Last Sunday, Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort), received the Legend Award during the Empire Awards ceremony. Having starred in more than 30 films, Fiennes was recognized for his extensive body of work–especially for his Oscar-nominated, BAFTA winning role in “Schindler’s List.” His other award winning movies include “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” and “The English Patient.” Ralph Fiennes …read more!

As reported previously, the casting list for next year’s first release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, remains a mystery. However, that doesn’t stop speculations and rumors. A few weeks ago Dr. Who’s Matt Smith was the hot topic of discussion on possible leads for the films. This week it is Luke Newberry. The …read more!

Our close sister-site, MuggleNet, is hosting MuggleNet Live–the largest Harry Potter Expo in the UK–in London, April 18, 2015. There will be many special guests at this amazing Harry Potter event. According to MuggleNet, there will be 19 special guests, including 15 Harry Potter Actors, such as: Alfred Enoch (Dean Thomas), Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick), …read more!

The Leaky Cauldron was once the most trusted name in Potter. It still is, but we could use a little more help with restoring Leaky to its full glory in this post-Potter age. As Melissa reported a while ago, Leaky had a lot of expected downtime as we prepared to make many changes and updates. …read more!

Alan Rickman is known for not being the subject of many interviews. However, BAFTA seems to be lucky. Rickman’s interview is to be a part of BAFTA’s “Life in Pictures” event–where many big name stars (such as Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, etc.) sit down for talks with BAFTA. The event is April 15. The Variety reports: …read more!

As reported previously here on Leaky, J.K. Rowling’s Harvard Commencement Address is being printed in book form. All proceeds of the little, yet powerful, 80-page book will go towards Lumos, as well as university-wide scholarships for potential Harvard students. The book is available for preorder, and will be published April 14, 2105. Amazon’s summary of …read more!

AskMen is known for posting lists with themes such as “The Top 99 Most Desirable Women.” This year, claiming to be “better than that,” they changed their theme to give notoriety to outstanding, inspirational women. Emma Watson was voted as the number one most outstanding woman, according to the list. AskMen gives criteria used to make …read more!

In the recent days, even after Jo tweeted that she didn’t take offense to a fan’s question on Dumbledore’s sexuality, many news sources are still praising J.K. Rowling for her “great come back,” her amazing “shut down,” her “burn” of the fan’s opinion that she did not see Dumbledore as gay, always seeing a possible …read more!

Matthew Lewis took a trip back to his hometown to work with students in an acting class at Grammar School at Leeds. He and his brother, Anthony, to help judge a competition at the school. Matt expressed a lot of praise at the talent of the students, saying that the experience was exciting for him …read more!

Rumors have started to catch fire and spread quickly about the casting of the lead character in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. As of now, Warner Bros and J.K. Rowling have revealed nothing about the Fantastic Beast films, other than they will be filming at Leavesden and that J.K. Rowling is writing the screenplay. …read more!