This morning Daniel Radcliffe revealed the 2012 BAFTA nominations. Unfortunately Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was only nominated for four awards:

• Production Design
• Sound
• Special Visual Effects
• Make Up & Hair

Some of the Harry Potter stars were nominated for their other films:

• Leading Actor: Gary Oldman (Sirius Black)
• Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent (Slughorn) and Kenneth Branagh (Lockhart)

The Critics’ Choice Awards were presented yesterday and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II was among the winners. The film won the awards for Best Makeup AND for Best Sound.

The film was also nominated for Art Direction and Visual Effects but didn’t win.

Kenneth Branagh was up for Best Supporting Actor for “My Week With Marilyn” but that was taken by Christopher Plummer.

The People’s Choice Awards took place last night and the Harry Potter series was the top winner with 4 awards (it won every award it was nominated for)! It won the following categories:

• Favorite Movie
• Favorite Action Movie
• Favorite Ensemble Movie Cast
• Favorite Movie Adaption

Daniel Radcliffe was nominated for Best Actor but lost out to Johnny Depp.  Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Tom Felton were up for Favorite Movie Star Under 25 but that was taken by Chloe Moretz.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been nominated for several awards at the 10th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards which will be presented on February 7, 2012 and air on Reelz Channel. Harry Potter has been nominated for:

• Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture – Deathly Hallows 2
• Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture – Ukranian Ironbelly Dragon
• Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture – Hogwarts
• Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture – Hogwarts School Buildings
• Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture – Deathly Hallows 2

Good luck to all of the Harry Potter crew members up for an award!

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed that 7 films are in final contention for the Excellence in Makeup Oscar. All members of the Academy’s Makeup Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration.

• Albert Nobbs
• Anonymous
• The Artist
• Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Hugo
• The Iron Lady

The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, at 5:30 a.m. PT. Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre and televised live by the ABC Television Network.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has released the longlist of nominations for this year’s BAFTA awards and Harry Potter is vying for a few awards. It was longlisted for every category it was eligible for except for Best Film and Director (it was not nominated for Film Not in the English Language, Documentary or Animated Film and Original Screenplay for obvious reasons.)

• Outstanding British Film
• Editing
• Adapted Screenplay
• Production Design
• Cinematography
• Make Up & Hair
• Costume Design
• Sound
• Special Visual Effects
• Original Music
• Supporting Actor: Alan Rickman for Deathly Hallows

The cast members of the series are also up for some awards:

• Leading Actor: Brendan Gleeson for The Guard, Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,  Ralph Fiennes for Coriolanus
• Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent for The Iron Lady, John Hurt for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn
• Supporting Actress: Zoe Wanamaker for My Week with Marilyn

With 285 films entered this year, the first round of voting reduced the list of eligible films to 15 in each category. Round Two voting, which opens today, will reduce these 15 contenders down to the five nominations in each category. Appearing on the Longlist does not constitute a nomination. Nominations in all categories will be announced on Tuesday 17 January. The winners will be announced at the Orange British Academy Film Awards on Sunday 12 February.