Last month J.K. Rowling tweeted that she would give us Sirius Black’s birthday if Scotland won their rugby match. The Scottish were victorious, and today we are able to celebrate Harry’s godfather’s birthday! Sirius Black was an amazing character. He was the father figure Harry never had growing up at the Dursley’s. In addition to …read more!

As reported previously, J.K. Rowling (and…or Robert Galbraith) was to talk of her new novel, Career of Evil, and her Cormoran Strike series on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour segment. For those who missed the segment yesterday morning, the transcript of the interview is available on NPR (if you’re short on time, they also posted a …read more!

Zoë Wanamaker is set to appear in Terence Rattigan’s Harlequinade, directed by Kenneth Branagh and Rob Ashford.  The synopsis is as follows: “A classical theatre company attempts to produce The Winter’s Tale and Romeo and Juliet, while the intrigues and dalliances of the company members are accidently revealed with increasingly chaotic and hysterical consequences.” Wanamaker – who played Madam …read more!

Today we celebrate Natalia Tena’s 31st birthday! Natalia Tena plays the vibrant (Nymphadora, please forgive us) Tonks in the Harry Potter films! Since the Potter films, Tena has been involved in many films (including her own independent projects), Game of Thrones, and many stage productions. Tena is also known for her musical talent, and her …read more!

Halloween is one of the biggest holidays within the Harry Potter books and movies. Voldemort’s first fall happened on Halloween, a troll was let into the dungeons by Professor Quirrell, , the Chamber of Secrets first opened on Halloween, Sirius Black’s first appearance within Hogwarts was also on Halloween…you get the gist. In a community …read more!

Den of Geek reports that Rupert Grint is working on a pilot episode for an NBC TV show, where he is set to play a son of a comic book creator. According to Den of Geek,   The pilot has been written by Ugly Bettycreator Silvio Horta, based on an original idea from Secrets & …read more!

As the resident young mom/writer here, I am thrilled to wish Mrs. Molly Weasley a happy birthday from all of us at Leaky.  If there has ever been a fictional mum to make a model for good parenting, it’s she!  To celebrate her special day, here are just a few of the things we love …read more!

Harry Potter fans in Texas got a special treat this October.  Bonnie Wright, our beloved young Ginny Weasley, spoke as a featured panelist at Dallas Comic Con 2015.  Her mediated Q&A session lasted about 45 minutes and covered everything from her casting to the final days of filming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part …read more!

Gary Oldman (Sirius Black) and long time pal and manger-producer, Douglas Urbanski, have signed a publishing deal with Simon & Schuster/Atria Publishing label Emily Bestler Books, for their first co-authored book series, Blood Riders. It is not known how long the series will be, but EW reported that the pair have finished manuscripts for the first …read more!

In a recent interview with Nylon magazine, for the magazine’s November issue, Daniel Radcliffe gave his support for his Harry Potter co-star, Emma Watson. He backed her decision to bring attention to gender equality, and fuel a conversation for it that includes contributions from both genders. Radcliffe told Nylon magazine:   ‘“I think it’s fantastic …read more!