Yesterday, the Pottermore team added Badges as a new way for users to experience the site. The Pottermore Insider reports: Badges are a new, fun and rewarding addition, which we hope students will enjoy acquiring as they explore Pottermore. Currently, three Pottermore Badges are available ’ the Explorer, Discoverer and Scarlet Engine. More Badges will …read more!

As those of you who are attending LeakyCon are probably aware the graphic designers for the Harry Potter films, Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima, will be in attendance and have some exciting news to reveal about their company MinaLima: MinaLima was founded in 2009 out of a coincidence of ideas between Miraphora Mina and Eduardo …read more!

Readers may recall the Harry Potter Film Wizardry book, which was released in 2010 and included an in-depth look at the creation of the Harry Potter films. This book is now being released with addition information focusing on the “Deathly Hallow” films, neither of which had been released when the book was first put into …read more!

In case you were unaware, J. K. Rowling’s birthday is coming up – it’s only eight days away! For her birthday one fan has set up a donation page, where you can donate money to Rowling’s charity, Lumos, and be entered into a drawing to win a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows …read more!

Today, July 23rd, is Daniel Radcliffe’s 23rd birthday! While we all know and love Daniel Radcliffe for playing Harry Potter he is spending a very busy year working on a variety of other projects including “Kill Your Darlings,” “A Young Doctor’s Notebook,” “The Cripple of Inishmaan,” “Horns,” and “The F Word.”Please join Leaky in wishing …read more!

And they said we wouldn’t last!Today, in case your Muggle calendar is broken, is five years since the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Five years ago most, if not all, of us were huddled over new, magical pages as we discovered the last secrets of the Harry Potter saga.Since that time, we …read more!

The Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection site has released a new video showing what fans can expect with the upcoming release of the DVD box set. In this video Miraphora Mina, a graphic designer for the Harry Potter films, explains how she created the look for the Slytherin locket. In the video Mina also discusses how …read more!

Variety is reporting that Radcliffe is also set to star in an upcoming romantic comedy entitled “The F Word.” The ‘f’ in the title refers to the state of being in the “friend zone.” Radcliffe will be starring alongside Zoe Kazan: Story follows Wallace (Radcliffe) and Chantry (Kazan), a pair of twentysomethings who meet at …read more!

At this LeakyCon, they are determined to outdo themselves. We are thrilled to tell you that Team StarKid will present a staged reading of A Very Potter 3D: A Very Potter Senior Year at LeakyCon 2012! Head over to LeakyCon.com for the full story!

We now have our first look at Dan Radcliffe in costume and with a young co-star for “A Young Doctor’s Notebook.” You can see the image here in our galleries.The series “A Young Doctor’s Notebook” will premiere in 2013. Thanks to SnitchSeeker for the head’s up!