Vanity Fair as an interview online with actress Kelly Macdonald, from the current HBO series “Boardwalk Empire,” which makes note of her appearing as the Grey Lady in the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” film. The magazine reports: Next thing I find out, she’s got a small part as the Raveclaw house …read more!

Please join us at TLC in wishing Kenneth Branagh a very very special happy birthday. The actor, who played Gilderoy Lockhart in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” is celebrating his 50th birthday today! Many happy returns, Mr. Branagh!

FirstShowing.net‘s Alex Billington conducted a 40 minute interview with David Heyman, producer of the Harry Potter films. The producer spoke of his role as a form of “showrunner” but also as someone whose role is to support the directors hired. The interview is in two parts and can be found at this link or embedded …read more!

The first picture of Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) from the film “My Week With Marilyn” has appeared on the Daily Mail website. As we told you back in September, Watson will star as Lucy, an wardrobe assistant at Pinewood studios in 1956. You can find the image here in the Leaky galleries. American film producer, …read more!

With the awards season approaching, Warner Bros. has put out a “For Your Consideration” ad in American Cinematographer, which you can see here in our Image Galleries. This ad acknowledges Eduardo Serra, the cinematographer for “Deathly Hallows: Part 1,” and recommends him and the movie for the award of Best Cinematography. Serra has previously been …read more!

In a new article in USA Today, Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort) talks about his character in the Harry Potter films: “He’s really sort of the devil,” says Fiennes, 47. “He’s completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths.” For Fiennes, an Oscar nominee for playing a Nazi officer in 1993’s Schindler’s List, …read more!

Thanks to our friends at HarryPotterLA we have some scans of Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley), Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), and Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) in Cinemania magazine, which you can see …read more!

As it’s now the 6th of December, the calendar on J.K. Rowling’s official website has been updated to mark the birthday of Rubeus Hagrid. Cheers to you, Hagrid!

This week’s actor news is dominantly actor appearances at awards ceremonies and opening nights but first, a number of promo pictures of Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore) have been released from the upcoming Christmas episode of Doctor Who, “A Christmas Carol.” They can be seen right here in the Leaky Galleries. As we told you in …read more!

Disney’s newest film “Tangled” has taken the number one spot in the US box office, moving “Deathly Hallows: Part 1” to the number two spot for the first time since its release. This weekend, “Deathly Hallows: Part 1” made $16.7 million next to the $21.5 million that “Tangled” earned. However, “Deathly Hallows: Part 1” still …read more!