Harry Potter Scholars' Conference to be Held in Copenhagen
The Patronus 2006 conference will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark from July 7-9, 2006 at the University of Copenhagen. The conference will be hosted by the independent organization Patronus in cooperation with the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies at the UniversityContinued...
Leaky Shortlisted for Yahoo! UK Entertainment Find of the Year
Well, it only took us two weeks to remember to tell you and there are only five days left to vote, but at least we're in under the deadline: Leaky is very thrilled and honored to have been chosen by a panel of judges as one of the finalists in the Yahoo! UK and Ireland 2005 FindsContinued...
HP News Widget Now Available for Windows; Floo Search Widget Now Available, Period!
Chris Chang has been up to it again: you can now have a Harry Potter News Widget on your Windows or Mac machine (please note you will need the latest version of Konfabulator/Yahoo Widget software, whether on Mac or Windows. The Dashboard version is still availableContinued...
Exclusive Interview with Brendan Gleeson!
Leaky reader Catherine from Dublin was kind enough to send us an exclusive report, including a short interview with Brendan Gleeson, from the red carpet premiere of "Breakfast on Pluto," which took place in Dublin this week. Mr. Gleeson (Mad-Eye Moody) and Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) were amongContinued...
Rickman Fans Start Charity Drive
Jayna from Rickman-Online.net informed us today that "we Alan Rickman fans have taken it upon ourselves to band together and start a charity drive in honor of Mr. Rickman's fast-approaching 60th birthday (Editor's note: Mr. Rickman will turn 60 on February 21, 2006). We are trying to raise $500 forContinued...
Potter Actors to appear at Collectormania in February
Several actors from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire are due to appear at Collectormania G-Mex in Manchester, England next month. Actors Robert Pattinson (Hufflepuff great Cedric Diggory), Stanislav Ianevski (Viktor Krum), Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), and Roger Lloyd Pack (Barty CrouchContinued...
Ask Arthur Levine Your Questions
As mentioned on a previous PotterCast, on Jan. 12 TLC will interview Arthur Levine, co-editor of the Harry Potter books and publisher of the Scholastic (American) edition, and we just can't wait. Part of the interview will consist of fan questions, so if you have one, call (in the U.S.) 1.702.42.LEAKY (1.702.425.3259)Continued...
Happy Birthday, Melissa Anelli
She's the Queen o' the Cauldron,
our own Big Cheese
Everyone, won't you join me please?
as we gather round
and celebrate this day
in honor of
a very special birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELISSA ANELLI!!
Cheers to you! :)
Winner of Signed Half-Blood Prince Book Raffle
Previously, we told you about the Belen Public Library in New Mexico conducting a raffle for their copy of one of the Half-Blood Prince books signed by author J.K. Rowling in order to help fund an addition to their library. The winner was Katherine Williams of Albuquerque, and her son sent us inContinued...
Half Blood Prince Ranks on Stephen King's List
Potter fan and best selling author Stephen King has posted his 10 Favorite Books of the Year list for his Pop of King column he writes for Entertainment Weeklymagazine. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is ranked at number five. He writes:
"The miracle of the Harry Potter series isContinued...
"Candle For Care" Fundraiser
DanRadcliffe.com and DanRadcliffe.co.uk both let us know that they are again running their "Candle for Care" charity fundraiser. Actor Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) has sent out a message to fans asking, in lieu sending presents this holiday season, that fans consider making a donation to Demelza House,Continued...
AOL New York Goblet Premiere Video and More
AOL now has up their video from the New York Premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which you can watch via this link. There are alot of interviews and shots of the fans as well as soundbites with the trio and other cast members. TLC will have our own reports and more coming shortly, so stayContinued...
Now Playing at at Theater Near You...
In case it has slipped your mind... Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has now been released in movie theaters nationwide. The AP reports that fans are turning out in large numbers today to see the new film, stating Fandango" has accounted for more than 90 percent of its advance ticket sales this week,Continued...
A Report Direct from the Scene of the Podcast...
Greetings from NYC! MuggleNet and The Leaky Cauldron have successfully entered both the Ziegfeld Theatre for the US Premiere of Goblet of Fire and the Barnes & Noble Union Square in preparation of tonight's live podcast! We plan on updating this newspost as the night goes on, but already weContinued...
TLC Hosts Goblet of Fire IMAX Showings in Select Cities
We're happy to announce that TLC will once again play host to IMAX events to coincide with the release of the newest HarryPotter film. We'll be presenting events in select cities, featuring hosts from TLC as well as some of your favorite sites, including Fiction Alley, DanRadcliffe.comContinued...