We’ve received several reports and photos of location filming taking place this weekend for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film in London. This scene, which does NOT involve any of main cast members, involves a shoot at Millennium Bridge in London, England. Reader Milo says they are using extras for a special …read more!

Actor Jim Dale, narrator of the US edition of the Harry Potter audio books, will be a speaker at the upcoming Portus symposium later this summer. HPEFhas now announced that Mr. Dale will give a special presentation on Saturday July 12 at the Portus 2008 Harry Potter Symposium in Dallas, Texas, followed by a Question …read more!

She keeps things moving and grooving around here with a smile – so please join us here at Leaky as we say happy birthday to Doris Herrmann, our project coordinator extraordinaire! Since she’s spending part of today running a 10K race, we thought, this being the internet and all, that we should open up a …read more!

J.K. Rowling has given a new interview with the Edinburgh “Student” newspaper, where the Harry Potter author gives her thoughts on future writing projects, the reaction to the news on Dumbledore’s sexuality, religious fundamentalists, and much more. In this lengthy interview, Jo confirms she is indeed compiling information on the “Scottish book,” or the encyclopedia …read more!

Thanks to TLC reader Pete for letting us know the score to the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix video game was a recent winner at the Movie Music U.K. Awards. The music for the fifth Harry Potter video game, composed by James Hannigan, was named “Best Score-Game,” beating out scores from Halo …read more!

Actress Emma Watson has updated her website with a diary entry noting she will be attending the Empire Magazine Awards this Sunday. The actress, who portrays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, says she is also going to be presenting an award, and she hopes it will be “a good night for Potter.” As …read more!

Last month we brought to you our Love Songs of the 90s Contest where we asked you to send us love song lyrics that were directed to a character from Harry Potter series. After receiving many excellent entries, the winners of this contest have been chosen. The winners, along with an honorable mention, are: 1st …read more!

Wizrocklopedia has now announced the winners of their People’s Choice Awards, which included two songs found on Jingle Spells, our Get a Clue Charity Fundraiser Holiday CD. Selected as “Best Holiday Song” was “Christmas with the Weasleys” by The Remus Lupins (also named Band of the Year), and “Best Rap” went to “Oh! Christmas Tree” …read more!

We have several updates today regarding some books and merchandise from Harry Potter series. First UK publishers Bloomsbury have announced that a special new box set of all seven of the Harry Potter books in paperback will be available in October. With a label reading “The Complete Harry Potter Collection,” The Bookseller.com reports this set …read more!

Forbes Magazine has released their annual list of the world’s billionaires and, once again, Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has been included as part of their 2008 ranking. Named among the Celebrity Billionaires, Ms. Rowling is the only author on their list. Forbes notes the following: Once a single mother living on welfare in …read more!