Playbill reports that the multiple-Tony-winning play “The History Boys” has extended its run on Broadway for another month, until October 1. In addition, Tony award winner Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon) will be absent from the cast from July 18-23 “to honor a film commitment.” Frances de la Tour (Madame Maxime), who also won a Tony …read more!

Some of our sister sites on the Floo Network – The Harry Potter Lexicon, Quick Quotes and The Cauldron Shop – are having some server burps and giggles this week, and have been unable to update; please be patient and it will all be fixed shortly. Thanks much!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has been nominated for a Teen Choice 2006 award, in the category, “Choice Movie – Drama.” its competition is Flight Plan, Pride & Prejudice, Take the Lead, Goal! and Walk the LIne. Voting is open now, and continues until August 11. The awards ceremony will air on Fox …read more!

Tomorrow the Leaky Lounge will hold its monthly meet-n-greet, this time in the form of a luau – complete with a filk writing contest, “beach blanket bingo,” custom avatars, decorations, a Horcrux hunt, and much more. Chamber of Chat will also participate, and the Corner Booth (text chat) will be open for fun as well. …read more!

We’re excited to announce that staff programmer Alex Robbin has now been promoted to become a Leaky senior staffer, with all the perks (uh…) and benefits (well…) that come with that. Like meetings. And more responsibility. And people to manage. And projects to oversee. And sitewide decisions to make. And more headaches, and phone calls …read more!

Our friends at Alivans have updated with a few new things for summer. They have added some nice tank tee-shirts and new house sweaters. In addition there is the one of a kind Solitaire Collection of wands, that once a wand is created for this collection, it is then retired and will never be duplicated …read more!

Forbes Magazine has published its list of Top 100 Celebrities, and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is ranked at number 19. The list is comprised of those who, according to the magazine, have ” . . . a combination of earnings and sizzle” making them ” . . . the most powerful names in the …read more!

As we told you previously, there is to be a special birthday party for the Queen on June 25, and several figures from the world of Harry Potter are involved in this event. We now have several updates for you regarding their involvement. First, Warner Brothers has updated their official Harry Potter website with more …read more!

In a new interview in the New York Observer, actor Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) discusses award nominations, stage vs. screen performance and more — this despite the fact that he calls interviews “too exhausting to hate.” Mr. Fiennes will continue his Tony-nominated performance in the title role of the “Faith Healer” until the play closes …read more!

On Monday night, John Noe and I went to the Webby Awards, the “Oscars of the Net,” to represent you all and pick up the People’s Voice award for best Celebrity/Fan site; it was the first time a fan site has taken home a Webby and we were unbelievably thrilled to do it. We’ve uploaded …read more!