Actor Alan Rickman will be a guest on the BBC Radio 4 show “The Film Programme” Friday, Sept 1. According to the Radio Times website, “Chris Tookey talks to Alan Rickman about his role in Snow Cake, a powerful drama in which he plays a road accident survivor who befriends an autistic woman.” This new …read more!

The live, official Harry Potter podcasts that Cheryl Klein of Scholastic, Emerson Spartz (of MuggleNet) and I (for Leaky!) did in July are now all available for download on iTunes right here. We met nearly 1,000 of you at these events, starting at Anderson’s in Naperville, IL, and going to Barnes and Noble in Las …read more!

The calendar on JKRowling.com has been updated to wish a Happy Birthday to Percy Weasley.

The Teen Choice Awards were presented last night on Fox, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was named the winner in the “Choice Movie: Drama” category. Congratulations! Thanks Paul!

WB just confirmed that the release date of the Harry Potter of the Order of the Phoenix film, formerly set for Sept. 6 in Australia, has been moved up to July 12 there – even before it hits the US and UK. Hooray for our Aussie friends!

There is a new interview today with Dan Radcliffe (Harry), Katie Leung (Cho Chang) and director David Yates, who all discuss filming for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Several new pieces of information are included in this lengthy interview, including that the tapestry prop for Grimmauld Place was “designed by J K …read more!

The 52nd show of (the now-Podcast Award winning!) PotterCast, is now up! But first – if you haven’t yet, go over to LeakyMug.com to see the video of our live NYC show! In this PotterCast, Matt Lewis is back for the second of this three parts and he talks about his hair, his fat suit, …read more!

There are several pieces of news about some of the adult actors from the Harry Potter films. First, the September issue of In Style magazine highlights their annual “What’s Sexy Now” feature; this year includes Jason Isaacs as part of the “U.K. Bad Boys.” Of Jason, who will be seen again in Order of the …read more!

The official trailer for Driving Lessons, starring Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Julie Walters (Molly Weasley) is now online. RupertGrint.net now has links available for download, as well as screencaps via this link. You can also watch the trailer at MyMovies.net as well. Driving Lessons will screen at the Edinburgh Film Festival this weekend; both …read more!

We’ve made a significant update to our gallery’s Harry Potter book covers (the last time we did so being when all the images in there were part of the old HP Galleries…), adding covers for five different countries and over 150 new files, bringing the total to 47 countries’ worth and 370 images and making …read more!