Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon) is profiled in today’s New York Times. The Tony-nominated actor talks about the challenges of being raised by two deaf parents, his character in “The History Boys,” his own physical problems, and his missed opportunity to play Oliver Hardy to Jonathan Pryce‘s Stan Laurel. Here is a snippet, in which Mr. …read more!

Several actors from the Harry Potter films will be taking part in a special play for the Queen’s birthday party as was officially announced today. Dan Radcliffe (Harry), Emma Watson (Hermione), Rupert Grint (Ron), Matt Lewis (Neville), and Julie Walters (Molly Wealsey) all will be part of a special party held in honor of the …read more!

Last month, TLC first reported that filming was taking place on location in London along the river Thames for scenes for the upcoming Order of the Phoenix film. London Taxi Tours.com has now posted two photos from what seems to be filming on the river. We can not determine if there are any of the …read more!

Leaky’s John and I will be at the Staten Island Chldren’s Museum’s Harry Potter celebrations tomorrow, giving out prizes and having fun; please stop by if you’re around! At 1:30 we’ll be conducting a Harry Potter discussion; there will be a maze on the East Meadow (in front of the museum), a championship Quidditch game, …read more!

The official website for the Tony Awards has a gallery of video clips of past and present nomineees. The clips include scenes from nominated performances and shows as well as backstage interviews. Of interest to Potter fans will be the interviews wih Jim Dale (narrator, U.S. audiobooks) and Frances de la Tour (Madame Maxime), and …read more!

During the hiatus from Order of the Phoenix filming, Alan Rickman will be keeping busy. He is attached to star in the film The Villa Golitsyn with Kristin Scott Thomas, which begins shooting in France this summer and is slated for a 2007 release. He will also bring “My Name is Rachel Corrie,” which he …read more!

A few days ago there was news on actor Dan Radcliffe’s upcoming appearance on the Ricky Gervais show “Extras.” Today there are new reports online which give further detail about all the guest stars for this season. Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is now described as playing a character on the show who is a “yob.” …read more!

Devon Murray (Seamus Finnigan) and Stanislav Ianevski (Viktor Krum) have been touring Japan, and have sent Leaky some pictures of their visit: Visiting Red Monkey in Shibuya, picking out their watches (the Red Monkey Watches are known as celebrity watches). In Fukushima, they visited girl’s school and experienced a tea ceremony. Playing the Koto, the …read more!

As we told you in March, The Book Magazine, a quarterly pulication launched this year, ran an online poll to select the greatest living British writers. J.K. Rowling tops the list, with three times the number of votes as the second-place author, Terry Pratchett. Others in the top 20 include A.S. Byatt, Salman Rushdie, Harold …read more!

Last night, actress Emma Thompson was awarded the UK Glamour Women of the Year award, as “Film-Maker of the Year.” Also attending this award ceremony was her new co-star in Order of the Phoenix, actress Imelda Staunton. You can see some good photos of the actresses who play Professor Trelawney and Professor Umbridge respectively at …read more!