Leaky received a tip this afternoon regarding the next stop for the hugely popular Harry Potter: The Exhibition, which is currently in the last month of its Seattle, Washington engagement. While we have yet to receive confirmation, word is that the Discovery Times Square Exposition in New York City will be the next site to …read more!

After an extended voting period, the winners of the 2010 Leakies are ready to be announced! This is Leaky’s second annual awards ceremony highlights the best of Harry Potter news and is voted on by you. Without further ado, here are the winners:Story of the Year Opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (49% …read more!

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” has been nominated for the Art Directors Guild‘s 15th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards for 2010. “Hallows”‘ production designer Stuart Craig was nominated alongside the production designers for “Alice in Wonderland”, “Inception”, “Tron: Legacy” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” in …read more!

Hey everyone! Can you believe that Crookshanks doesn’t have a page in the Leakypedia yet? I know, me neither. If you help Crookshanks out with his (her?) page, you’ll find yourself with 75 MyLeaky points! Hop to it!

Leaky reader Miriam has brought our attention to a very early interview with J.K. Rowling seemingly conducted in 1998 in Edinburgh’s “The Elephant House” café. In the interview, the Harry Potter author talks to STV about why she thinks the first book is popular, agent Christopher Little’s now famous words of warning that there is …read more!

Ciarán Hinds (Aberforth Dumbledore) has given a new interview to Scotland’s Daily Record in which he describes his experience on set filming “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” as “nerve-wracking”: “It was surreal to be in a room with those three kids, all of whom know exactly what they’re doing. And then there’s you, who …read more!

You know, it isn’t often I have a year like 2010. It was a year in which I truly took responsibility for myself. Sure, my parents bailed me out a couple times, I’m not saying I didn’t need help, but I clothed and fed myself, paid my bills, found work, and braved a new city …read more!

The “Half-Blood Prince” movie premiered on HBO Latin America not too long ago, and with the premiere came a 20 minute behind the scenes feature on the film. The feature includes interviews with the actors, a look at how scenes were filmed in the movie, interviews with the first year extras, and a look at …read more!

As it’s now the month of January, our Contest Crew have announced their newest contest, the Character Motto Contest. Entrants to this month’s contest must create a motto (of no more than 10 words in length) for a character in the Harry Potter books. For example, what short saying would Hermione have that would express …read more!

« Back to Contests Character Motto Contest style=”text-align: left; font-family: Arial;”>We are all familiar with Hogwarts’s school motto “Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus” (“Never tickle a sleeping dragon”), but have you ever wondered what a character’s motto would be? What short saying would Hermione have that would express her guiding ideal or principle? What about Harry’s? …read more!