Actress Julie Walters has given a new interview to The Express newspaper where she talks about her role as Molly Weasley. She confirms that she will not be seen in the upcoming Goblet of Fire film. The actress is quoted as saying: “To be honest, I was a bit hurt not to be in it,” …read more!

Mackenzie Jean Rowling Murray, as announced on jkrowling.com this morning. JKR’s post makes it sound like she came a few days early, and she noted that she hopes to make a few other updates on the site between baby feeds and sleeping over the next few days. Welcome to the world, baby Mackenzie!

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has received two nominations today for awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The film was nominated for “Best Visual Effects“. The film score by composer John Williams was also nominated as “Best Score.” The Academy Awards will be presented on February 27th in Los …read more!

Scholastic, the US publisher of the Potter books, has updated their customer service page on their website to officially reflect the page numbers for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The Trade edition will contain 672 pages, as does the Library Binding version of the book. The Special Edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood …read more!

Congratulations to J.K. Rowling & family – yesterday, she delivered a baby girl. According to CBBC Newsround, mother and child are doing well. The name will be announced shortly on JKRowling.com, both articles report. We at Leaky send our best wishes to Jo and her family. Congratulations!

Two actors from the Harry Potter films are taking place in a event to help raise money for the victims of the Tsunami disaster. Julie Walters (Molly Weasley) and Dawn French (The Fat Lady) are performing in Comic Aid, a night of stand-up comedy, on February 22nd at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, England. The …read more!

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has donated £20,000 ($37,500 USD) to help fund a book center which aims to promote children’s literature in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Scottish Centre for the Children’s Book, which hopes to be open later this year, will promote “Scots children’s books to youngsters and their parents.” This article from the Edinburgh …read more!

TLC reader Jim sent us an interesting bit of news today. On Amazon.com there is an option to pre-order the “Library Binding” version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. When you click to read the description of this version of the book, it lists Half-Blood Prince as having 672 pages. Barnes & Noble also …read more!

Edit note and update: Hey guys. At Warner Bros.’ polite request we have removed these images. Warner Bros. sends their apologies and admits there was a faux pas that allowed these images to go live – as has been mentioned before, they had planned to release an image of Krum in a more majestic way …read more!

DanRadcliffe.com is having a different kind of birthday bash for Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe who will turn 16 years old this year. The 16th Birthday Project will be making a parody film of Dan’s career, featuring you, the fans. Interested fans are encouraged to portray Dan either at home, on or off the set, …read more!