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Dec. 21st, 2009

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Harry Potter: Guardian's 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...

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Death Eater Actor Donates First Edition Potter Books to British Heart Foundation

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...

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Photographer Tim Hailand Talks One Day in the Life of Daniel 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...

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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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December 21st, 2009: I received some amazing winter footers! I'll leave this up one more day and put up the winner tomorrow. Thanks every! And here's what I'm talking about (from Friday): Okay so it's WINTER and I've still got that fall footer at the bottom of the page. Just like what I did for fall, I'm having a winter footer contest. Send me your best 1000x96 (it can be a bit taller if you want) image that loops, and I'll pick the winner and put it up on the site! Also, if you send in a URL I'll link to your URL with your submission.

Here's the fall version and the fall background image I use for looping. When I say "loops" I mean that the left-hand side of the image is the same as the right-hand side of the image, so when they're tiled horizontally they go together nicely. The background image is just repetitive part of the larger image without much detail to it that I can use for tiling.

Send them in if you're interested, and thanks!

– Ryan

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FDIC You Later

Rumor claims Bank of America will be dropping all FDIC coverage on interest-bearing accounts at the end of 2009.

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The Biggest Christmas Tree

Photograph purportedly shows "the world's largest Christmas tree display."

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The Economist on Economy of 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...

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Times Online Significant Others Q&A 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...

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James and Oliver Phelps to Attend Wizarding World 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...

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my friend eric worked at a phone survey company, and he often had to ask the elderly to tell him wha

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December 18th, 2009: Here are some dudes playing classic SNES games for charity this weekend! You can watch them play and you can donate if they defeat Andross. You don't have to wait until they defeat Andross though!

Okay so it's WINTER and I've still got that fall footer at the bottom of the page. Just like what I did for fall, I'm having a winter footer contest. Send me your best 1000x96 (it can be a bit taller if you want) image that loops, and I'll pick the winner and put it up on the site! Also, if you send in a URL I'll link to your URL with your submission.

Here's the fall version and the fall background image I use for looping. When I say "loops" I mean that the left-hand side of the image is the same as the right-hand side of the image, so when they're tiled horizontally they go together nicely. The background image is just repetitive part of the larger image without much detail to it that I can use for tiling.

Send them in if you're interested, and thanks!

– Ryan

Dec. 18th, 2009

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Jacob Hadcock

E-mailed plea requests Christmas cards for a four-year-old boy said to be dying from leukemia.

Dec. 17th, 2009

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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 ...

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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.

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oh, also it can't be something illegal. you're not allowed to rob a bank because a will told you to

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December 17th, 2009: Thanks to Steven, an almost-lawyer who set me straight on the bear-punching clauses! The legality of spend-a-night-in-an-actually-haunted-house clauses remain an enigma.

The Child's Play charity auction for a T-Rex Squishable raised $241.51 for Child's Play. Nice work, you guys!

– Ryan

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Christmas Wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery

Photograph shows Christmas wreaths laid at headstones in Arlington National Cemetery.

Dec. 16th, 2009

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New Feature on LEGO Harry Potter Video Game

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...

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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: ...

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if the "you have to solve a crime for every dollar you receive" clauses aren't going to be enforced,

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December 16th, 2009: ITEMS OF NOTE:

The Child's Play charity auction for a T-Rex Squishable is ending in just a few hours!

Dinosaur Comics stuff ordered today isn't guaranteed to make it in time for Christmas, unless you're shipping to the States and you choose USPS DOMESTIC EXPRESS shipping. You can still order to non-US addresses however, and some of it still might get there in time! CHRISTMAS IS A TIME OF MIRACLES. (NO PROMISES ON THE MIRACLES THOUGH)

The Project Wonderful ad to the right is currently showing this image which links here, and I've got to say that I find this entirely charming and I love all my readers, but ESPECIALLY the ones who do stuff like this.

I hope you enjoyed these three ITEMS OF NOTE.

– Ryan

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The Greatest Christmas Decoration Ever!

Holiday display depicts a homeowner trapped by a fallen ladder while installing Christmas decorations.

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