Late last night, SnitchSeeker confirmed a Facebook blurb they found a month ago, advertising an open casting call for teenagers for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The call out was for teen girls to audition for the roles of Lily Potter and Rose Weasley. The Facebook blurb, and the site hosting the application process, have …read more!

Last month, we reported that a signed Deluxe Edition of Jim Kay’s illustrated Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was to be auctioned for charity. Sotheby’s auctioned a Deluxe Edition of Philosopher’s Stone, signed by both J.K. Rowling and Jim Kay, to benefit Lumos. The book was expected to be sold for 2,000-3,000 GBP. Not surprisingly, Harry …read more!

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has won Audible UK‘s Member’s Choice Audiobook of the Year Award for 2015! Earlier this month, we reported that Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was one of several Harry Potter audiobooks to top Audible‘s best seller lists.  Its obvious popularity earned it a place on the list of …read more!

Ralph Fiennes, the actor who played Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films, is celebrating his 53rd birthday! In honor of his special day, here’s an AMC promotional video from 2011, where Fiennes describes the final battle between Harry and Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II, and talks about his inspiration …read more!

J.K. Rowling herself has spoken about the casting announcements made yesterday. Noma Dumezweni – a woman of colour – will be playing Hermione Granger! For the most part, the Potter fandom have been the loyal, welcoming and imaginative people they always have been. Some merely argue that this actress wasn’t their personal view of Hermione – and, of course, …read more!

Cursed Child will be hitting London’s Palace Theare next summer, and Daily Mail reporter Baz Bamigboye (@BazBam) just tweeted the names and photos of the actors cast as Harry, Ron, and Hermione! Paul Thornley will be portraying Ron Weasley: Noma Dumezweni as Hermione Granger: And, finally – Jamie Parker as Harry! Here they are together: How exciting! Let …read more!

Eddie Redmayne has been receiving a lot of attention for his role in The Danish Girl, for which he recently received SAG and Golden Globe nominations. Parade Magazine got the chance to sit down with the soon-to-be Fantastic Beasts star, to talk about his acting career. Of course, Fantastic Beasts came up! Though do to the statute of …read more!

Celebrity Mean Tweets has become a fan-favorite segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live. A-list actors and many other famous persons are given mean tweets written about themselves, and must read them in front of a camera to gage their reactions. In the newest segment, the 9th edition of Celebrity Mean Tweets, Harry Potter actor, Daniel Radcliffe, …read more!

This is the last call for donations to help the LUMOS campaign to raise its goal of $60,000! The campaign is going towards furnishing the first-of-its kind Special Education Unit in Moldova with specialised equipment needed for disabled students. The unit was built after a similar campaign on Indiegogo last year with the goal of ensuring that children …read more!

Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) has appeared in a video marking the fifth day of the Evening Standard’s Christmas appeal to give to the charity Great Ormand Street Hospital. The appeal (Give to GOSH) is centred around twelve days of Christmas endorsements, helping to fund creative workshops that help young patients battling serious illness. Issues says in …read more!