Today, actor Kenneth Branagh, who portrayed the character of Gilderoy Lockhart in the Harry Potter films, celebrates his 49th birthday. Cheers to you, Mr. Branagh!

The Harry Potter series has been voted Favorite Cinematic Adaptation of Children’s Literature by a recent LOVEFiLM poll. The Telegraph reports tonight that the Harry Potter series came in first place with twenty-five percent of the 1,500 plus respondents saying the book series by author J. K. Rowling was their favorite adaptation. The classic Wizard …read more!

Several times in the past, cast members have discussed the possibility of playing themselves 19 years in the future for the epilogue to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. MTV has a new interview online tonight with actor Tom Felton who says he has not had confirmation yet on how that scene will be handled. …read more!

It’s December and for a great many people this is not only a time for holiday happiness, but a great deal of stress and anxiety. The Harry Potter Alliance is holding a meeting tonight on Livestream at 8:30pm (Eastern) to discuss ways we can all deal with stress in our lives (and not resort to …read more!

You’ve all got your HBP DVDs now, right?Well, unwrap them and get them ready, because PotterCast is doing one of its renown DVD commentaries but for the first time ever we’re doing it LIVE, via our LiveStream channel. We will all start watching the movie (on our own computers, silly, we’re not broadcasting it!) together; …read more!

The brand new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD set new sales records as it broke first day sale records when it was released in the UK on December 7th. Released on DVD, Blu-ray, EST (Electronic Sale-Through) and Video on demand, Half-Blood Prince became the fastest selling DVD of 2009 with a whopping 840,000 …read more!

Thanks to the Mark Davies Injured Riders Fund who let us know about a great auction the are holding for their charity this holiday season where the winner will get a visit to the set of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. According to the description of the auction “The winning parent and lucky child …read more!

MTV has released several articles where actor Daniel Radcliffe discusses the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In a video and print interview found here, Dan speaks of the constant changes and hectic pace of the final films in the Harry Potter series, saying “It’s chaos and it’s fear and we’re terrified we’re not …read more!

The new official website for the LEGO Harry Potter has now been launched. At this link, you can find new wallpapers for your computer and phones (even Blackberry) a video section containing the high def video preview we showed you the other day, along with the first teaser trailer. Over in the VIP section (password: …read more!

The Blu-Ray ultimate editions of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets are now available for purchase and to celebrate we’re running a contest here on Leaky. All you need to do is click here to enter: you have a chance to win Grand prize: A Blu-Ray player …read more!