hagrid in the Harry Potter films. The actor, who says he just finished filming his scenes for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, says that Hagrid is based on a character like a Hell’s Angel …read more!

Chamber of Chat, Leaky’s graphic chat experience (MMRPG, as some call it), has been given a complete overhaul; check it out at this link; besides the new design, there’s a news and announcements system as well as downloadable wallpapers for your computer. The system has been moved to its own dedicated server, and is faster …read more!

There has been another entry in the continuing debate over whether Harry will live or die in Book Seven; this time from a British Victorian Literature expert. Professor James Krasner of the University of New Hampshire states “There’s no way Harry will die,” he says. “Harry won’t die largely because these are comic stories, like …read more!

Cinesite, creators of special effects seen in the Harry Potter films, has now updated their website with a detailed feature on the effects used in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This article gives some insight into the creation of things such as the transformation of Draco Malfoy into the ferret, the floating candles …read more!