Yikes! There is a rather ominous new Wizard of the Month for February at JKRowling.com

Ralph Fiennes won the Best Actor award at yesterday’s Evening Standard Film British Awards, for his performance as Justin Quayle in The Constant Gardner. This is the first time he has won this award (he was nominated in 1995, for Schindler’s List). The Constant Gardener was also honored as Best Film. In this new interview, …read more!

Previously ,we told you that actor Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) had been nominated for two awards at the What’sOnStage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Awards. The winners are being announced today in London, and Alan Rickman has won for “Best Director” and “Best New Play” for the production of My Name is Rachel Corrie. Congratulations Alan!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has received a nomination for an Academy Award, in the category of Art Direction. Congratulations to Stuart Craig (Art Direction) and Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)! This is Mr. Craig’s eighth Oscar nomination, and Ms. McMillan’s third. The Academy Awards winners will be announced on March 5. For the …read more!

The Herald has a new report about an effort by the Royal Society of Literature to discuss curriculum in schools today, and recruited several authors to list their suggestions of top books that children should read. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling was one such author who participated, and she lists her choices which are published …read more!

The role of Kingsley Shacklebolt in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has now been cast. Newsround reports that actor George Harris has been cast in the part of the auror for the newest Potter film. Mr. Harris has been seen in such hit films as Raiders of the Lost Ark and Black …read more!

The Daily Record is reporting today that some scenes to be included in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie may be filmed in Scandinavia due to lack of snow in Scotland at the moment. A spokesperson for the Highland and Islands Film Commission says “There are some scenes which require …read more!

Over the weekend, actor Daniel Radcliffe took part in The South Bank Show Awards, presenting the Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award. DanRadcliffe.com now has posted video of Daniel presenting this award, which you can see here . Also in attendence , and seen on the video were Potter actor Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) and …read more!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire continues to shatter records at the box office, as this weekend it earned enough to surpass Chamber of Secrets and move into eighth place as one of the top grossing films of all time. Box Office Mojo reports that GoF has now earned an incredible $879,448,000 in world …read more!

Previously we told you that author J.K. Rowling would be donating an item to auction in order to help Book Aid International, a group that helps support literacy in the world’s poorest countries. This item was a handwritten paper from JKR. Today, the Daily Telegraph newspaper has a preview of this item. Reader Tony let …read more!