Fiennes, de la Tour, Dale Theater Clips Available Online

The official website for the Tony Awards has a gallery of video clips of past and present nomineees. The clips include scenes from nominated performances and shows as well as backstage interviews. Of interest to Potter fans will be the interviews wih Jim Dale (narrator, U.S. audiobooks) andContinued...

Alan Rickman to Star in New Film and Direct in Edinburgh

During the hiatus from Order of the Phoenix filming, Alan Rickman will be keeping busy. He is attached to star in the film The Villa Golitsyn with Kristin Scott Thomas, which begins shooting in France this summer and is slated for a 2007 release. He will also bring "My Name is RachelContinued...

More on Dan Radcliffe "Extras" Appearance

A few days ago there was news on actor Dan Radcliffe's upcoming appearance on the Ricky Gervais show "Extras." Today there are new reports online which give further detail about all the guest stars for this season. Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is now described as playing a character on the showContinued...

Devon and Stan Say Konichiwa

Devon Murray (Seamus Finnigan) and Stanislav Ianevski (Viktor Krum) have been touring Japan, and have sent Leaky some pictures of their visit:
Visiting Red Monkey in Shibuya, picking out their watches (the Red Monkey Watches are known as celebrity watches).
In Fukushima, they visited girl’s school andContinued...

J.K. Rowling Voted Greatest Living British Author

As we told you in March, The Book Magazine, a quarterly pulication launched this year, ran an online poll to select the greatest living British writers. J.K. Rowling tops the list, with three times the number of votes as the second-place author, Terry Pratchett. Others in the top 20 include A.S.Continued...

Emma Thompson, Imelda Staunton at UK Glamour Awards

Last night, actress Emma Thompson was awarded the UK Glamour Women of the Year award, as "Film-Maker of the Year." Also attending this award ceremony was her new co-star in Order of the Phoenix, actress Imelda Staunton. You can see some good photos of the actresses who play ProfessorContinued...

New Michael Gambon Interview: Driving, Dumbledore and More

Michael Gambon recently appeared on the British television show Top Gear, and sat down with presenter Jeremy Clarkson for a chatty and very funny interview in which he discussed cars, interviews, theater and film. You can see this interview in WMV and iPod-friendly format here, thanks toContinued...

Dan Radcliffe Appearance on "Extras" Due Soon

Ricky Gervais appeared on the Jo Whiley Radio Show recently, and confirmed again that actor Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) would be appearing on the comedy show "Extras" in the near future. Mr. Gervais said that a cameo appearance from Dan is coming soon, as new episodes of the program areContinued...

Weekly Cauldron Shop Update

Here is your weekly Cauldron Shop update, highlighting what's hot in the shop. This week, all things Slytherin:

• Lucius Malfoy Walking Stick
  
  
• Draco Malfoy Wand
  
  
• Snape Mini Bust
  
  
• Snape Wand
  
  
• Slytherin House Ring
  
  
• Slytherin Tie and Scarf Set
  
  
• Slytherin Pin

All purchases made via the Cauldron Shop help support the entire Floo Network,Continued...

Happy Birthday, Jason Isaacs!

Oh what glad tidings and joy I have this day
Everyone, won't you please join in and say
Here's to you, Jason Isaacs,
Happy 43 Birthday!

EW: Harry Potter Number Two Fictional Character

There is a new list out from Entertainment Weekly magazine, this time of the top fictional characters. Harry Potter came in at number two on their list of top franchise characters, with Wolverine from X-Men taking the top spot:

Few other teenagers could boast of vanquishing evil wizards and box officeContinued...

PotterCast #42: Three Men and a Dawlish

PotterCast 42 is now available!
In this show:

-It's June, have ya voted yet? John singing "New York, New York" at Vegas (as promised on PotterCast.com depends on it).
-New: From now on every week, on Mondays from 12 pm EST, the Corner Booth, Leaky's text chat, will be open for a few hours toContinued...

Harry Potter Comes Up Short at MTV Awards

We told you about the nominations for the MTV Movie Awards when voting opened in April. The winners were announced last night, and unfortunately, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was shut out in all three categories for which it received nominations. Christian Bale ("Batman Begins") wonContinued...

Happy Birthday, Draco Malfoy

Well, after the events in Book Six, it's hard to say this, but I guess we should join in for a chorus of 'Happy Birthday Draco Malfoy', as noted on the calendar for June 5 on JKRowling.com.

Registration for Chamber of Secrets Reading Groups Open

Registration to participate in our Harry Potter reading groups is open again, this time for discussion of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. To get sorted into a group, click here! You don't need to have been in any previous groups to participate now, but you do need to beContinued...