Organizers for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards announced this morning that the “Harry Potter” film franchise will receive the award for “Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.” Author J.K. Rowling and producer David Heyman will be presented with the award during the ceremony on February 13th at the Royal Opera House …read more!

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this morning released the nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” was nominated for two Oscars. The film is up for the Art Direction award, facing competition from “Alice in Wonderland”, “Inception”, “The King’s Speech” and “True Grit”. Named in …read more!

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) this morning released the list of nominees for the 2011 Orange British Academy Film Awards. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” received two nods, for Special Visual Effects (Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Ait’Hadi, Christian Manz) and Make Up and Hair (Amanda Knight, Lisa …read more!

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” has been nominated for the Art Directors Guild‘s 15th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards for 2010. “Hallows”‘ production designer Stuart Craig was nominated alongside the production designers for “Alice in Wonderland”, “Inception”, “Tron: Legacy” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” in …read more!

The nominations for the 68th Golden Globes Awards were announced yesterday morning; these nods featured a number of members of the Harry Potter cast. “The King’s Speech”, which stars Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange) Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew), Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore) has been nominated under the Best Motion Picture – Drama, category, whilst Bonham …read more!

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” has been nominated in the Choice Movie: Fantasy category for the 2010 Teen Choice Awards. “Half-Blood Prince” will be competing with “New Moon,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “Clash of the Titans” and “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.” Additionally, Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) has been nominated in the Choice …read more!

The Philips British Academy Television Awards 2010 took place on Sunday, 6th June at the London Palladium; John Hurt, Lenny Henry and Julie Walters were among the Harry Potter cast members in attendance. A number of videos from the event are now available in the Leaky Video Galleries: John Hurt (Mr. Ollivander) on the Red …read more!

Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) was last night given the Best Villain award at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards. The ceremony took place in Los Angeles, California; a video of the actor accepting the Golden Popcorn can be seen by US residents at this link. Additionally, photos from the event are now available right here in …read more!

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and the Harry, Ron and Hermione actors are among those nominated in the National Movie Awards 2010. The sixth film in the Harry Potter series has received a nod in the Family category and will face “A Christmas Carol,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks II,” Emma Thompson’s recent project “Nanny …read more!

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” was awarded “Movie of the Year” at the annual RAAM Awards, which took place at a gala ceremony in London today at the Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square. Also nominated for “Movie of the Year” were “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” and “Up.” RAAM Award-winners are determined by box …read more!