A number of actors from the Harry Potter films have donated original doodles for National Doodle Day 2009, a charitable event that benefits Epilepsy Action and the Neurofibromatosis Association. This year, actors Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Imelda Staunton (Umbridge), Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood), Zoe Wanamaker (Madam Hooch), and Jim Broadbent (Slughorn), are …read more!

The James Dublin International Film Festival is underway, and several HP cast members have films being shown there. Yesterday was the first screening of the Rupert Grint/Julie Walters film, Driving Lessons. Ms. Walters attended the screening, and the folks at Mugglenet have photos and a fan report from an interview she gave there. Brendan Gleeson’s …read more!

Dreamwatch has allowed us a special sneak preview of their latest magazine, which features Dan Radcliffe on the cover and an interview with him, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson inside, as well as with several effects engineers. A peek at the interview: “I think [The Goblet of Fire] will divide people because I’m not sure …read more!

Jenna from DanRadcliffe.com and Page from DanRadcliffe.co.uk reported today that an article in Teen Hollywood.com regarding Dan’s parents’ purported concern regarding his safety in Prague was “totally untrue”. Here is what Dan’s representative had to say about it: This is a totally fabricated story, with not one grain of truth in it. Firstly, due to …read more!

Actor Kenneth Branagh(Gilderoy Lockhart)is reportedly set to direct and possibly star in a film version of Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute. The musical will begin production next year. Mr. Branagh is currently filming “Warm Springs” a movie for HBO in which he will portray U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

CBBC Newsround is giving away a press pack signed by Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, Christian Coulson, and Shirley Henderson. Click here for details on how to win.

Thanks BM, for a link to a scifi.com article in which Jason Isaacs discusses Malfoy – very amusingly. Quotage: “My first day [on set] was going to Quidditch,” Isaacs said in a phone interview from Australia, where he’s filming a live-action Peter Pan (playing Captain Hook and Mr. Darling). “I was sitting in the Quidditch …read more!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has been nominated for best film by the Producer’s Guild of America. The 13th Producer’s Guild awards will be handed out March 3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is number one on Newsday’s list of best selling books for the week. In addition, Prisoner of Azkaban is …read more!

The Onion AV Club has an interview with Warwick Davis playing Professor Flitwick and a Goblin bank teller.

Harry Potter money? Empire Online reports that The Isle of Man is allowing legal tender in cupro-nickel, silver or gold, minted by Popjoy Mint. The coins carry an image of Queen Elizabeth on one side and Harry waving his wand on the other. The gold coin – which costs �39.95 – is worth just 5p …read more!