Entertianment Weekly magazine’s “Best of 2005” poll has closed. The results will be published in EW’s end of year issue, but are now available online. Harry has trounced the competition in two categories! Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was voted Best New Novel of the Year with a whopping 80% of the 52,298 votes …read more!

Fresh from the press junket for The White Countess, Ralph Fiennes has a new interview in Newsday. In it, he talks about his new film, being nominated (or not) for prestigious awards, and about basing characters on their outward appearance. Which, of course, brings us to Voldemort! “He’s a cosmically evil guy who’s been given …read more!

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has been named by the magazine “TIME for Kids” as their Person of the Year. Readers of this children’s magazine selected our favorite author for this award over others such as Lance Armstrong, disaster relief volunteers, and even the Chicago White Sox baseball team. Congratulations Jo! Thanks to MuggleNet for …read more!

Yesterday we told you that actor Daniel Radcliffe would be appearing on the variety program “This Way Up” which was broadcast on BBC2 tonight in the UK. DanRadcliffe.com has now posted the video and screencaps from this appearance, which you can see via this link (Remember, please right click and save). Enjoy! Thanks to DanRadcliffe.com!

Two performers in the Harry Potter movies have been nominated for their work on the British stage. Actress Julie Walters (Molly Weasley) has been nominated by the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Awards in the category of “Best Actress in a Musical” for her role in Acorn Antiques . Actor Alan Rickman (Professor Severus Snape) was nominated …read more!

Potter fan and best selling author Stephen King has posted his 10 Favorite Books of the Year list for his Pop of King column he writes for Entertainment Weeklymagazine. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is ranked at number five. He writes: “The miracle of the Harry Potter series is that it keeps getting better. …read more!

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced today their list of seven films in consideration for “Achievement in Visual Effects” and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is one of the films included on this list. Academy members are to screen a fifteen minute clip of each of the films, and then …read more!

Actor Brendan Gleeson has been nominated for an award given out by the London Film Critics for his performance as Mad Eye Moody in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Brendan Gleeson was nominated in the category of “British Actor in a Supporting Role” for his wonderful turn as the Defense Against the Dark …read more!

Daniel Radcliffe will reunite with Sean Foley and Hamish McColl on the British television program This Way Up tomorrow, December 17 on BBC2 at 11:30 p.m. Longtime Leaky readers will remember that Dan had his stage debut in Foley and McColl’s hilarious play The Play Wot I Wrote in November 2002. Here’s a description of …read more!

Scholastic, the US publishers of the Harry Potter novels, today announced their fiscal Second Quarter results. Reuters reports that Scholastic “quarterly earnings fell 8 percent, citing lower results overseas and the impact of hurricanes.” The article continues: “Sales of the Harry Potter backlist pushed trade revenue up 11 percent, the company said. Sales of the …read more!