Miriam Margoyles, a.k.a. Prof. Sprout, has been cast as Madam Morrible in the London production of Wicked, the Musical. She will star alongside original Elphaba, Idina Menzel (pictured in this album with Chris Rankin at Wicked last year), who will reprise her role in the UK. The musical tells the “untold story” of the witches …read more!

J.K. Rowling and her husband, Dr. Neil Murray, won a lawsuit yesterday against the Sunday Express, which printed a photograph of their son David. Because of the ruling, British newspapers will be unable to publish photographs of celebrities’ children in many circumstances, which is likely to have “serious implications” for the paparazzi. Keith Schilling, who …read more!

Thanks to you all, the last time we checked, Leaky had an astounding 65 pecent of the vote going into the final days of the People’s Voice Webby competition. However, there are now about 36 hours left to vote, and as such we have absolutely no idea what’s going on, because the tracking stats have …read more!

Nominees for the 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards have been announced, and Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon), Frances de la Tour (Madame Maxime) and Jim Dale (Narrator, U.S. Harry Potter audiobooks) have all been honored. Mr. Griffiths and Ms. de la Tour have received nominations for their performances in “The History Boys,” as Outstanding Actor in …read more!

The trailer for Alan Rickman’s newest film “Snowcake” is now online. You can watch this piece that features a wonderful performance from Alan via this link. Enjoy! Thanks to everyone who emailed.

IMDB has updated their site to list Terry Gilliam as the director for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Readers will remember that in the past Mr. Gilliam has expressed interest in directing a Harry Potter film. While this editor would be thrilled if this were indeed the case, please remember everyone, this is still …read more!

AOL Moviefone has posted a new video interview with actor Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), where he interviews “Driving Lessons” director Jeremy Brock. In this six minute interview, they do discuss the Harry Potter films, and note the differences between a big budget movie, and small budget films. Rupert says in the six weeks time it …read more!

Reader Hope has sent us an excellent report of Rupert Grint’s appearance at the Driving Lessons premiere (pics here), including a review of the film and excerpts from the Q&A that took place afterward. “Audience Question: Do you relate to Ben (Rupert’s character)? Rupert: In some ways I do- (laughs) the crap dancing! Audience Question: …read more!

We’ve added some more new pics from Rupert Grint’s appearance at the premiere of “Driving Lessons” to our gallery, thanks to readers Justine and Hope – these are added to the many hi-res pictures that Mary uploaded yesterday. Also, reader Naomi has sent in some great shots from Collectormania 2006 this weekend, where the Phelps …read more!

PotterCast #37, Films in a Bottle, in which the first of two parts of your awesome Harry Potter Impersonations stars, is live! In this show: -Part One of the Impersonations Contest -Canon Conundrums two: Who was in Godric’s Hollow the night of Harry’s parents’ murder? (We start out talking about the whole 24-hour gap but …read more!