Robbie Coltrane, who plays our favorite half-giant, is celebrating his birthday today. Please join Leaky in wishing Robbie Coltrane a happy birthday. Many happy returns!

Richard Griffiths, well known on screen and stage but perhaps best known to many of us as Harry Potter’s Uncle Vernon Dursley, has died at age 65 from complications after heart surgery. According to The Guardian, tributes have already begun pouring in from his co-stars, including Daniel Radcliffe: “In August 2000, before official production had …read more!

Today, a wax model of Emma Watson was unveiled at London’s Madame Tussauds: The 22-year-old Hermoine actress will be seated on a chaise lounge in the iconic tourist attraction, to allow fans to sit next to her. Madame Tussaud’s Nicole Fenner said: “Emma is the perfect addition and we’re very lucky to add her to …read more!

Emma Watson has posed for a series of pictures that will appear in Natural Beauty, a photographic book by James Houston: For his latest multimedia project, NATURAL BEAUTY, Houston turns his eye to nature for inspiration, with the goal to raise awareness and funds for the environment and sustainable living. Created in partnership with MILK …read more!

“The Bling Ring,” the Sofia Coppola directed film which stars Emma Watson, will have June 14th limited release in the United States: The film is based on Nancy Jo Sales’ Vanity Fair article “The Suspects Wore Louboutins’ and is about a group of teenagers who stole from Hollywood A-listers like Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Paris …read more!

A belated happy birthday to Bonnie Wright, who turned 22 years old yesterday on February 17th. Many happy returns!

A new article about Dan Radcliffe appears in the March issue of OUT magazine. In it, Radcliffe discusses his upcoming film “Kill Your Darlings,” as well as touching on if he would rewatch the Harry Potter films: When he was plucked from obscurity to play the most famous boy in the world, Radcliffe had no …read more!

James and Oliver Phelps will be meeting fans at Discovery Times Square in New York, which is currently hosting Harry Potter: The Exhibition. The Phelps twins will be there on February 16th, 17th, and 19th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm: Patrons must buy tickets to Harry Potter: The Exhibition for any time slot on …read more!

Dan Radcliffe will be starring in a special segment during the 85th Academy Awards, which will air on February 24th: “We were bewildered,” says Zadan. “How can you have the biggest franchise in motion-picture history, Harry Potter, and yet no one has ever been on the Oscars? (It) was strange to us.” Zadan and Meron …read more!

You can watch the trailer for “Into the White,” starring Rupert Grint here at Apple.com. “Into the White” will be available on iTunes and on Demand on March 7th and it will be released into select US theatres on April 12th. A synopsis for the film follows: At the beginning of World War II a …read more!