Fran from Totally Harry Potter and The Magical World of Harry Potter (Fan-Club México) had the chance to attend to attend the June 5th Mexican press conference for PoA’s release, which included director Alfonso Cuarón, producer David Heyman and executive producer Tanya Seghathcian. Click below to read their transcription of that event, click here for …read more!

Mild parental warning for graphic subject matter. According to a report in the Sunday Times, J.K. Rowling has appealed to Stefan Fule, the Czech ambassador in London, about the plight of disabled children who are locked in cages at care homes in Eastern Europe. She was urged, the report says, by a Times story written …read more!

The New Zealand Herald has a new interview with Michael Seresin, the cinematographer for the Prisoner of Azkaban film. In the article he talks about the new look he and director Alfonso Cuaron brought to the Harry Potter films: “Maybe we went a bit darker than a normal film of this type which we thought …read more!

Today, Fiona Shaw( Petunia Dursley) turns 46. Happy Birthday Fiona!

Entertainment Weekly has an article (accessable by subscribers and AOL members only) about the newest cast members for Goblet of Fire, featuring some mini-bios of Brendan Gleeson, who’s playing Mad-Eye Moody, and the other actors who we announced here on TLC a few weeks ago: Clé­¥nce Poé³¹ as Fleur Delacoeur, Stanislav Ianevski as Viktor Krum, …read more!

On her website today, J.K. Rowling announced that she will be reading and answering questions at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 15th August this year. 500 tickets will be available by ballot rather than on a first come, first served basis. To apply for tickets, buy the Herald newspaper on Saturday 10th July or the …read more!

The London Symphony Orchestra will be on tour here in the US as part of their “The Music of Hollywood” tour. Starting in September, the 15 city tour will feature concert performances of works including those from the Harry Potter films. Enhancing and underscoring each performance will be a stunning array of multimedia effects, including …read more!

Well, guys. You’ve done it again. We’re flabberghasted. We’re closing the drive down because we’ve already beseeched too much of your generosity, and we have more than enough to keep Leaky around a very long time. Most of the donations come in within 24 hours of the call for help…and they totalled almost $12,000 in …read more!

Various sites have been reporting for a while that the release date for the PoA DVD is November 23; we’d consider this a strong rumor, but the only word from WB is that they’re not ready to make an announcement on the date. Also, Jonah of HP-Fans.de has written to let us know that the …read more!

Leaky reader Alan has sent us pictures from today’s ceremony at the University of Edinburgh, where Jo Rowling received a doctor honoris causa. Not a goatee in sight! Jo gets her degree Jo talking to fans in the car park afterward, where some had gathered to get books signed. Thanks Alan! Update: Check out BBC …read more!