Today we ask you to join us in wishing Miranda Richardson a tremendously happy birthday. The actress, who portrays Rita Skeeter, is celebrating her 51st birthday. Many happy returns!

A number of new articles and videos have surfaced on the MTV website in which Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) has spoken briefly about “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” You may remember that last month we let you know about an interview MTV conducted with Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) in which the actor mentioned that …read more!

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In this belated weekly roundup about what members of the Harry Potter cast have been up to, we have news about the filming of Tom Felton’s new project, photos in our galleries from recent actor appearances and more! A press release on the Warner Bros. Canada website reveals that filming has commenced on “The Apparition” …read more!

Our Contest Team have just announced their newest contest for the month of March, the Skiving Snackbox Contest. To enter this month’s contest, create an edible product to sell in a joke shop to Hogwarts students so that they can get out of class. The product should be small enough to carry in a pocket. …read more!

Our Crafty Witches and Wizard have chosen crafter Pren Wilcox, a.k.a archerpren, as March’s Featured Crafter of the Month. Pren has used her talent with sewing and knitting to produce crafts such as a hand sewn Beauxbatons costume, a Golden Snitch ornament, a Fereverto charm and some Shrinky Dink stitch markers. An interview between one …read more!

We’re late on this one, guys, but we hope you’ll join in all the same: Yesterday was our newest Senior Site Editor’s birthday. Edward Drogos has been a diligent and made-of-awesome news poster here for years, and has recently joined the senior staff with an unbelievable amount of grace, vision and capability. We’re lucky to …read more!

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Actors Ciarán Hinds (Aberforth Dumbledore), Rhys Ifans (Xenophilius Lovegood) and Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) have shared anecdotes from the filming of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” with ComingSoon.net. Firstly, Hinds describes his role in the film as “just one scene with a little dialogue to give some exposition about Dumbledore’s past life” and spoke …read more!

As part of its Nominee Questionnaire, Oscar.com has a new interview online with Bruno Delbonnel, who has been nominated for an Oscar for Achievement in Cinematography for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” The cinematographer – who has worked on “Amélie” and “Across the Universe” – discusses his childhood dreams, his decision to switch from …read more!