Nominees for the 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards have been announced, and Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon), Frances de la Tour (Madame Maxime) and Jim Dale (Narrator, U.S. Harry Potter audiobooks) have all been honored. Mr. Griffiths and Ms. de la Tour have received nominations for their performances in “The History Boys,” as Outstanding Actor in …read more!

The trailer for Alan Rickman’s newest film “Snowcake” is now online. You can watch this piece that features a wonderful performance from Alan via this link. Enjoy! Thanks to everyone who emailed.

IMDB has updated their site to list Terry Gilliam as the director for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Readers will remember that in the past Mr. Gilliam has expressed interest in directing a Harry Potter film. While this editor would be thrilled if this were indeed the case, please remember everyone, this is still …read more!

AOL Moviefone has posted a new video interview with actor Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), where he interviews “Driving Lessons” director Jeremy Brock. In this six minute interview, they do discuss the Harry Potter films, and note the differences between a big budget movie, and small budget films. Rupert says in the six weeks time it …read more!

Reader Hope has sent us an excellent report of Rupert Grint’s appearance at the Driving Lessons premiere (pics here), including a review of the film and excerpts from the Q&A that took place afterward. “Audience Question: Do you relate to Ben (Rupert’s character)? Rupert: In some ways I do- (laughs) the crap dancing! Audience Question: …read more!

We’ve added some more new pics from Rupert Grint’s appearance at the premiere of “Driving Lessons” to our gallery, thanks to readers Justine and Hope – these are added to the many hi-res pictures that Mary uploaded yesterday. Also, reader Naomi has sent in some great shots from Collectormania 2006 this weekend, where the Phelps …read more!

PotterCast #37, Films in a Bottle, in which the first of two parts of your awesome Harry Potter Impersonations stars, is live! In this show: -Part One of the Impersonations Contest -Canon Conundrums two: Who was in Godric’s Hollow the night of Harry’s parents’ murder? (We start out talking about the whole 24-hour gap but …read more!

Issue 3 of Scribbulus, Leaky’s essay project, is now available, containing 12 new essays for your perusal. We also have a new text-only page for the essay section, as some of you have browser trouble or wish to print the pages for keeping. Enjoy! In this issue, Clunycat “stoppers death” by studying Severus Snape as …read more!

Actors James and Oliver Phelps (Fred & George Weasley) attended Collectormania over the weekend in England, and spoke with Newsround about filming for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. They note that things are going well, and Oliver is quoted as saying “we’ve met a few of the new actors to join the …read more!

There is a fab new Wizard of the Month at JKRowling.com …err sorta! 😉 Happy May everyone!