IMDb is polling readers for the Best of 2005. At the moment, in the “Best Movie” poll, GoF is in the lead in the Best Picture, English Language and Family Movie categories. It is also in the top ten in the Best Popcorn (Most Entertaining), Scariest, Funniest and Action categories. In the “Best Work” poll, …read more!

All right, everyone. It’s gonna be a long one, but we put so much work into this that we’re putting it all on the front page anyway. It’s been an extraordinary year, and so this last post of 2005 will have an extraordinary wrapup. I personally cannot believe how much has happened in 12 short …read more!

This is an embarassment of riches; so many wonderful, insane things have happened this year that if I had a Top 100 list, I’d fill it up. All of these are at the very very tip-top of what has been one of the most memorable and best years of my life, but still, here is …read more!

PotterCast and MuggleCast team up again for the last LeakyMug of 2005! Attention Listeners: If you’re not doing anything for New Year’s Eve, turn this show on at exactly 11:12 p.m. your time, and we’ll ring in the year with you! In this show: -Sue joins the crew -Ben chickens out, while Melissa swears revenge …read more!

Editor’s Note: This year some of your TLC staff will share with you their favorite moments of 2005; Julie’s is first, with Sue’s, John’s and Melissa’s coming later. Enjoy! 10. Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort. Chillingly human enough to make LV even scarier than I’d imagined him. 9. Neville’s waltz. Wonderful, just wonderful. 8. HBP Release …read more!

Actors Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) and Imelda Staunton (widely rumored to be cast as Dolores Umbridge in Order of the Phoenix) will be made Officers of the prestigious Order of the British Empire, the order of chivalry of British democracy. This honor, conferred in the New Year’s Honors List, acknowledges distinguished service to the arts and …read more!

Many of you have asked how to donate to “Get a Clue,” our annual charity drive benfitting Book Aid International, without buying a shirt; please do so using this button, which will go on top of our page for a week. Thank you!

On the BBC1 TV program “Film 2005,” Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was voted by viewers as number 6 in the top ten films of the year. Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

You have two more days to order T-Shirts in our fourth annual Get a Clue! We’ve raised several thousand dollars for BookAid, so we thank you. If your shirts haven’t arrived yet, we simply ask for your patience. This is a purely mechanical effort for a good cause – we don’t have an Amazon.com plant …read more!

IMDb.com has announced its Top 25 Stars of 2005. The rankings are based on searches performed by more than 30 million users of IMDb. Daniel Radcliffe ranked #18 (up from #20 last year) and Emma Watson came in at #15 (compared to #13 last year). Thanks to Joseph!