Kenneth Branagh has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the HBO film Warm Springs. The nomination is in the category “Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television.” Congratulations, Kenneth!

CBBC Newsround reports that the name of the lucky girl chosen to play Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix may be announced in early January. As we previously reported, the field has been narrowed to five actors, none of whose names has been released by Warner Brothers.

This summer, we told you about an article that appeared in “Nature” magazine about the heritability of wizardry. That article was featured in this week’s New York Times Magazine as one of the “most noteworthy ideas of the past twelve months.” The article includes a great chart showing the genetic chain of the Evans/Potter/Dursley family, …read more!

We’re really pleased to announce that The Cauldron Shop has unveiled a wishlist feature. This means that you can go create an account, and while you browse, add items to your wishlist, then send your own personalized page of items out to your friends and family. Or, your friends and family can search your name …read more!

Ann Curry interviewed the trio tonight on Dateline on NBC; you can see the clip here – thanks to RGMS and MN. Dateline, Dec 11, WMV (9.5MB)

Box Office Mojo reports that The Chronicles of Narnia and Syriana ousted Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire from its three-week stint at the top of the charts. Potter earned about $10.3 million this weekend, while Narnia took in $67 million and the critically acclaimed but slow-burning Syriana $12 million. HP’s total US gross …read more!

Psst – to those who have been asking where the transcript of the J.K. Rowling / Stephen Fry interview is – it’s been here since yesterday, thanks to our friends at MN – it was linked from the original news post. Now stop asking! 🙂 It’s also now available at Quick Quotes, as part of …read more!

Here are some new Goblet of Fire stamps available from Australia – thanks MN!

The Mirror reports that Rupert Grint will be on Graham Norton’s New Year’s Day show Generation Fame on BBC. Thanks Joe!

A bunch of Goblet pics that may come from deleted scenes have come our way: Courtesy UHP: –Harry in the prefects bathroom – –Crouch at the Ministry –Ron –Seamus –Draco scowling –Cho at the ball Courtesy SnitchSeeker, some pics from the day calendar: –Harry by the waterfall –Frank Bryce –Karkaroff, McGonagall, Crouch at the ball …read more!