It’s a new year and time for a new poll at the Universal Orlando Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park website. The new poll asks fans :” Which would be your favorite place to shop in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter?” Your choices are Honeydukes, Ollivanders, or Zonko’s Joke Shop. To Vote click …read more!

The LA Times has posted a new feature on actor Jim Broadbent and his role in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The Oscar winning actor joins the cast this year as Potions professor Horace Slughorn, and Jim Broadbent says of his character: “a good man, a decent man, but a weak man.” …read more!

Happy Birthday wishes go out today to actress Imelda Staunton, who portrays the character of Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter films. Mrs. Staunton is celebrating her 53rd birthday. Happy Birthday, Imelda!

In September of last year, Harry Potter film producer David Heyman spoke to TLC about the previous cuts of the House Elves from the films, and their possible return for the two Deathly Hallows movies. At the time David Heyman told us that “it has been a while, for example, since we have seen Dobby …read more!

Today, the calendar on JKRowling.com marks another birthday, but for us here at Leaky, this marks a day meant for reflection, remembrance and perhaps even celebration of a character who so vividly filled the pages of the Harry Potter series. To some, this character will remain a nasty, unpleasant man, a villain, others love and …read more!

Actress Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) has been named the Best Dressed Star for the Month of December by Teen Vogue.com. The fashion magazine’s list of the Ten Best Dressed of December placed Miss Watson at the top, along with such other actresses as Emma Roberts, Evan Rachel Wood, and Taylor Swift. Here via TeenVogue.com, we …read more!

Online retailer AbeBooks.com has announced a new contest to win the Collector’s Edition of The Tales of Beelde the Bard by J. K. Rowling and a copy of the Sotheby’s auction catalog from the original December 2007 auction. Open to residents of the United States and Canada over the age of 13, this contest asks …read more!

Last month, we asked you to create a Christmas-themed gnome for our Garden Gnome Christmas Tree Topper Contest. After receiving many amazing entries, our Contest Crew has chosen the winner of this contest, along with an additional entry deserving of an honorable mention. Here now is the winner of the contest: First Place: fw00per In …read more!

A new report is online today, stating a rating has been given to the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Rope of Silicon is reporting that the sixth Harry Potter film has been rated PG for class=”lower”>“scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality.” Update: This has now appeared on the MPAA website, with …read more!

size=”3″>Polyjuice Potion. Metamorphmagi. Or maybe just a little help from Madam Pomfrey. If you were a witch or wizard, would you ever choose to change your appearance by magic? We all cut our hair, tattoo our skin, get pierced, lose weight, straighten our teeth. But what if you had more than Hermione’s buckteeth or Eloise …read more!