RottenTomatoes.com has a new profile online of actress Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange) which features some new details of her character in the Harry Potter final film. The actress relates the following in the interview: And it’ll be quite the moment, she explained. “I do get a good death scene,” she told us. “It was …read more!

Please join all of us at Leaky in wishing actor Timothy Spall a very happy birthday. The actor, who portrays Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter films, is today celebrating his 53rd birthday. Many happy returns!

APLive, the Associated Press’s channel on Livestream.com, is presenting an exclusive interview with Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe, to discuss his return to New York and Broadway for the revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Daniel was rumored to head the show, about a window washer who becomes a big success …read more!

Shirley Henderson (Moaning Myrtle) has given a rare interview to Scottish television network, STV in which she talks about her role in the Harry Potter films, her frequent casting as over-emotional characters and upcoming projects. A video of the interview can be found right here in the Leaky Video Galleries. Henderson spoke of how she …read more!

The “Alice in Wonderland” world premiere is taking place this evening in London and photos of the first arrivals can be found here in our galleries. The film stars a number of actors from the Harry Potter films including Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange), Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) and Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew). Stephen Fry, …read more!

The charity co-founded by J.K. Rowling has today revealed a new name and a new focus. Lumos, chaired by J.K. Rowling and previously known as The Children’s High Level Group, will continue to work to help institutionalised children across Central and Eastern Europe but will move its focus from Romania to the Czech Republic and …read more!

Two sets of birthday wishes are in order today for James and Oliver Phelps. The actors, who portray Fred and George Weasley respectively, are celebrating their 24th birthdays! Many happy returns, James and Oliver!

The Olympics are a time of friendly competition, forging new friendships, overcoming personal challenges, reaching personal bests. In the deep, dark recesses of the internet, out where everyone can see, we find Ravelry.com which is a knit and crochet community, for anyone who is not familiar with it. And thanks to Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, who started …read more!

The “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” video game has been nominated for a BAFTA Video Game Award. Mentioned in the nomination for Best Original Score is award-winning composer James Hannigan along with Zsolt Marx and Campbell Askew. The other nominated games in the Original Score category are “Assassin’s Creed II,” “Batman: Arkham Asylum,” “Call …read more!

As a follow up to our report earlier today, actress Helena Bonham Carter has given further detail about her turn as Hermione Granger playing Bellatrix Lestrage in the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” films. A new interview from MTV has appeared online in which the actress comments on the placement of the Malfoy Manor …read more!