Please join us here at TLC today in wishing a very happy birthday to actor Kenneth Branagh, who portrayed the character of Gilderoy Lockhart in the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets film. Mr. Branagh celebrates his 48th birthday today. Cheers to you!

There’s no business like show business, especially when it involves a special Harry Potter movie marathon at the famous Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City. Starting next week from December 19-24, lucky fans who are in the Big Apple can take in a special holiday showings of the five Harry Potter films at this legendary …read more!

UK retailer Marks & Spencer have opened a new contests where residents of the UK can win a trip to Los Angeles for a screening of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince next July. Open now until December 31, and touted as a “Family Trip to LA,” the store’s website describes the trip including a …read more!

Previously we told you there was an exhibit currently ongoing in Iowa featuring the art of Mary GrandPre, including pieces she created for the covers and chapter art found in the US Scholastic editions of the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling. There is now new video available here in our galleries, where the curator …read more!

Beedle the Bard has a new role of late, that of vampire slayer…well of sorts. The USA Today is reporting that The Tales of Beedle the Bard have taken over the number one spot on their Best-Selling book list from the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. The popular series about the life and loves of …read more!

The Tales of Beedle the Bard have become the fastest-selling book of the year in UK. The Bookseller is reporting the new book by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling ” shot straight to the top of the bestseller charts with sales of 368,000 copies in three days.” The article noted that Beedle “comfortably became the …read more!

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter website has been updated with a new poll. Brooms brooms brooms, which is your favorite broom is the topic at hand, and you may make your vote via this link. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park attraction is currently under construction at Universal Orlando, Florida, and at …read more!

Well, this didn’t take long: the first rumors of a Tales of Beedle the Bard movie have hit the net. Just mere days after the release of the new book from Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, CinemaBlend is reporting that Warner Brothers has “a strong interest” in making Beedle the Bard, the Movie once the …read more!

Just dropping in briefly because I wanted to share this article by Charlaine Harris. Scroll down a little to the blog post and read about her holiday. She talks about the holiday village she sets up and how she imagines stories and events, while everyone else sees a multitude of colorful ceramic pieces arranged in …read more!

It is the silver anniversary for Scribbulus, Leaky’s premier essay project, for we have for you today their twenty-fifth issue of Harry Potter essays. Each issue contains a collection of essays on themes, characters, elements, or personal experiences with the novels. For our December issue, we have a paper regarding the sphinx’s riddle from Harry …read more!