Update – I’ve fixed the link to the Leaky Book Six News LiveJournal Feed now – sorry about that. We’ve been meaning to do this for a while and haven’t had the time, but found some between 4:30 and 4:31 a.m. You can now customize your news-gathering from Leaky. Look at the drop-down menus on …read more!

J.K. Rowling has been listed at #50 on TheOneRing.net’s Top 50 People in Tolkien History List, compiled in honor of the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. She is cited thusly: 50) JK Rowling – I know, some may balk this. But I personally feel she …read more!

A few weeks ago we reported that Jo Rowling had donated a set of signed Harry Potter books to support fund-raising efforts on behalf of both the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund, an organization that provides therapy and support to injured fire fighters and their families, and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Scotland, a charity …read more!

J.K.R. has updated her site to wish Neville Longbottom a Happy Birthday! His birthday is officially July 30. You can see this on her site where it normally says “Wizard of the Month.” Thanks to everyone who sent this in! HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEVILLE!

JKRowling.com reportedly has had 220 Million visits from readers since the website launched. According to this article,” when Rowling used the site to reveal the title of the sixth book in the series, “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince”, it received a peak of 600 “hits” per second, with 16 million in a 12-hour …read more!

Now we’re getting very strong word from our own sources (in the plural) that the rumors may be true, that Ralph Fiennes (headshot) is thisclose to taking on Voldemort. We’re hesitant to say it’s a done deal, but consider this rumor far more likely to pan out than not. Fiennes is a very well known, …read more!

Convention Alley begins this weekend in Ontario ,Canada, and Canada.com has a short preview of the Harry Potter convention. Harry Potter Lexicon founder Steve Vander Ark will be the keynote speaker. This conference, which is devoted to adult Harry Potter fans, takes place July 30th to August 1st at the University of Ottawa.

MTV will not be airing its piece about GoF and the on-set fan internship this Friday, as originally reported. It has been postponed for some months, probably to be seen in November, according to sources involved.

Berkshire.co.uk has a story on Thomas Davy, the double for Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom) on GoF. It contains this bit which again reports of Miranda Richardon’s casting as Rita Skeeter, as we reported last week: Thomas is already living most teenagers’ dreams. “I have a trailer were I can play around and was sat next …read more!

Time-Warner Inc. posted better than expected quarterly profits of $777 million, due in part to the success of the Prisoner of Azkaban film. Notable theatrical releases during the quarter included Warner Bros. ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ and ‘Troy,’ which to date have generated worldwide box office receipts of 703 million and 484 …read more!