HPEF has announced today that actor Christian Coulson, who portrayed the character of Tom Riddle in the “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” film, will be appearing at the upcoming Harry Potter fan conference, Infinitus 2010, in Orlando, Florida. Taking part in many events over the weekend, the official website forum notes: Christian will …read more!

Common threads run through many fiber items. Spun yarn, woven fabric, crafty ideas. The common theme or idea that ties it all together. So what would crafting and living ecologically green have as a common thread? Creativity. Both require some creative thinking and adapting so that we can either create something from basic items or …read more!

Variety is reporting that ABC Family will air “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” in late 2011. Ken Werner of Warner Bros. is quoted in the article, saying, “[feature] films are an integral part of the formula for a successful cable service, and ABC Family has created a terrific destination where Warner Bros. movies have …read more!

As a follow up to our post about the Ellen DeGeneres Show taping from Universal Studios Orlando and broadcasting a ‘sneak peek’ at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park, the talk show’s website has put out a call for those knowledgeable in everything Harry Potter. In the “Be Part of the Show’ section, …read more!

As it is now past midnight in the U.K., the calendar on J.K. Rowling’s official website has been updated to mark Remus Lupin’s birthday. Many happy returns, Moony!

Actors from the Harry Potter films have this week been getting involved in theatre, fashion, film and Academy Awards. Theatermania reports that Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) will take part in a pre-performance Artist Talk at the Brooklyn Academy of Music‘s Harvey Theatre. The talk will take place at 6pm on the 27th of April before …read more!

Tonight, at 7:30pm EST, the recipients of the hundreds of thank you gifts for donating to Helping Haiti Heal will be drawn on the SayAHA LiveStream channel. The gift recipiants will be chosen randomly for each of the over one hundred different gifts donated as part of Helping Haiti Heal. Those gifts include the signed …read more!

PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is here today to bring you its 216th episode of Harry Potter news, discussion, and fun. First, the PotterCasters sort through the latest news, which include stories about Jo Rowling becoming a special edition Barbie doll, “Deathly Hallows” filming news from Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), confirmation of “Deathly Hallows” in …read more!

Today’s a special day in Leaky land as we get to celebrate the birthday of Doris Herrmann, our project manager, she who makes the wheels go round around here. We hope you’ll all join us in wishing her an excellent day!

Bill Nighy has appeared in a video on ITN’s YouTube channel in which he discusses his role in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” The actor, who portrays Rufus Scrimgeour, spoke to the network briefly about the film, commenting that he was “pleased to be in it, and pleased to be working with Dan, Rupert …read more!