The first commercial for Lancome’s new fragrance, Tresor Midnight Rose, featuring Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) has been released. It features Watson and her costar in various parts of Paris. You can watch the video here or below. Enjoy!

As mentioned last week, the Pottermore Insider blog has now been updated to answer frequently asked questions that Pottermore beta users have been asking. Concerns dealing with the potions brewing, wizards duelling, and moderation for common room comments are all addressed. Additionally, the Insider reveals that a Pottermore beta survey will be sent out in …read more!

An early screening for the forthcoming film, “My Week With Marilyn,” was screened yesterday evening outside Chicago and Leaky was able to be in attendance. The film, as readers will recall, stars Harry Potter film alums Emma Watson (Hermionie Granger), as wardrobe assistant Lucy, and Kenneth Branagh (Gilderoy Lockhart), portraying Sir Laurence Olivier.Even though the …read more!

The cover for the video game LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 has been released and can be viewed here in our galleries. The cover features the Trio, Nagini, Lavender Brown, Voldemort, Bellatrix, and a burning Hogwarts in the background. Some additional stills from the game have also become available and you can look at them …read more!

The Room of Requirement has always had different uses throughout the Harry Potter series, from a training room for Dumbledore’s Army to a room full of chamber pots for Professor Dumbledore. For our September contest, Leaky is asking how would you, as a Hogwarts student, utilize the room’s enchantments to your benefit? To enter the …read more!

« Back to Contests Other Uses for the Room of Requirement Contest Many secrets lie hidden in the hallowed halls of Hogwarts. One is known by some as the Room of Requirement. Harry and his friends used it many times to their advantage, first as a training room where they could practice defensive magic, then …read more!

In a report released by PCWorld today, Sony’s updated eReader lineup will feature a special model eReader which includes a “free download voucher for the first Harry Potter ebook title, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” The article, available to read here, goes through the latest line up of Sony eReaders which will include the …read more!

USA Today is reporting that Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has written the foreword for the US version of “Dear Me: Letters to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self,” set for publication in the States on October 25. The report notes: More than 70 writers, actors, celebrities and musicians including Kathleen Turner, Suze Ormond, James Franco and …read more!

The August 30th edition of The Quibbler, Leaky’s monthly publication “for all the news you won’t find anywhere else,” is now available for you to read! This month’s Quibbler includes some back to school advice for all Hogwarts students. More significantly, Quibbler investigative reporters have discovered a major conspiracy to seize control of the commercial …read more!

Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) recently did an interesting photo shoot together for Band of Outsiders clothing. The photos feature Felton and Grint at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles. You can view the images here in our galleries. Enjoy!