Remember the interminable wait between the release of each Harry Potter book? How desperate we were for the slightest hint from J.K. Rowling about what was coming next?  Whose side was Snape on?  Was Harry a Horcrux?  Would he have to die at the end to save the world from Voldemort and his followers?  Would Hermione and …read more!

Jim Kay has officially begun work on the illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and that’s good news that would make even Madam Pince rejoice! After previously announcing on his website Creepy Scrawlers Ltd. about the completion of his work on Goblet of Fire, Kay went on to inform readers that he aims to …read more!

Take a look at the cyber calendar these days and you’ll see some pretty interesting holidays pop up; just about one for every day of the year. A cauldron full of these special occasions seem like they were bewitched by some pretty internet-savvy wizards, or at least one or two Potter-obsessed muggles looking to schedule …read more!

Today we celebrate the birthday of award-winning British actress, screenwriter and activist, Emma Thompson, who coincidentally shares a birthday with the other Harry Potter “Emma”, and her recent Beauty and the Beast co-star, Emma Watson. As most Potterheads know, Thompson played Hogwarts wacky Divination Professor Sybil Trelawney in Prisoner of Azkaban, Order of the Phoenix …read more!

Sorry, Mr. Gleeson, we just can’t keep quiet knowing there’s cause for celebration! It’s a happy birthday, today, for the man who’s been in Leaky news quite often of late. So we wish Brendan Gleeson another wonderful year–and another year of enjoying him in film! To start off the revelries, we cannot fail to mention his contribution to the …read more!

Despite what she claims was a terrible audition, Natalia Tena landed the role of Nymphadora Tonks and embraced the unique traits of the quirky metamorphagus. Tena admits that she had never even read the Harry Potter books when she first tried out for the role of Tonks, so she had no clue what the hype …read more!

Jason Isaacs is most well known in the Harry Potter fandom for his chilling portrayal of the pureblood patriarch, Lucius Malfoy. He played Malfoy over the course of five films, seeing the character through highs and lows, a power player and a pariah. In Chamber of Secrets, his disgust for muggles and muggle-friendly wizarding families, particularly the …read more!

A very Happy Birthday to Imelda Staunton, the woman who plays the character we all love to hate, Dolores Umbridge! Imelda turns 61 today, January 9th. Along with starring as our favorite villain (we all know we despised her even more than Voldemort himself at times) in the Harry Potter movies, Staunton has also starred …read more!