Hoping to combat illegal piracy of their films, Warner Brothers announced today that they will be releasing movies for legal download via the net. Using BitTorrent, the site that was “once blamed for aiding the swapping of illegally copied films and programs”, Warners will make more than 200 movies available for download, including Harry Potter …read more!

Well, guys, thank you! Because of you, Leaky has become the first fan site to win the Webby Award, considered the “Oscar of the ‘Net.” We took the People’s Voice award in our Celebrity/Fan category; the official site for Prince took the judge’s award. Other People’s Voice winners this year include my.yahoo.com, Google Maps, Google …read more!

Patronus 2006, the European Harry Potter Conference set for this summer, has announced their first keynote speaker. Steve Vander Ark , founder of our floo partner The Harry Potter Lexicon, will be addressing the conference which will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark July 7-9. Steve will also be part of a panel discussion on the …read more!

PotterCast #38, Dobby is freeeee, in which the second of two parts of your awesome Harry Potter Impersonations stars, is live! In this show: -The second part of your Harry Potter impersonations! -Leave your voicemail for next week’s Canon Conundrum now: Who else in the canon made a horcrux? -HP movie season has officially begun: …read more!

The WB is running a poll on its soon-to-be new T-shirt, based on your favorite wizarding pub, The Leaky Cauldron. Check in and let them know if you want text on the back or not in our Cauldron Shop forum, where a representative from WB takes your suggestions and makes them real merchandise, all of …read more!

Page from Dan Radcliffe.co.uk let us know that Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) won the German Bravo “Otto” Award. According to this press release, Dan won the “Gold” in the Male Moviestar category, while Emma took home top honors in the Female Moviestar category. Thanks Page!

DanRadcliffe.com was able to get some screencaps of a brief clip from December Boys, the new movie starring actor Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter). This clip appeared as part of a program that aired in Australia called The Great Outdoors, and you can view these stills via this link. December Boys is due to be released …read more!

There will be a Crouch family reunion of sorts as Roger Lloyd- Pack (Barty Crouch Sr.) appears on an upcoming episode of Doctor Who ,which stars David Tennant (Barty Crouch Jr.). You can see a clip from this episode called ” Rise of the Cybermen” via this link (click on Video, then “coming next time.” …read more!

In early February TLC reported exclusively that the character of Sibyll Trelawney was to be included in the upcoming Order of the Phoenix film. Today, HarryPotterFanzone has a report from someone who says they are an extra in the new Potter film that gives some details about a possible scene with our favorite Divination Professor …read more!

Boston-based rock group “Harry and The Potters,” known for sporting Hogwarts student uniforms and supporting literacy through their Harry Potter-inspired songs such as “Save Ginny Weasley,” “Platform 9 & 3/4,” “Dumbledore’s Army,” and “S.P.E.W.” will play a free concert on Wednesday, July 26 at 6:30pm at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas, Nevada. The …read more!