Several brand new Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie tie-in books are now on the net, and contain brand new photos of Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint from the upcoming movie. They are: *Goblet of Fire Movie Scrapbook and Poster book * Goblet of Fire Coloring Book (contains collectors cards) * Goblet of …read more!

Happy birthday to Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory) who turns 19 today!

The current issue of The Weekly Reader takes students behind the scenes of Goblet of Fire. The article includes exclusive one-on-one interviews with Daniel Radcliffe, Katie Leung, Stanislav Ianevski, who plays Viktor Krum, and Robert Pattinson, who plays Cedric Diggory. There are some new photos of those cast members off the set, and the interviews …read more!

All right. Here’s where I do what needed to be done in the Fan Site Award post, but sometimes emotions are simply too much: Thank you. Not only to Jo (we’ll get to you later, my dear), but to all of you who come here every day and have fun with us. We can’t express …read more!

(This is Melissa’s attempt to act as a news reporter and get you guys all the straight info before resuming with the general insanity and exuberance that will classify today on the site. Just an FYI, because this is the most calm you will see me for quite a while.) JKRowling.com’s news section has been …read more!

Oh my lord am I glad I am awake at 4:13 a.m., as only a lunatic Harry Potter fan would be on this night. This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the opening of Jo Rowling’s new Web site, and I thought this would be a very special day for very different reasons, and I …read more!

Reader LadyofthePensieve has let us know that Carlsen, the German HP publishers, have announced that the German edition of HBP will be released on Oct. 1, 2005. Amazon.de is selling the book at 22.50 Euros, and is also selling English editions, which will be made available on July 16. Check it all out at the …read more!

Hey all: Our Text page has been swept clear of bugs, with the house color switcher (that allows you to view the page in whichever house’s colors you choose) back in action. Much, much thanks to Alex of GodricsHollow.org for helping out!

We’ve received many e-mails informing us that you are receiving as many as eight topic notifications per Leaky post; we just wanted to let you know that we are aware of the problem (it affects my own inbox too) and are in touch with the person who can fix it – please be patient as …read more!

The new artwork for the HBP deluxe cover in hi-res is RIGHT HERE. (No watermarking, yadda yadda yadda…excuse me, have to go stare at this now.) You can pre-order the deluxe editions and support Leaky by doing it at these links: US, UK, Canada, France.