Many happy returns to Sean Biggerstaff, who is today celebrating his 27th birthday! The actor, who plays Oliver Wood in the Harry Potter films, will next appear in “Hippie Hippie Shake.” The film also stars Sienna Miller and Cillian Murphy and will be released on the 21st of May in the U.K. Happy birthday, Sean!

This week, the actors from the Harry Potter films have been getting involved with all sorts of new projects in film and theatre. Starting on the 17th of March, Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) will be filming “Coriolanus” in Belgrade, Serbia. Reuters reports that the actor, who is directing the adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy, also …read more!

Please join all of us at Leaky in wishing Harry Melling a very happy birthday. The actor, who portrays Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter films, is today celebrating his 21st birthday. Many happy returns!

An announcement has been made via the Team StarKid Twitter page regarding the debut of the followup to last summer’s “A Very Potter Musical,” “A Very Potter Sequel.” The sequel will be performed live for the first time May 14th through the 16th in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where the original YouTube sensation originated. An accompanying …read more!

HPEF has announced today that actor Christian Coulson, who portrayed the character of Tom Riddle in the “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” film, will be appearing at the upcoming Harry Potter fan conference, Infinitus 2010, in Orlando, Florida. Taking part in many events over the weekend, the official website forum notes: Christian will …read more!

Common threads run through many fiber items. Spun yarn, woven fabric, crafty ideas. The common theme or idea that ties it all together. So what would crafting and living ecologically green have as a common thread? Creativity. Both require some creative thinking and adapting so that we can either create something from basic items or …read more!

Variety is reporting that ABC Family will air “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” in late 2011. Ken Werner of Warner Bros. is quoted in the article, saying, “[feature] films are an integral part of the formula for a successful cable service, and ABC Family has created a terrific destination where Warner Bros. movies have …read more!

As a follow up to our post about the Ellen DeGeneres Show taping from Universal Studios Orlando and broadcasting a ‘sneak peek’ at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park, the talk show’s website has put out a call for those knowledgeable in everything Harry Potter. In the “Be Part of the Show’ section, …read more!

As it is now past midnight in the U.K., the calendar on J.K. Rowling’s official website has been updated to mark Remus Lupin’s birthday. Many happy returns, Moony!

Actors from the Harry Potter films have this week been getting involved in theatre, fashion, film and Academy Awards. Theatermania reports that Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) will take part in a pre-performance Artist Talk at the Brooklyn Academy of Music‘s Harvey Theatre. The talk will take place at 6pm on the 27th of April before …read more!