Feb 15, 2016
The 2016 BAFTA Film awards took place in the U.K. last night, at London’s Royal Opera House. Stephen Fry hosted the event, and Eddie Redmayne, Dame Maggie Smith, Julie Walters were also in attendance, with nominations in the Leading Actor, Leading Actress and Supporting Actress categories respectively. Dame Maggie Smith also got caught on the kiss cam (see below), …read more!
Feb 14, 2016
Happy Valentine’s Day to one and all. Whether your Gilderoy Lockhart sharing an extra smile with a portrait of yourself, punch drunk on a strong love potion, having an awkward first date at Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop, or celebrating with your closest friends and family, we hope you are spreading love this Valentine’s Day. In …read more!
Feb 13, 2016
Katie Leung (Cho Chang) will be back on screen this week in the BBC mini-series One Child. Leung plays Mei Ashley, who was adopted from China by British parents. As a young woman, Mei learns that her birth mother and biological brother need her help. She travels to Guangzhou where her brother is on death …read more!
Feb 12, 2016
Dan Radcliffe certainly has a busy schedule with his upcoming roles in Imperium and Now You See Me: The Second Act, and he is now set to star in Jungle – a thriller based on Yossi Ghinsberg’s memoir of his trip to the Amazon. A young adventurer who trekked into the Amazon with two friends and a guide, Ghinsberg’s expedition soon took a dangerous and deadly …read more!
Feb 12, 2016
Last Sunday, Dame Maggie Smith was named Best Actress at the Evening Standard British Film Awards for The Lady in the Van. The Evening Standard caught up with Dame Smith to talk about Sunday’s awards and her wide-ranging career. On her latest win, Smith remained modest as ever, highlighting the brilliance of the actresses she was up against: …read more!
Feb 11, 2016
That’s right, ladies and gentleman, after a long and earned-filled wait, your Pottercast withdrawals are over! Pottercast is BACK! The gang is back and discussing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The release of the “eighth story,” and now “the eighth book,” has stirred up a lot of conversation and debate. In the latest episode of …read more!
Feb 11, 2016
Today, Pottermore released a new interview with Fantastic Beasts leading man, Eddie Redmayne. The interview talked a little of how Eddie came to be Newt Scamander in J.K. Rowling’s new movie series, and some of the characteristics he shares with Newt. For starters, Eddie actually carries his own brief case and it contains important aspects …read more!
Feb 11, 2016
Yesterday, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was made available for preorder shortly after the announcement of its publication. (I preordered a hard copy lat night from Amazon, as soon as they put it out there.) The book, that is not a novel but still a book, of the eighth Harry Potter only took hours …read more!
Feb 10, 2016
Following speculations, Pottermore and Little Brown UK have just announced that the script book for Cursed Child will be released July 31st – Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling’s birthday AND during GeekyCon! Pottermore reports: A host of new print and digital publishing has been announced from J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, including a Special Rehearsal Edition of the script …read more!
Feb 10, 2016
Daniel Radcliffe joined celebrities Dame Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, David Oyelowo, Sir Ian McKellen, Naomie Harris, and James Corden in a new video on behalf of The Great BBC Campaign, defending the BBC against cuts. The video’s slogan is “Don’t let the BBC become a memory. Fight for it”. Radcliffe thanked the BBC for his first role …read more!