Leaky News Archives for September 2007
Harry Potter Anecdote Contest Winners Announced
The results are in and the Fan Contest Staff has announced the winners of their latest Leaky contest: Your Harry Potter Anecdote Contest. We asked you to send us your funny and personal anecdotes involving you and the beloved Harry Potter series and you responded with a multitude of wonderful, sentimentalContinued...
Emma Updates Official Site with "Ballet Shoes" Set Pics
The official website for actress Emma Watson has been updated with two new pictures of the actress on the set of her soon to be wrapped new film, “Ballet Shoes.” The images, taken by her father, show Emma dressed as her character Pauline, and of the front of her trailer. This updateContinued...
Dan Radcliffe Interview Video Roundup (Updated)
A number of actor Dan Radcliffe’s recent television appearances we’ve been telling you about are now available for readers to watch in our own Video Galleries. Here is a short roundup of Mr. Radcliffe’s most recent interview clips:
First, the Ellen DeGeneres program on NBC featured a shortContinued...
Winners to JKR New York Open Book Tour Appearance Now Being Notified
Lucky winners in the sweepstakes contest to see Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling at her New York Carnegie Hall appearance are now being notified by Scholastic. TLC readers Helene, Didir, and Meghan have sent us very happy owls relaying this most joyful news. If you are amongContinued...
Back Cover Artwork for "Order of the Phoenix" DVD
Trumpeting the tagline “Sleek, Swift, and Exciting,” you can now see some clear new images of the back cover to the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD courtesy of DVDtown.com. These indicate again the special features that are to be included on the DVD when it is released onContinued...
Video of Dan Radcliffe Discussing Info from JKR on Fate of Harry Potter
Last week, at a conference call with fan sites, we at TLC asked actor Dan Radcliffe about the fact that author J.K. Rowling had given him insight into the fate of Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Today, MTV asked Dan Radcliffe this same question, and thereContinued...
Emma Watson Included on People Magazine's "Best Dressed" List
Actress Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) has been named one of the “Best Dressed” celebrities in People Magazine’s annual round up of the “Best and Worst Dressed” of 2007. In the latest issue, set to be on newsstands this Friday, Emma is along side such actressesContinued...
Dan Radcliffe on HBP Film: Tragedy of Slughorn Outweighs Comedy
MTV has a new interview with Dan Radcliffe now online, where the actor speaks about the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” film, and talks about the role of new Potions master Horace Slughorn. Dan does not indicate who will be portraying this pivotal characterContinued...
PotterCast 116: Big Pack of Stuff
The newest episode of PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast is now online! Episode 116 is here, bursting at the seams with Harry Potter news and discussion. To listen, just hit the "Play" button on the right side of the page (->), or use iTunes, or direct download.
In this episode:
- Movie 6 news.
- WhereContinued...
Title for Italian Edition of "Deathly Hallows" Announced
Salani, the Italian publishers of the Harry Potter novels, announced today the long awaited title of the seventh book in author J. K. Rowling’s series. The title, which garners a slight spoiler caution for those still awaiting “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” in theirContinued...
WB: Harry Potter Films Now the Top Grossing Franchise of All-Time
Variety is reporting tonight that Warner Brothers has announced the Harry Potter film series are now the top-grossing film franchise in movie history. Amassing a staggering ” $4.47 billion worldwide,” the series about the boy who lived has surpassed the box office totalsContinued...
LA Schools to See JKR on Open Book Tour Announced, New Orleans School to be Announced Wednesday
As announced previously, author J.K. Rowling is making three appearances here in the US on the “Open Book Tour,” with stops in New York, Los Angeles and New Orleans. On three of these appearances select schools were chosen to see the HarryContinued...
Rumor Alert: Possible Casting for Young Voldemort in "Half-Blood Prince"
Official casting news continues to be scarce as we draw closer to the anticipated start of filming for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film in a few weeks, but now we have a rumor tonight regarding a possible candidate for the role of young Tom Riddle. An article in theContinued...
Daniel Radcliffe Speaks with a Forked Tongue
Well it wasn’t quite speaking in tongues per say, but it would seem that actor Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) has followed the lead of Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldmort, by revealing the joys of a forked tongue, or in this case multi-forked. Yes, really. Check out this absolutely quirky yet hilariousContinued...
Sue Upton, Head of House
The team at Terminus 2008, the Harry Potter conference happening next August in Chicago, have announced today that our own Sue Upton will serve as Head of Pampero House, one of the four houses the conference has created inside its fictional Aeolian University. Pampero is the house of mischief makers, its colors HufflepuffContinued...