August 20th, 2008 — , Books from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
A reminder today that just over a month from now on September 23, Scholastic will issue the special ten year anniversary edition of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” In preparation for the release, US Harry Potter publishers Scholastic have…
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August 19th, 2008 — , Radcliffe Interviews from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Previously we told you that actor Dan Radcliffe would be part of a special New York Times Talks event, in preparation for his appearance on Broadway in the production of “Equus.” That event took place tonight in NYC, and there…
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August 18th, 2008 — , JK Rowling from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
There are two pieces of news online tonight regarding Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling and honors she recently received. First, the Mythopoeic Society, which is a non-profit agency promoting the study and enjoyment of mythic literature, has chosen Ms….
August 18th, 2008 — , Conventions from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
As many readers know, Terminus 2008, the Harry Potter conference, recently took place in Chicago, Illinois last week. MTV now has new video online, featuring a host of interviews with some of the Wizarding rock bands who played at the…
Related StoresAugust 18th, 2008 — , PotterCast from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Back from tour and Terminus, PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast is here today with its 162nd episode which brings you the latest Harry Potter news as well as our live show from New York City. This episode starts off with…
August 17th, 2008 — , Actor Birthdays from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Happy Birthday wishes go out today to actress Helen McCrory, who will be portraying the character of Narcissa Malfoy in the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” film. The actress is celebrating her 40th birthday today. Cheers, Helen!…
Related StoresAugust 17th, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
A bit more on the decision to change the release date of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” from November of this year to July 17th, 2009 is now online. The Canadian Press has a new article on the timing…
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August 17th, 2008 — , Felton from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Scholastic.com has posted a new interview with Tom Felton, where the actor discusses his role as Draco Malfoy in the Potter films, confirms his involvement with his music on his YouTube channel and more. In the article, which you can…
August 16th, 2008 — , Pattinson from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
A number of media outlets are tonight reporting that after the recent announcement by Warner Bros. that the sixth film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, would be pushed back to a July 17, 2009 theatrical release, a decision was…
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August 15th, 2008 — , Leaky from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The third edition of The Quibbler, our new magazine which prints “all the news you won’t find anywhere else,” is hot off the presses and available for your reading pleasure. This issue contains much news that rarely ever makes print…
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As the fallout continues from the stunning announcement yesterday by Warner Bros to reschedule the release of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” to July 17, 2009, the publicity machine had already been in place, including the upcoming feature on…
August 13th, 2008 — , Video Games from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Video Game resource IGN.com has a review online of the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” video game on the Nintendo DS platform. This review details the activities, tasks, and experiences when playing the game as well as comments…
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August 13th, 2008 — , Watson from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The September issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK magazine contains a feature on actress Emma Watson (Hermione Granger). As noted on her official website, the article focuses on some of Emma’s favorite styles and clothes, including some of her outfits from…
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August 13th, 2008 — , Seventh Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Actress Geraldine Somerville has confirmed her intent to return as Lily Potter for the final “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” film, as well as the upcoming “Half-Blood Prince.” In an interview with the Manchester Evening News, Ms. Somerville, who…
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August 12th, 2008 — , Books from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
USA Today has an article online discussing the scientific advances in technology that would make it possible for an invisibility cloak object to exist. Once only something of fiction from the Harry Potter novels, the article reports that scientists have…
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August 11th, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Ever fancy some of Slughorn’s Crystallized Pineapple as mentioned in “Half-Blood Prince?” Well now you can, as there is word tonight on some of the new candies being released this fall before the debut of the sixth Harry Potter film….
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August 10th, 2008 — , Character Birthdays from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The calendar on Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling’s website has been updated to wish the youngest Weasley child, Ginny, a happy birthday. Here’s to you, Ginny! Cheers!…
August 9th, 2008 — , JK Rowling from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
As readers will remember, Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling wrote an 800-word note card containing a story featuring a young James and Sirius Black for Waterstone’s “What’s Your Story?” charity auction. This Harry Potter prequel was included with the…
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August 9th, 2008 — , LeakyLounge from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
It is time once again to dust off your classics, for Jo’s Book Nook is now starting to read the Harper Lee novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Our Non-Harry Potter Book opens up today with the reading of this book…
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August 7th, 2008 — , Radcliffe from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
As readers will remember, the play “Equus,” starring Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon), will be making its Broadway run in New York City starting this September. Rehearsals for the play are set to begin this Friday,…
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After receiving many wonderful and fun entries, the winners of our Two-Part Riddle Contest are ready to be announced. Back in July, we asked you to answer the ten riddles that were picked during the first part of the contest…
August 6th, 2008 — , Rickman from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Actor Alan Rickman, who portrays the character of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films, recently attended the New York City premiere of his new film “Bottle Shock” in which he shares the screen with such actors as Bill Pullman,…
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August 5th, 2008 — , Video Games from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
There are a number of new photos online this evening from the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” video game. The eighteen new photos appeared online and show shots of the video game in action along with some interesting…
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August 5th, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Additional information is now online today, regarding tickets for the UK “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Royal and European Premiere November 17th, 2008 in London, England. As we reported previously, The Royal Film Performance 2008 is sponsored by the…
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August 3rd, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
There are a slew of new images online from foreign products set for release along with the sixth film, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” this fall. As readers will remember, these product tie-ins feature new looks at a number…
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August 1st, 2008 — , LeakyLounge from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
As it is now August, we have an exciting new contest to bring you today. The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Sorting Hat Song Contest asks you to provide the lyrics to the Sorting Hat song one would have…
August 1st, 2008 — , LeakyLounge from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Our Lounge wide Harry Potter book club is now open once again and has started reading the third book, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” Join your fellow Leaky Loungers in being with Harry during his third year at…
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August 1st, 2008 — , Radcliffe from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Playbill.com has two new publicity photos online featuring actors Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Richard Griffiths (Vernon Dursley) from their upcoming stateside revival of the play “Equus.” The photos, showing the pair together as well as a shirtless Radcliffe solo,…
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August 1st, 2008 — , Books from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Scholastic, the US publishers of the Harry Potter novels, have updated their website with additional information regarding some of the content to be found in the new “Tales of the Beedle the Bard” book by J.K. Rowling due December 4…
July 31st, 2008 — , Actor Birthdays from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Along with the birthdays of Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, and the announcement of the publication of “The Tales of Beedle the Bard,” actor Richard Griffiths (Vernon Dursley) is also celebrating his birthday on July 31st. The actor turns 61…
July 31st, 2008 — , Fans from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Universal Orlando Resorts has new concept art online depicting the Three Broomsticks pub for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park attraction currently under construction in Florida. The official website for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter was updated…
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July 31st, 2008 — , Books from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
J.K. Rowling’s children’s charity, The Children’s High Level Group, will publish The Tales of Beedle the Bard on December 4, in an exclusive deal with Bloomsbury, Scholastic and Amazon. (You can pre-order from Amazon now.) According to an JKRowling.com, the…
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July 30th, 2008 — , PotterCast from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast is coming to you live from Boston, MA, the site of next year’s LeakyCon conference, for an new episode full of talk before the premiere of the “Half-Blood Prince” teaser trailer. As a reminder,…
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July 30th, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
MTV has two new articles online relating to the recently released teaser trailer for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” In the first article, actor Rupert Grint says that while he has not yet seen the new trailer, he is…
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July 30th, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Thanks to Warner Bros, who sent us a plethora of direct links to the brand new teaser trailer for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” including an iPod friendly version, plus High Def links for Quicktime and Windows Media as…
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July 30th, 2008 — , LeakyLounge from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The Lily and Stag Inn located in our Leaky Lounge forum has now opened sorting for the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” reading groups. These private reading groups give Leaky Lounge members the ability to read, dissect,…
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July 30th, 2008 — , Character Birthdays from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
With the “Half-Blood Prince” teaser trailer officially online, please join us in wishing a most brave young man, Neville Longbottom, a happy birthday. The website calendar of Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has been updated for June 30th to…
Related StoresJuly 29th, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
In addition to the just released “Half-Blood Prince” trailer, which can be seen here in our Video Galleries as well as on the revamped US Official Harry Potter website, WB sent us high res versions of the four trailer stills…
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July 29th, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
At long last, the first teaser trailer for the “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” film is online via MSN. CLICK HERE TO WATCH! Enjoy! AOL Moivefone now has the trailer online in three glorious HD sizes: 480 720 1080…
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July 29th, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The photos from “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” keep coming as there are two new images online this afternoon. First, there is a new image from the soon to be released teaser trailer showing one Albus Dumbledore standing before…
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Further news comes today regarding the “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” film from the a press release that reveals the sixth film will make its Royal and European premiere at The Royal Film Performance 2008. This event will take…
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July 29th, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
n addition to the two photos from yesterday, USA Today has now released two additional photos of Harry Potter (Dan Radcliffe), Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon), and the memory vial relating to Young Tom Riddle. You can see the new photos…
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July 28th, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
USA Today has a sneak preview of the upcoming teaser trailer for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” which includes our first look at a young Tom Riddle as portrayed by Hero Fiennes-Tiffen. Director David Yates says of the the…
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Once again, evil Lord Voldemort has been named among the Top 10 All-Time Best Movie Villains thanks to a new listing from Hollywood.com. The Dark Lord, portrayed by actor Ralph Fiennes, comes in fifth place on the list, but is…
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July 28th, 2008 — , Grint from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
The first image from Rupert Grint’s upcoming film “Cherrybomb” is now online care of our Order partner, Rupert Grint.net. As we reported previously, Rupert (Ron Weasley) is currently in production in Ireland on this new film, which is described as…
Related StoresJuly 27th, 2008 — , Watson from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Actress Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) was in attendance at this afternoon’s Cartier International Polo 2008, an event overseen this year by Prince Charles. The Telegraph reports, a number of celebrities were in attendance along with Miss Watson, as was a…
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July 26th, 2008 — , LeakyLounge from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
Come join us today in our Leaky Lounge forum for a celebration of the one-year anniversary of the publication of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” This time last year, readers across the world at last knew of Harry’s fate…
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July 25th, 2008 — , Watson from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
There is a new article online from Home Media Magazine which gives information on a limited theatrical release in the US for “Ballet Shoes,” the BBC film staring Emma Watson (Hermione Granger). Set to take place in a total of…
July 25th, 2008 — , Video Games from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
IGN has a new preview of the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” video game from EA online that goes into more detail about the playing experience and what to expect from the game. Based on a preview at…
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July 24th, 2008 — , HBP Film from The Leaky Cauldron @ The Leaky Cauldron
A slew of soon to be released merchandise tied into the upcoming release of the “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” film has appeared online via a number of retailers outside the States. Readers will remember last week, the first…
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