Leaky’s Half-Blood Prince movie countdown has now been updated to reflect the new release date. Get this and other HP countdowns at LeakyNews.com Mac users on the “Leopard” operating system and Safari Web browser, you can make a cut of this countdown by pressing the “cut” button and selecting it.

When last we spoke, I was neck deep in craft projects to finish before Terminus… All mollys were completed and now in the hands of their owners — including what might be the first and only Hufflepuff Molly Sweater! Tshirts were stenciled and distributed and worn. Even managed to begin and complete an afghan for …read more!

When last we spoke, I was neck deep in craft projects to finish before Terminus… All mollys were completed and now in the hands of their owners — including what might be the first and only Hufflepuff Molly Sweater! Tshirts were stenciled and distributed and worn. Even managed to begin and complete an afghan for …read more!

When last we spoke, I was neck deep in craft projects to finish before Terminus… All mollys were completed and now in the hands of their owners — including what might be the first and only Hufflepuff Molly Sweater! Tshirts were stenciled and distributed and worn. Even managed to begin and complete an afghan for …read more!

A number of media outlets are tonight reporting that after the recent announcement by Warner Bros. that the sixth film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, would be pushed back to a July 17, 2009 theatrical release, a decision was made by Summit Entertainment to move the release date for the upcoming “Twilight” film up …read more!

Topic of the Blog: “I don’t know how the Muggles manage without magic” ’ Sorcerers Stone, Chapter 5 Hey guys! First thing I want to say is sorry for the delay. I have a number of blogs I tried to post, but the interwebs hates me, so I gave up until post-Terminus. My goal is …read more!

Hey all! Sorry this reply was more than a little tardy… I was a little caught up in this little vampire book that came out. I drove to NYC for that one… and then decided to drive to Chicago, too, and stay for part of this other little thing for some other books. You may …read more!

What is up with that? I liked the idea of getting Half-Blood Prince before Twilight. It’s a silly little thing but since I started reading HP before Twilight that’s how I wanted to see the movies. Instead, Half-Blood Prince gets pushed back to almost a year from now, and Twilight takes it’s place. I’m curious …read more!

Happy 17th birthday today to Evanna Lynch, who plays lovable, loopy Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films. We hope you’ll join us at Leaky in wishing her a day full of dirigible plums, Quibbler puzzles and the clues leading to the Crumple-Horned Snorkack. Or, some cake and good friends, that too. Happy birthday, lady!

So shortly after 4pm, Thursday, August 14, I get an email containing a link to a story on Marketwatch.com Now the fact that I get an email is nothing new because all of us at Leaky get literally hundreds of emails a day. I took a glance at the headline, paused for just a moment, …read more!