As I posted 2 weeks ago, Half-Blood Prince was long-listed for a few categories in the BAFTA Awards (Make-Up & Hair, Special Visual Effects, Sound, Costume Design, Production Design, Cinematography).  The full list of nominees is now online and Half-Blood Prince has been nominated in the following (the movies next to the title are what the film is up against and in parenthesis is who in the HBP crew would receive the award):

• Production Design (Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan) – Avatar, District 9, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Inglourious Basterds
• Special Visual Effects (John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander, Nicolas Aithadi) – Avatar, District 9, The Hurt Locker, Star Trek

Sadly, Alan Rickman did not get nominated for Supporting Actor (he was long-listed)

The ceremony will be at the Royal Opera House in London, England on February 21st.

Hey everyone, do you think you are one of Emma’s or Evanna’s biggest fans?  If you do I have a job/contest for you!  Noahus Magazine – a Danish online publication – is looking for Emma and Evanna’s biggest fans to participate in a small e-mail interview about Emma and Harry Potter, and also Evanna and Harry Potter, and have asked for our help in finding you.

What you need to do is explain in 250 words or less why you’re Emma OR Evanna’s biggest fan.  Make sure to tell me your Name, Age, and Country (these have nothing to do with winning, we just want to know where all the great fans are).  Email these to me at webmiss[at]magical-menagerie[dot]com with the subject “I’m Emma’s Biggest Fan” or “I’m Evanna’s Biggest Fan”. (replace [at] with @ and [dot] with . )

Let’s get those entries coming! The deadline is February 15th!

Also, I am holding the same contest for Matt fans at Lewis Lovers!  Tom Felton Online is also holding a similar contest!

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince received a Visual Effects Society nomination for Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture for the 8th annual VES awards. The movie is up against Star Trek, Avatar and Franklyn.

The ceremony will take place on February 28, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.

Thanks to UHP!

Today we have a full version of an earlier photo of Emma in her People Tree Collection as well as a photo of one of her shirts! They come from an article over at Help My Style.  Click the image for a larger version:

The collection includes cosy knits, organic cotton tees, poplin skirts and shorts in fabrics such as organic and fair trade cotton. The much anticipated range gives a fresh twist on Fair Trade fashion and will debut at Arnotts Project, Jervis Centre late February 2010.

‘People Tree’ garments are made by hand by fair trade groups in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. Through this action People Tree are helping to co-ordinate and provide livelihoods for underprivileged people living in these countries.

A new Harry Potter related book by Dr Julie-Anne Sykley will be released this coming March.  The book is called Harry Potter Power and is a “fun and friendly self-help book uses ideas/situations from Harry’s world to help people be happier, healthier, and deal with stuff like depression, anxiety, anger, and suicidal thinking.” Dr Julie has also answered a couple questions for us, sort of a mini-interview:

You can visit the book’s mini site here to learn more and to purchase the book!  Also, here is the book’s page on Amazon, should you wish to find out when they will have it available.

Film Score Daily is reporting that French composer Alexandre Desplat will be composing the score for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.  Alexandre would be the 4th composer for the Harry Potter films, the others being John Williams, Patrick Doyle and Nicholas Hooper.

He has become the director-of-choice for many of the world’s most acclaimed directors, including Fincher, Stephen Frears, Terence Malick and Roman Polanski, and has signed for one his most challenging and highest-profile assignments yet, the penultimate entry in the Harry Potter saga.

Thanks to SS!

Update: Thanks to Mugglenet this is now confirmed!