There are a series of new construction photos from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction at Universal Studios, Orlando from Orlando United and OrlandoParkNews online today. First, Orlando United has a series of high res shots showcasing up close views of the many towers, turrets, and buildings that comprise the Hogwarts castle; the fine …read more!

The Telegraph has ranked Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling in the number one spot of their list compiling the top 100 bestselling authors of the decade. With over twenty-nine million copies sold, Miss Rowling’s novels beat out books by such other authors as Dan Brown, John Grisham, J. R. R. Tolkien, William Shakespeare, and …read more!

BroadwayWorld.com has a report online from a private reading of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” featuring actor Dan Radclliffe (Harry Potter) in New York yesterday. As readers will recall, rumors first surfaced of Mr. Radcliffe’s involvement in this reading via a report in Variety Magazine last October. Today, the report, available to …read more!

Emma Watson has just launched a Christmas microsite, where she has recorded a video message for her fans where she discusses being back on set after returning from her first semester at Brown University. She has also included new pictures, links to music she’ll be listening this holiday season, and message area where you can …read more!

As 2009 comes to a close, newspapers continue to take stock of the decade, compiling lists which look back the past ten years. Tonight, the Guardian has such a list, naming the Harry Potter series as one of their “Icons of the Decade.” In this profile, the newspaper goes through the history of the series, …read more!

Keighley News reports that the British Heart Foundation has received a charitable donation of a full set of first edition Harry Potter novels from Michael Thompson, an actor set to play a Death Eater in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film. Mr. Thompson donated the set books from his personal collection of …read more!

Happy birthday wishes go out on this day to actor Ralph Fiennes, who portrays the character of Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films. Mr. Fiennes is celebrating his 47th birthday today. Cheers to you, Ralph!

Video featuring photographer Tim Hailand discussing his One Day in the Life of Daniel Radcliffe photographic book has been posted to the photographer’s YouTube, and contains the first look at the newly released publication. Order Partners DanRadcliffe.com report that the four minute video features the photographer speaking about concept for the photographs of Dan Radcliffe …read more!

We are lucky today, because this person just joined senior staff at Leaky and we haven’t even had time yet to mark his birthday in our “to post on Leaky” calendars before it was upon us. Nevertheless we hope you’ll join us in wishing Chris Dotson, who runs the super-fantastic video galleries here at Leaky …read more!

Business and world finance magazine The Economist has published a lengthy profile on the varied ways in which the Harry Potter series by author J. K. Rowing as impacted on the financial and business markets over the past twelve years. In this article, the successes of the series are examined, along with many of their …read more!