Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling was on hand in Odense, Denmark today to be the first recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Literature prize. The BBC has video online from the event, which features Ms. Rowling receiving the award as well as her acceptance speech. Watch right here!Update 2: J. K. Rowling’s full speech …read more!

Please join us at TLC in wishing Michael Gambon a very special happy birthday. The actor, who plays Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, is today celebrating his 70th birthday! Many happy returns of the day, Mr. Gambon!

This afternoon, WB released ten new television spots for the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” film. The full collection of ten new spots, which are about thirty seconds long, are available to watch right here via the WB YouTube channel.

Eight new “Deathly Hallows: Part 1” TV spots have appeared on YouTube, many of them showing new footage from the movie. Some of the new footage they feature includes Xenophilius and Harry in the Lovegood’s house, the dementors swarming, the Trio fighting the Death Eaters in the London cafe, Voldemort and Grindelwald, Harry and Hagrid …read more!

A Q&A video with Dawn French (The Fat Lady in “PoA”) has been conducted in anticipation of her first novel, A Tiny Bit Marvellous, which will be released on the 28th of October. French speaks about her favourite childhood books, living with fame and more in the new interview which can be found right here …read more!

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is fast approaching us. For those who are unfamiliar with NaNo, basically from November 1 ’ November 30, the writers of the world write like mad. The aim is to write a novel length story, so the goal is 50,000 words in a month. It sounds impossible, but it can …read more!

There are now only 33 days left until “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I” hits theaters! We are posting a quote from the first half of the book every day in celebration and to give us a chance to discuss and ponder the final book as it goes to film. Here is a …read more!

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Upcoming film releases and film festivals are the order of the week for the Harry Potter cast! Firstly, the people behind the U.S. release of “Wild Target” have very kindly sent along an exclusive clip from the film, which you can find right here in the Leaky Video Galleries! “Wild Target” stars Rupert Grint (Ron …read more!

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