The British television show National Treasure starring Harry Potter’s Hagrid, Robbie Coltrane and Molly Weasley, Julie Walters has received four Royal Television Society Award nominations this year including best mini-series. In addition to the well-known Potter actors receiving nods for best actor and best actress, Jack Thorne, acclaimed writer of Harry Potter and the Cursed …read more!

Our thoughts are with Harry Potter actor and stand-up comedian Jim Tavare, who is in intensive care after a car crash left him with a punctured lung, a broken neck and multiple breaks in his right leg. Tavare has a special place in Leaky’s hearts, as he portrayed Tom – The Leaky Cauldron’s Inkeeper – …read more!

Today we wish a Happy Birthday to our favorite Seer, Professor Sybill Trelawney! You may have only made two real predictions (that we’re aware of at least), but we still honor your soothsaying abilities, because those two predictions were incredibly important to the Harry Potter series. Even though most of divination may be guesswork, there must be at least …read more!

Leaky was kindly given the chance to attend the press night for Jack Thorne’s new musical Junkyard last week at the Bristol Old Vic theatre. After seeing Cursed Child in January, it was excellent to see more of Thorne’s work on stage. Junkyard tells the story of a group of reluctant teenagers who are enlisted …read more!

The greatly anticipated Forbidden Forest expansion at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London opens March 31st. The tour will include a full size model of Buckbeak and Aragog, as well as nineteen massive (over 12-ft diameter!) trees. Four Harry Potter actors gave the tour a test run before it opens to the public, and shared a sneak peak …read more!

The Harry Potter cast is keeping us on our toes as usual this week! If one thing remains true it’s that they are as active as ever, which is great news for fans as we love to see our favorite cast members on the stage and screen again. Today we’ve got information on Bill Nighy, …read more!

The official twitter for J.K. Rowling’s pseudonym, Robert Galbraith (under which she wrote the Cormoran Strike series), tweeted out pictures from the set of the Silkworm earlier today. Sneak peek from the set of the Silkworm… #TheStrikeSeriespic.twitter.com/Zms2qYSNsS — Robert Galbraith (@RGalbraith) March 8, 2017 The photos give us peaks at props that will be used …read more!

As part of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the UK release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the British Library will be mounting an exhibition titled Harry Potter: A History of Magic. Tickets will go on sale April 3rd and the exhibit will run from October 20th 2017 – February 28th 2018. …read more!

Happy International Women’s Day! For Hermione, Ginny, Molly, Luna, Cho, Minevra, Sybil, Angelina, Lily, Rowena, Helga, Tina, Queenie and the countless other strong females in the wizarding world’s present and past, and J.K. Rowling herself and all the brilliant, talented female cast and crew members, we hope you’ll join us in celebrating International Women’s Day. Whether …read more!

Recently we covered Emma Watson’s Vanity Fair interview regarding feminism, Potter and Beauty and the Beast – which premiers next week. What was unexpected was the amount of backlash that Emma received over this photo: Despite showing so little and poised with her usual grace, many people thought it undermined her feminist values and made her a hypocrite for letting …read more!