J.K. Rowling is lending her name to charity once again. In a fund-raising effort called “What’s Your Big Issue?”, the Harry Potter author is donating a specially designed t- shirt for auction. This unique t-shirt, among many donated by celebrities, will be autographed and designed to highlight an issue that is important to each contributor. …read more!

The Guardian newspaper has an article listing 16 of England’s best and brightest 16 year olds, and actor Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) is on that list. The article notes how the young actor saw that they were casting for the first Potter film, and put together a video of himself acting and rapping, which lead …read more!

Today film director Alfonso Cuaron turns 43! Happy Birthday Alfonso!

Warner Brothers have launched their efforts to get Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban nominated for awards this year including the Oscars. WB now has their Official Awards Site up and running. The campaign is featuring these aspects of the Prisoner of Azkaban film for consideration by the voting Academy in the following categories: …read more!

We at Leaky receive many rumors about possible release dates for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book in the Harry Potter series. The latest rumor about a possible announcement of a release date for this book comes from someone who works at Waldenbooks, who says a flier was sent out to employees …read more!

DanRadcliffe.com and DanRadcliffe.co.uk have launched their “Candle for Care” charity fundraiser for Demelza House, a Children’s Hospice in England. This fundraiser is being held for the Harry Potter actor who has requested a donation to this charity in lieu of sending him a holiday gift. Also, those who donate will be given a chance to …read more!

There are new Harry Potter themed stamps soon to be available in the U.K. The stamps will feature scenes from the Harry Potter films and novels and include Harry, Ron, Hermione as well as Hagrid. A spokesperson said “We had wanted to issue Harry Potter stamps for some time. The idea behind using Harry is …read more!

Prolific, best-selling Chilean writer Isabel Allende, author of Daughter of Fortune and other books, said in a November 25th interview with Spanish newspaper La Razon that JK Rowling should receive the Nobel Prize. “I admire immensely the author, I love her books and the movies based in them and I thank her, as mother and …read more!

Fandomer Emily is doing a study on characterization in the HP movies, for which she’s set up an online survey – she’ll share the results with us as soon as she can, so go take part here. We know y’all have opinions on this; it’s a great way to get them heard. Enjoy!

Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) recently sent a note to his fans at the Unofficial Jason Isaacs Page in which he mentioned his filming on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which probably means the filming of the graveyard scene will take place in February: “Like I said, I’m doing a spit and a cough …read more!