Very Happy Birthday wishes go out today to actor Robert Hardy, who plays Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter films. Mr. Hardy celebrates his 82nd birthday today! Cheers!

The Corner Booth The Corner Booth is Leaky’s interactive text chat. Have a seat at The Booth and enjoy an awesome Harry Potter related discussion with friends! You must be a member of The Leaky Lounge to join in The Corner Booth chats. The chats are structured, with specific topics chosen by poll in the …read more!

The Times Online has a new interview with Michael Gambon who gives a series of answers about his lengthy acting career, as well as some thoughts on the Harry Potter films. The award winning actor who portrays Hogwarts Headmaster Professor Albus Dumbledore says he does not watch too many of the films he is in. …read more!

There is another list out today and one that would make Ravenclaw proud: a list of the 100 top “Living Geniuses.” Included on this list is our favorite author, J.K. Rowling who came in at number 83. The number one spot was actually shared by two men, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who is credited with creating …read more!

As we’ve been telling you, there was to be a benefit charity concert tonight in London that was to feature several of the adult actors from the Harry Potter films. Early photos from the “Music from the Movies” benefit to help Leukemia research are now online. Getty now has early photos of Alan Rickman (Professor …read more!

Three cheers are in order for actor Devon Murray, who portrays Seamus Finnigan in the “Harry Potter” films, as he celebrates his 19th birthday today! Happy Birthday Devon!

The first photos of Hagrid’s Hut being rebuilt yet again, this time for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie, are now online. To see the photos, click here. Thanks to Ryan, UHP and all who emailed

Harry Potter and Alchemy “To invent this wizard world, I’ve learned a ridiculous amount about alchemy. Perhaps much of it I’ll never use in the books, but I have to know in detail what magic can and cannot do in order to set the parameters and establish the stories’ internal logic.” JK Rowling The Herald, …read more!

HP101: Fandom Acronyms Harry Potter fandom has quite the list of acronyms. Below you will find a working list, started by our own Asphodel Wormwood, and added to greatly by WaggaWaggaWerewolf and our other Leaky Lounge moderators. Please enjoy as you look over the list of Harry Potter acronyms. QuickLinks: • General Harry Potter Acronyms …read more!

Welcome to HP 101 size=”3″>an index of theories, ideas and acronyms used throughout the Harry Potter fandom Harry Potter 101 (HP101) is an idea that was created on our forum, The Leaky Lounge, when one of our valued members, davidenglish, suggested we have some sort of reference for members new to fandom. From that idea, …read more!