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 for the Save the Children fund, …read more!

Film Site Rotten Tomatoes has handed out their yearly awards, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire received their Golden Tomato award in the category of “Best Reviewed Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2005.” These awards are given ” to recognize the year’s best-reviewed films.” Goblet was also ranked in second place in the “Best Reviewed Film …read more!

Publisher’s Weekly has named Jim Dale, narrator of the US Harry Potter audiobooks, Children’s Audiobook Narrator of the Year. In a short question and answer article in that publication’s January 2 issue, Mr. Dale discusses winning a GRAMMY award, what he most enjoys about recording audiobooks, and several of his upcoming projects, including his return …read more!

Actress Katie Leung has been nominated by the “Asian Exellence Awards” for her performance as Cho Chang in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Katie is nominated in the category of “Outstanding Newcomer.” This category is open to the public and you can vote for Katie via this link.These awards honor “outstanding achievements of …read more!

The Yorkshire Post has a new interview with actor Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) who talks about school; both his real life classes and the magical on -screen school of Hogwarts. In this article, the young actor speaks about the need to keep up with his schoolwork, as he does not know what the future will …read more!

As was reported yesterday in the Tatler interview with J.K. Rowling, our favorite author is involved in a project to help impoverished Eastern European orphans. Today’s Bucharest Daily News reports that Ms. Rowling is expected to take part in charity dinner on January 25 in Bucharest, as part of the charity event “Romania for Europe’s …read more!

As previously rumored here, the Goblet of Fire DVD will be released on March 7, as announced by Warner’s Home Video today. It will be available as a single-disc, a two-disc special edition, and as part of a collector’s set of the first four films. The single disc edition will sell for $19.95; the double-disc …read more!

Coming in a bit higher on the “believable” scale than previous versions is this piece of DVD cover art that just may be the cover art from Goblet of Fire. Thanks, Dan!

Emma Thompson (Professor Trelawney) will be a guest on “The Tonight Show” this Thursday, January 12 (NBC, 11:35 p.m. ET), to publicize her new film, Nanny McPhee. Also, as we told you last month, Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) will be a guest on “Inside the Actor’s Studio” this Sunday, January 15 (BRAVO, 9:00 p.m. ET). …read more!

Thanks Tom, for sending us scans of The Tatler article featuring Jo Rowling, which include some stunning new pics of the author. The article sugests a title is decided upon for the seventh book (“I so nearly told you the title,” she tells the reporter, “it almost popped out.”); that former U.S. President Billl Clinton …read more!