Playbill.com is reporting that actress Katie Leung (Cho Chang) will make her stage debut this winter in the play “Wild Swans.” Leung has been cast as Er-Hong, one of the main characters in the play. “Wild Swans” is based off the memoir of the same name by Jung Chang about a family living during Mao’s …read more!

Entertainment Weekly has named actor Daniel Radcliffe their “Entertainer of the Year” for 2011 following the success of the final “Harry Potter” film and his critically acclaimed performance on Broadway’s “How to Succeed in Business…” EW editor Jess Cagle appeared on Good Morning America to announce their choice. She said: “Ultimately there was one person …read more!

Universal Studios has released official photographs and a video reel of highlights from yesterday’s big announcement that the Wizarding World of Harry Potter will be replicated at Universal Studios Hollywood. Watch the video on Facebook and see actors James and Oliver Phelps (Weasley twins) announce that “Hogwarts is coming to Hollywood!” Images in the gallery …read more!

Good morning! We are live from Universal Studios in Southern California where everyone is wearing house scarves under a baking sun. Guess it’s time to hear about a new JAWS ride!Wait.. no, that’s not right. No, this is about Harry Potter. Bet your butterbeer we are going to have details about the soon to be …read more!

Warner Bros. has released four more “for your consideration” advertisements for “Deathly Hallows: Part 2.” One, featuring Voldemort with the Elder Wand, is for several Golden Globes awards. Another with Voldemort recommends “Deathly Hallows: Part 2” for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The third, featuring different groups of characters, recommends some of …read more!

Tomorrow, at Universal Studios Los Angeles, executives will be on hand to make a very special annoucement: Universal announced the event, stating in an email that it would be “hosting a Butterbeer toast to celebrate a very special announcement.” People close to the matter but not authorized to discuss the event beforehand confirmed it would …read more!

The trailer for Rupert Grint’s upcoming movie, “Into the White,” previously named “Comrade,” is now online. You can watch the trailer here or below. The film will be released spring 2012.

Just in time for December, the November issue of The Quibbler — Leaky’s monthly publication “for all the news you won’t find anywhere else,” — is now online (Errol must have delivered this one to the printer)! You can read the PDF version at this link, or a zipped version right here. To learn how …read more!

In this month, where wishes and dreams run wild during our holiday celebrations, your task is to select any Hogwarts Professor and reveal to us (in 150 words or less) what they would see if they chanced to look into the Mirror of Erised. Use your imagination and try to capture that Professor’s essence as …read more!

The Pottermore Insider has updated to let users know that Pottermore will be unavailable for the next week: Pottermore will be offline for at least a week from approximately 8:30am (GMT) on Saturday 3 December so we can make some further changes behind-the-scenes. The work we’re carrying out is technical, so there won’t be many …read more!