Over the past weekend (10th October), the Harry Potter Alliance celebrated its tenth birthday. Their celebrations included a party at GeekyCon in August, and a month-long Indiegogo campaign (HPA10), through which they raised total of $106,545, well-surpassing their initial goal of $77,777. NerdCon: Stories provided the venue for HPA’s birthday party, which featured important special guests such as Leaky’s own Melissa Anelli, (President of the Board), …read more!

John Williams – composer of the first three Harry Potter film soundtracks – is set to receive the 44th AFI Life Achievement award at a gala tribute on June 9th 2016, marking the first time a composer has been honoured by the American Film Institute. “John Williams has written the soundtrack to our lives,” said …read more!

Tom Felton is set to appear in A United Kingdom alongside Jack Davenport (Pirates of the Caribbean), Nicholas Lyndhurst (Only Fools and Horses), Laura Carmichael (Downton Abbey) and Arnold Oceng (The Good Lie). The film will be directed by Amma Asante, who has previously received a BAFTA for A Way of Life (2004). She also directed Belle (2013), …read more!

It’s time to be a #HarryPotterSpotter!  From now through November 2, Bloomsbury Publishing is sponsoring a Harry Potter artwork scavenger hunt.  Twelve prints of Jim Kay’s illustrations for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone are currently on display in twelve art museums across Britain, and fans are invited to find them all and document their search on …read more!

Menahem Asher Silva Vargas, the Guinness World Record holder for largest collection of Harry Potter memorabilia, didn’t want to pack his over 4,000 items away in boxes somewhere.  So this week, after a previous exhibition at Mexico City’s Museum of the Antique Toy, Silva Vargas opened his own museum. According to an Associated Press article …read more!

If you’ll be in London, England for Hallowe’en and you’re at least 18 years of age, we’ve just learned about a live comedy performance that might be up your alley (though sadly it won’t be in Diagon Alley). Time Out, a London site-seeing website, rated a new comedy show a critics choice must see in …read more!

After more casting news was released earlier this week, The Hollywood Reporter exclusively released that well-known screen and stage actor, Ron Perlman, was also added to the Fantastic Beasts casting list. Apparently Perlman is to play a Goblin. We are familiar with Goblins in the Harry Potter series. Perlman is not quite Goblin size. This …read more!

This morning, Apple released enhanced editions of the Harry Potter ebooks–now available to download on iBooks. J.K. Rowling tweeted about the release, saying she was “thrilled” with the “beautiful” enhanced editions of the books.   The enhanced editions of the Harry Potter ebooks resemble the new illustrated editions of the physical Harry Potter books, by …read more!

J.K. Rowling tweeted this morning (surprise, surprise) that she would be talking with NPR about her Robert Galbraith’s new novel, Career of Evil. The radio segment is to air on November 2, as a part of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour and NPR’s new Book Club. Crime Vault also seems to be offering fans the …read more!

Emma Watson has just tweeted that she will be a part of a live Q&A (over Twitter), discussing her new movie Regression. As previously reported, Emma Watson plays a tormented young woman who fears for her life after experiencing something horrific. According to IMDB, Emma Watson’s character accuses her father of a crime he does not remember …read more!