Today is the 17th birthday of our favorite gingerheaded actor, Rupert Grint! Have a happy day!

First of all, thanks for your incredible response to our podcast. We never expected to get to the top 10 on iTunes in the first 12 hours of broadcast; we’re just having a blast, and can’t wait for future shows. We’ve got a lot planned (and yes, the sound levels will continue to improve). We …read more!

The cover for the French version of HBP has surfaced here. Thanks Alain!

Katie Leung, who plays Cho Chang, and Robert Pattinson, who plays Cedric Diggory, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, recently attended the Dukes of Hazzard premiere in London; Leigh sent us pics of Leung, so check them out below: Katie Leung (1) Katie Leung (2) Katie Leung (3) On WireImage you can see …read more!

At popular demand, here’s a small wrapup of the interview tidbits that were released in the interviews in this week’s PotterCast. -Bonnie Wright spoke about filming movie four and Mike Newell’s tendency to explain the big picture and make the very large cast feel part of the entire experience; she also talks about her reactions …read more!

A survey of 153 politicians in the House of Commons and 100 in the House of Lords found that Book Six was third on a list of books that they planned to take on holiday; Dan Brown’s mystery thriller The DaVinci Code was in first place and William Hague’s biography of William Pitt the Younger …read more!

Despite some trends elsewhere in the US that see the Harry Potter books moving off “banned books” lists at schools and libraries,

We are so proud and excited to finally bring you PotterCast, Leaky’s first official podcast! We have been fooling around with the podcast technology for so long, and wanted to bring this to you long ago but HBP got in our way! That silly book! We can’t wait to share what we’ve created with you. …read more!

You can see the International Harry Potter and the Goblet of Firetrailer on this link on Allocine.fr. The direct downloads have disappeared but we will provide a QT download shortly.