The nominations for the annual Empire Awards have been announced, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has been recognized in two categories from the popular magazine this year. Goblet of Fire was nominated as “Best British Movie” and in the “Best Sci-fi/Fantasy” category as well. These awards will be presented on Monday, March …read more!

Gentle Giant is adding some new figures to their Harry Potter collection. These will include Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Dobby, Nearly Headless Nick, and a Death Eater. Figures.com recently attended the New York Toy Fair, and has some additional good photos of these new Potter figures. There is also a special edition statue of Jason …read more!

Previously it was announced that two actors from the Harry Potter films would be among those made Officers of the Order of the British Empire, a special award presented by the Queen of England. Today actor Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) and actress Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge in Phoenix) received their honors. The BBC reports that: Both …read more!

Scholastic has now opened their Harry Potter” Wednesdays” Sweepstakes, which offers you the chance to be a lucky winner of a special Harry Potter Ipod and all six of the Harry Potter audiobooks. For the next six Wednesdays ,if you go to to this link at Scholastic.com/Harry Potter and answer the opinion poll, you can …read more!

HarryPotter.com has been updated with a new DVD section featuring a new clip from the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD. This lengthy clip (Clip 2) shows much more of the making of the First task, including a look at the animation for the Dragon. There is also a section for downloads …read more!

ComingSoon.net has posted a brief interview with Prisoner of Azkaban film director Alfonso Cuaron, where he discusses the possibility of a return trip to helm a new Harry Potter film. While he did not rule it out altogether, it does not look promising with Mr. Cuaron saying: “At this point today? No,” he told us …read more!

We’ve got a great, fun, just-plain-cool-if-I-do-say-so-myself widget for you: The Harry Potter Quote Conjurer for Mac AND Windows. The conjurer is the latest from our Truly Awesome Widget Guy, Chris Chang, and today, its first day online, it has been named a featured widget by Apple.com! So what is it? The Harry Potter Quote Conjurer …read more!

Weasley is our king Today let us sing of Quidditch so fine because it’s his day to shine Ron Weasley is our King! As indicated by the calendar on JKRowling.com, March 1st is Ron Weasley’s birthday. Cheers to you Ron!

The 28th PotterCast is now up and ready for download. In this show: -Something strange(r) gets into Sue and John -Will Moody act differently in the fifth film? -The mean Hufflepuff -Was John right about Cedric? -Will Hot Cheryl be on the show? -Heather interviews fan artist Laura Bergholm, in our first fan art interview …read more!

Thanks to reader Leigh, we have more than 20 new shots of the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD menus and casing, in our galleries. Enjoy! The DVD will be available March 7 in the U .S. in widescreen, fullscreen, widescreen deluxe and as part of a gift set. Thanks Leigh! Update: Reader …read more!