The Leaky Cauldron’s favorite author has donated a signed set of Harry Potter books in support of Tayside fire officer Gordon McKenzie, who is fund-raising on behalf of both the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Scotland. The box set is being auctioned on eBay UK, and is set to …read more!

CBBC Newround has three new photographs of actor Robert Pattinson from a movie he just completed. Robert has been cast as Cedric Diggory in the film version of Goblet of Fire.

There is a new interview from The Burrow with Richard Fish, the actor who stood in as Bill Weasley in the Weasley family Egypt picture in the Prisoner of Azkaban film. When asked if he would be returning to the Goblet of Fire film as Bill Weasley, the young actor answered: ” GoF is certainly …read more!

A post office in Buckner, Missouri was temporarily shut down when a Harry Potter themed birthday card was discovered to have white powder inside. “A worker at the Buckner post office spotted white powder on an envelope. The office was sealed off and hazmat crews were called in to check out the situation. … The …read more!

In Emmy Award nominations announced today, three Harry Potter actors were recognized for their work in televsion. Alan Rickman (Prof. Snape) was nominated as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie : “Something the Lord Made”- as Alfred Blalock. Emma Thompson (Prof. Trelawney) was nominated as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie …read more!

UK’s Young Performer magazine has a short interview this month with Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Daniel Radcliffe. Thanks to Feargirl, who is spending her summer nursing a broken leg, for the excerpts (get better soon, dear!). YP: Daniel, how did you get your Harry Potter big break? DR: Dumb luck, I auditioned for David …read more!

The Scotsman reports that thousands of applications have already been submitted by children who want to attend JK Rowling’s reading and Q&A session in Edinburgh.

Talk about power of the pen: The Scotsman reports that the caged childrens’ beds that enraged J.K. Rowling have been removed from psychiatric facilities in the Czech Republic, at order of the government. This happened just one day after President Vaclav Klaus received Rowling’s letter. . The minister ordered that all caged beds be removed …read more!

TLC reader Anita sent us some scans from the 2005 Mary Grandpre calendar, some of which seems to be new art. Enjoy! Christmas at Hogwarts Harry’s 13th birthday Harry’s patronus lesson The marauder’s map The second task The Shrieking Shack Rescuing Sirius

Many of you have been asking, so here’s the answer: the sweepstakes winners have not yet been chosen. To give you an idea of how many there were: I made a text document of all the entries, and the file size of that document was 22MB. The entries have been divvied up among staff and …read more!