A very happy birthday goes out to actors James and Oliver Phelps, who play our favorite mischief making twins in Harry Potter. The Phelps brothers turn 26 today. Warm birthday wishes from everyone at Leaky!

In a new article from Entertainment Weekly the make-up team for the Harry Potter films discusses all the hard work that went into aging the actors for the Epilogue in “Deathly Hallows: Part 2”: Old age makeup is tricky. “Ninety percent of the time, it attracts attention to itself’ Dudman points out. So the process …read more!

She has only tweeted nine times, and mostly to say she is spending her time with paper and pen as a better companion than digital communication. With yesterday’s announcement that she will be publishing something not-Harry-Potter-related for the first time, J.K. Rowling sent out another tweet to confirm the story and indicate that it would …read more!

A small update this morning from J.K. Rowling’s Twitter indicates her book will be out this year:As you may have heard, I have a new book out later this year. Very different to Harry, although I’ve enjoyed writing it every bit as much.

Though it would seem that a new novel by J.K. Rowling, brought to a new publisher, would incite the mother of all bidding wars, an Associated Press report has indicated that there was no auction for the book. Rowling’s agent, Neil Blair, would not disclose financial details of the deal but said there had been …read more!

In an Associated Press story about the new adult J.K. Rowling book, Bloomsbury has revealed future plans for the Harry Potter novels: “…we intend to publish illustrated editions of all seven Harry Potter books in a rolling program from 2013 onwards in addition to our partnership on e-books with the Pottermore website,” the publisher said …read more!

UPDATE: jkrowling.com is being “refreshed and redesigned” and will be opened again later this spring. An e-mail list has been added to the Web site’s interface for readers to subscribe to updates. J.K. Rowling’s agency, the Blair Partnership, announced this morning that the Harry Potter author will be releasing a new novel for adults. The …read more!

Last night the Trevor Project released a new PSA featuring Daniel Radcliffe, and today MTV has an article that details Radcliffe’s involvement in the Trevor Project: The 22-year-old said in a statement that his work with the Trevor Project has taught him the importance of being a straight ally and offering his support. “When we …read more!

The 14th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards were held on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, and “Harry Potter” costume designer, Jany Temime, walked away with an award for Excellence in Fantasy Film for her work in “Deathly Hallows: Part 2.” According to the Hollywood Reporter, other winners during the night included “The Girl with the …read more!

Harry Potter alums David Bradley (Argus Filch) and Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley) will both guest star during the seventh season of the BBC’s hit show, “Doctor Who.” News came from the BBC on the first official day of filming for the series. At the moment, it’s unknown what role or episodes the actors will appear …read more!