Episode 268 of PotterCast is here, and begins with a much-deserved, long overdue congratulations to the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts teams (and more specifically costume designer Colleen Atwood) for the wizarding word’s first Academy Award win! The winners of the NewtCase competition is announced, with some honourable mentions to some great answers to the question “What …read more!

Award-winning actor Kenneth Branagh, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, will be the recipient of the Special Award at the 2017 Olivier Awards ceremony scheduled for Sunday, April 9 at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The Laurence Olivier Awards, or Olivier Awards are recognized nationally as the highest honor in British theater. …read more!

Most followers of the Potterverse are aware of J.K. Rowlings’ dedication to bettering the lives of orphans through her charity Lumos, as well as many other individuals and causes she brings attention to, as evidence of her Twitter posts: We can all play a part in reuniting kids in institutions with their families. Find out …read more!

Gareth Fry, the sound designer for ‘Cursed Child,’ exhibited an extreme amount of dedication while working on his latest project, The Encounter, and had more than 500 mosquito bites to prove it. The production is based on the true story of a National Geographic photographer that gets stranded in the Amazon rainforest. Loren McIntyre traveled to the Amazon in 1969 with the …read more!

Two deleted scenes from Fantastic Beasts have reared their heads – one revealing a new creature and another showing the gang tracking the Demiguise! One may consider the Basilisk to be the King of Serpents, but looking at this new creature, it must be a damn good rival to say the least. Courtesy of MTV UK, a brand-new deleted clip …read more!

A new clip of Eddie Redmayne’s narration of the highly anticipated Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them audiobook was just released by ET. Leaky first reported on the news of Redmayne narrating a Fantastic Beasts audiobook back in January. Along with the news came our first glimpse into the book with a Pottermore video featuring a few clips of Eddie recording some of his readings. …read more!

In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander chases down his creatures one by one; one of them being the occamy. Part bird, part snake, it’s caught by Newt and his friends throwing a cockroach into a teapot and the Occamy drastically changes its size to fit into it. Featured on the Fantastic Beasts DVD that …read more!

Emma Thompson, best known to Harry Potter fans as Professor Trelawney, wrote a letter recently to Members of Parliament (or MP’s) about the UK’s lack of effort in helping children refugees who flee dangerous situations and put their lives in danger in an attempt to reach the UK . The Independent quotes Thompson as saying that …read more!

As reported by Leaky earlier this year, National Theater Live will broadcast live Daniel Radcliffe’s return to the West End stage in the 50th Anniversary production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead from the Old Vic Theatre on April 20 to select London cinemas. Radcliffe plays Rosencrantz in the iconic absurdist comedy based …read more!

Today marks the birthdays of Fantastic Beasts‘ Tina Goldstein, Katherine Waterston, as well as Harry Potter‘s Rita Skeeter, Miranda Richardson! Katherine Waterston quickly became a beloved witch through her performance as Tina, giving Newt a scolding and constantly trying to stitch him up to MACUSA – her honour is completely understood, we’re sure Hermione would get …read more!