Frank Dillane, best known for playing Young Voldemort/Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, stars in a new promotional video.  According to E!Online, Dillane, along with actors Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, and Alicia Debnam Carey, will be in a new The Walking Dead spin-off series, Fear the Walking Dead, premiering August 2015. The first …read more!

Waterstones is holding a very exciting competition to win one of three signed copies of J.K. Rowling’s upcoming novel Career of Evil. The website states: ‘We have managed to secure a small number of signed copies of Career Of Evil by Robert Galbraith (aka J K Rowling). Anyone who pre-orders a copy of the book on Waterstones.com will …read more!

Recent tweets by Emma Watson demonstrate her continuing passion for her role as leader of the HeforShe Campaign for gender equality. Emma tweeted that she felt ‘speechless’, followed by another tweet thanking those supporting the campaign. The Time article she posted with this stated that: ‘Big companies like Twitter and Vodafone and major universities like Georgetown and …read more!

Lumos tweeted that they have been awarded the Charity Award of International Aid and Development for their work in Moldova. Lumos is working in Moldova to create an Inclusive Education program. This program works to ensure that kids with disabilities have equal access to “universal services,” such as education. Lumos believes that this is a …read more!

The BBC reported, Alan Rickman appeared on The Tonight Show to ‘confront’ Jimmy Fallon regarding his ‘Rickman-Off’ with Benedict Cumberbatch in 2013. Hilarity ensued as Rickman presented two ‘truth-telling machines’ (helium balloons) to Fallon, leading to them conversing in comically high-pitched voices. You can watch the segment below:

Sir John Hurt, who played the role of Mr. Ollivander in the Harry Potter movies, has announced that he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Mr. Hurt said that he has always been open about his life, and the diagnosis of early stages of cancer won’t stop him from working and creating films. At 75 years …read more!

J.K. Rowling was happy to share (Tweet) that her friend, Robert Galbraith, has been nominated for a CWA Dagger Award for The Silkworm. A CWA award is given to the best crime novel of the year. The Silkworm was nominated for the first round of nominations. A short list of nominees will be released June 30. Robert …read more!

Jim Broadbent, the actor known to Potter fans as Professor Slughorn, has his first art exhibit this summer.  “The People,” a collection of wood-carved figures, are now on display at London’s Southbank Centre as part of the Festival of Love until August 31. According to The Guardian, Broadbent began carving the figures out of found …read more!

Katherine Waterston, previously seen with Joaquin Phoenix in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice, has been cast to play Tina (short for Porpentina), a witch operating in the U.S. A report by  The Hollywood Reporter and the announcement made by Warner Bros. state the following: “Porpentina meets magizoologist Newt Scamander (Redmayne) when he stops in New York City …read more!

Broadway.com has released an interview with Imelda Staunton (the actress who portrayed Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter films) about her current performance in the Broadway production “Gypsy.” In the interview, Staunton speaks to some of the unique challenges involved in acting in a Broadway production. She previously won Olivier Awards for her Baker’s Wife in the …read more!