Stars of pop culture will descend upon the Midwest next month when Planet Comicon Kansas City takes place at Bartle Hall on April 28-30. Headlining this year’s convention is Jason Isaacs, best known to Harry Potter fans as Death Eater Lucius Malfoy. Kansas City’s largest and longest-running comic book convention and pop culture expo will …read more!

We recently found out via Emma Watson that the cast of Harry Potter keep in touch via a group chat, and last week saw Tom Felton and Matt Lewis join Emma Watson on the red carpet of Beauty and the Beast. This week there’s been a Weasley reunion – the best kind of reunion! – …read more!

The groundbreaking, musical Hamilton and the award-winning West End play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child seem to share more than just a color scheme these days. Among numerous other awards and accolades, Hamilton had a record 16 Tony nominations and 12 wins in 2016. Across the pond, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has …read more!

The cast of Fantastic Beasts found comfort in working with some of the Harry Potter crew knowing that they had already been involved in the creation of such a successful movie franchise already. In a recent video, released by Pottermore, we hear thoughts directly from a few of the actors on what it was like to work with the Harry Potter …read more!

David Tennant will appear on the TV show Top Gear this Sunday, to take a spin in a Reasonably Fast Car. He hasn’t appeared on the show for ten years, the last time being right before the premier of the Doctor Who Christmas Special ‘The Voyage of the Damned’. Billie Piper, one of his Doctor …read more!

Today would have been Remus Lupin’s 57th Birthday if he had not tragically lost his life in the Battle of Hogwarts 19 years ago alongside his wife Nymphadora Tonks. Remus Lupin was a kind, brave, intelligent man. He was an incredible friend to the Marauders, a loving husband, an and a father figure for Harry when …read more!

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!