http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/21/harry-potter-guardians-icon-of-the-decade

As 2009 comes to a close, newspapers continue to take stock of the decade, compiling lists which look back the past ten years.  Tonight, the Guardian has such a list, naming the Harry Potter series as one of their "Icons of the Decade."  In this profile, the newspaper goes through the history of the series, noting its impact on the world of publishing, presence in Hollywood, and influence in li...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/21/death-eater-actor-donates-first-edition-potter-books

Keighley News reports that the British Heart Foundation has received a charitable donation of a full set of first edition Harry Potter novels from Michael Thompson, an actor set to play a Death Eater in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film.  Mr. Thompson donated the set books from his personal collection of sixty Potter novels to the British Heart Foundation after his mother w...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/21/photographer-tim-hailand-talks-one-day-in-the-life-of-dan-radcliffe-book

Video featuring photographer Tim Hailand discussing his One Day in the Life of Daniel Radcliffe photographic book has been posted to the photographer's YouTube, and contains the first look at the newly released publication.  Order Partners DanRadcliffe.com report that the four minute video features the photographer speaking about concept for the photographs of Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), whic...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/21/happy-birthday-chris-dotson

We are lucky today, because this person just joined senior staff at Leaky and we haven't even had time yet to mark his birthday in our "to post on Leaky" calendars before it was upon us. Nevertheless we hope you'll join us in wishing Chris Dotson, who runs the super-fantastic video galleries here at Leaky with endless enthusiasm and efficiency, the most super-fantastic birthday yet! Happy birth...

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http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/19/the-economist-on-harry-potter-deathly-hallows-filming-ends-in-may

Business and world finance magazine The Economist has published a lengthy profile on the varied ways in which the Harry Potter series by author J. K. Rowing as impacted on the financial and business markets over the past twelve years.  In this article, the successes of the series are examined, along with many of their particular economic effects.  Of interest are comments made by Harry Potter f...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/18/times-online-significant-others-qa-with-tom-felton

Times Online has a fun and probing Q&A with actor Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) online tonight, in which he discusses the people in his life who have been most significant.  In the article, which can be read via this link, Mr. Felton speaks to the reactions of his friends to his work on the Harry Potter films, the sacrifices of his mother, support of his family, and more.  In regards to Harry Potte...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/18/james-and-oliver-phelps-to-attend-theme-park-opening

As readers will recall, last week word came from an interview conducted by The Magazine in Canada with actors Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) that the pair will be visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park currently under construction at Universal Orlando, Florida.  Word comes today from the Twitter account of actor Oliver Phelps (George Weasley) that h...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/17/half-blood-prince-debuts-at-top-of-dvd-and-bluray-sales-charts

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD garnered the top spot in Nielsen VideoScan's First Alert sales chart this week with a total of $302 million in sales.  First week sales of the sixth Potter film came in above the such releases as Public Enemies and Julie and Julia, which were ranked in second and third place, respectively.  The report goes on to ...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/17/rupert-grint-in-february-issue-of-total-film-magzine

At the request of Total Film Magazine, the scan of Mr. Grint featured in their February issues has been removed.As TLC reported previously, the issue is set to feature the Harry Potter films at number eight of their "Franchise of the Decade" list.  If anyone can get scans of the feature inside the magazine, please send them to staff@the-leaky-cauldron.org.

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/16/-21

The upcoming LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4 game is featured in the new issue of Game Informer magazine and contains many new photos and information about the video game which is due out next year. In scans you can see here (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), we learn that you will play through each of the years separately (SS, CoS, PoA and GoF) but that you can bring a character forward to a different year, for exa...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/16/amazon-uk-harry-potter-on-top-selling-lists-of-the-decade

Sales of Harry Potter items are in the news as UK Amazon has released several lists today of top sellers over the past decade. The Telegraph reports that in the Top Selling DVDs and Blu-rays of the decade for the online retailer, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was number six on the list (number one was Mamma Mia followed by Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and Lord of the Rings: ...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/15/harry-potter-a-top-twitter-trend-of-2009

Harry Potter has been on many minds of late, and is apparently the subject of many a tweet. Twitter, the communication system that lets you reach people around the world in 140 characters or less, has released their Top Trends for 2009. As noted in the Washington Post with the full list here, "Harry Potter" was the Top Movie trend edging out communications about films "New Moon," "District 9," ...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/15/scholastic-and-a-decade-of-harry-potter

As the year draws to an end, Scholastic, US publishers of the Harry Potter novels, have a reminder for us today of the remarkable decade that was, and the amazing impact of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. The sales figures are staggering, but as publisher Arthur A. Levine and VP of Scholastic reminds us, the true magic has been in the reading:"What the numbers leave out is the singular...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/14/-19

This week, Total Film magazine is releasing their newest issue with ten different covers as part of their special on best of the decade. Harry Potter will be featured on one of the covers (also here in our galleries) as "Franchise of the Decade." Coming in at number 8, the cover says about Harry Potter: "From page to screen, how Harry Potter made movie magic. Plus, first word on the epic final...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/14/welcome-to-hogsmeade-photo-update-on-harry-potter-theme-park-construction

Construction continues at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park attraction in Orlando, Florida and we have several new batches of photos to show you today, including our first look at the Hogsmeade village sign right here. This comes courtesy of OrlandoParknews, which has some terrific large size photos as well of the entrance to Hogwarts Castle, the brick facade now in place on the sh...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/13/harry-potter-cast-and-crew-interview-round-up-for-hbp-film

A slew of interviews with actors and producers from the Harry Potter films are now online in conjunction with the recent DVD release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.  In the first of three articles from the Toronto Sun, Potter producer David Heyman comments on why the Half-Blood Prince DVD was produced with more special features than previous film released.  In part, he says:"I have v...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/13/high-res-photos-from-one-day-in-the-life-of-daniel-radcliffe

A series of high res scans are now online from the upcoming photographic book of actor Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) by  photographer Tim Hailand, One Day In the Life of Daniel Radcliffe.  Available to view right here in our Image Galleries, the photos published in OK Magazine feature the young actor over the period one day during his Broadway run of the Peter Shaffer play Equus.  As readers ...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/12/13/tom-felton-and-bonnie-wright-to-attend-harry-potter-theme-park-in-may

The December issue of The Magazine from Canada contains new interviews with Tom Felton (Draco), Bonnie Wright (Ginny), James and Oliver Phelps (Gred & Forge), Jessie Cave (Lavender) and Dave Legeno (Fenrir) as part of the promotion for the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD. During the interview, they are asked about the upcoming Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park currently unde...

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