Actress Dame Maggie Smith (Professor McGonagall) and actor John Hurt (Ollivander) are recipients of two lifetime achievement awards presented in London this past weekend. First, Dame Maggie Smith was honored with the 2010 Laurence Olivier Special Award, at the Laurence Olivier Awards. A report on OfficialLondonTheater notes: Bringing the evening to a close, last year’s …read more!

An interesting bit of information has been published in the the April issue of Tatler magazine, regarding the possible return of actress Emma Thompson as the character of Professor Trelawney in the final “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” film. An interview with Celemence Posey, who portrays the character of Fluer in the Harry Potter …read more!

Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has been included in a new list of the ten most influential women in Scotland, according to a new report in the Scotsman. The paper reports that the honor was announced at the Action for Children Scotland Woman of Influence Awards, a charitable event which honored the ten women …read more!

style=”padding-top: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; background-color: #ffffff; font: normal normal normal 13px/1.22 arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; “> PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, returns this week with another dual audio/video edition of our 217th episode. In the news this week, we have for you information about the video game BAFTA nomination for the …read more!

Featured in this week’s roundup are a number of interviews, stills and actor appearances from members of the Harry Potter cast. Firstly, thanks to Rupert-Grint.us, we have a number of stills from the film “Wild Target” in which Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Bill Nighy (Rufus Scrimgeour) star. The film will be released on the …read more!

British tabloid News of the World is reporting that a fire broke out on the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” film set on Friday evening. The newspaper cites “explosives used in action sequences” as the cause of the blaze, with firefighters from six fire engines taking 40 minutes to put the fire out. No …read more!

Today we’d like to wish Gary Oldman a very happy birthday! The actor, who plays Sirius Black in the Harry Potter films is celebrating his 51st birthday. Many happy returns!

Revisit the early Harry Potter films this weekend with ITV1 in the U.K. and ABC Family in the U.S.A. Firstly, ITV1 will be showing “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” from 3.30 to 6.15pm GMT as part of their Harry Potter Season. The season will continue every Saturday, with the channel showing “Harry Potter and …read more!

Please join us in wishing actor David Thewlis a very happy birthday! The actor, who plays Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter films, is today celebrating his 46th birthday. Many happy returns!

Multiple reports have surfaced tonight that Warner Bros. scored a big hit with trade show attendees by showing unfinished scenes from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at this year’s ShoWest, an important movie industry exhibition. SPOILERS AHEAD! One report notes that footage showed Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), bloodied from battle and “visibly terrified,” walking into …read more!