Timothy Spall, the actor who plays Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter films, has revealed that his character will be included in the scripts of both the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows films.

J.K. Rowling will receive an honorary degree at this year's Harvard Commencement ceremony in June. Jo will also speak at the event.

Emma Watson yesterday filmed scenes with Jim Broadbent (Horace Slughorn) for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, according to a diary entry on her website.

Alan Rickman (Severus Snape), Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange) and Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew) were all in attendance at Thursday's premiere of Sweeney Todd in London. All three Harry Potter actors star in the film. Photos of the event can be seen here, here and here.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has picked up the award for "Favourite Movie Drama" at the 2007 People's Choice Awards. The winner was chosen by fan vote.

Helen McCrory, the actress who will play Narcissa Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is soon to begin filming her Harry Potter role, according to a profile in The Independent.

J.K. Rowling has updated her official website to wish Professor Severus Snape a happy birthday.

Imelda Staunton, the actress who played Professor Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, celebrates her birthday today.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is nominated in multiple categories at the sixth annual Visual Effects Society awards.

Dan Radcliffe and Emma Watson have both placed on IMDB's Top 25 for 2007 stars list. Dan placed seventeenth on the list, while Emma placed twenty-second. The list was topped by actor Johnny Depp.

Dan Radcliffe and Stephen Fry (narrator of the UK Harry Potter audio books) have both donated glasses to be included in a Holocaust memorial artwork. On donating the glasses, Dan said, "Please find enclosed my first pair of glasses which I wore at school at six."

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was the most successful film of 2007 at the UK and Irish box offices. The film grossed a total of £49.4 million. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Shrek the Third (both the third instalments in their respective series') ranked two and three.

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