Actors seen in the Harry Potter films received Golden Globe nominations today for their work in a variety of movies. The nominations are as follows:

• Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd) – Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
• Julie Christie (Away From Her) – Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture -Drama
• Jason Isaacs (The State Within) – Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
• Jim Broadbent (Longford) – Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

For those of you who do not know, Jim Broadbent will be playing Horace Slughorn in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

The Golden Globes will be presented Sunday, January 13, 2008 at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California, and broadcast on NBC at 8 PM (EST).

Thanks to Helena World we have a transcript of an interview with Helena Bonham Carter from the Sweeney Todd Press Conference.

Question: They are shooting ‘Harry Potter’ now. What is happening with Bellatrix?
CARTER: Well, hopefully in February I will have lost weight. She appears then and I’ve got some nice scenes with Alan Rickman.
Question: It’s book seven, so its a big one for her, I guess?
CARTER: Is seven the last one?
Question: Yeah.
CARTER: Yeah, I’ve got more stuff to do in that one.
Question: Have you read it?
CARTER: Yeah, of course I did. I was thinking ‘How big of a part do I have here?’ [Laughs]

Click the link above or Read More for the full interview.

IESB has a new interview online including Alan Rickman (Professor Snape in Harry Potter) and Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange in Harrt Potter).  There is mature content in this interview so parents be cautioned.

Although reticent to discuss Harry Potter, Alan Rickman laughed about the recent rumor of a JK Rowling inspired musical; “who is shoving that around?” He further informed the IESB that there is an online porn version of the franchise making the rounds. (Harry Pooter is my vote for the title)
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Helena also has some big projects in store, she is due to have her second child with partner Tim Burton in two weeks time and said she’ll be “breast feeding in time for the filming of Harry Potter 6 in February 2008.”

When asked about the HP franchise she commented, “it’s made me very popular with kids although they all seem to be scared of me.”

IESB also has lots of clips from Sweeney Todd, that you can see HERE! The film, which has been rated “R” contains mature subject matter with violence, and is not suitable for young children.

Helena Bonham Carter, Bellatrix Lestrange in the Potter films, will be back for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince! She. however, won’t start filming until Spring 2008, probably because she is PREGNANT(Congrats)!

She is cast again for the sixth movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, scheduled to begin filming in two months for a November 2008 release. Her publicist said yesterday that Bonham Carter was not due back on the Potter set until the spring.

Thanks Mugglenet!

Playbill has announced that the movie Sweeney Todd will be released on December 21st. Harry Potter stars Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, and Timothy Spall are in this movie. Here is the film synopsis:

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton join forces again in a big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical thriller ‘Sweeney Todd.’ Depp stars in the title role as a man unjustly sent to prison who vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment, but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to reopen his barber shop, Sweeney Todd becomes the Demon Barber of Fleet Street who ‘shaved the heads of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard from again.’ Joining Depp is Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney’s amorous accomplice, who creates diabolical meat pies. The cast also includes Alan Rickman, who portrays the evil Judge Turpin, who sends Sweeney to prison and Timothy Spall as the Judge’s wicked associate Beadle Bamford and Sacha Baron Cohen is a rival barber, the flamboyant Signor Adolfo Pirelli.

Thanks Wizard News.

Thanks to Harry Potter Fan Zone, we have updates on what Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, and David Thewlis have been up to.

Helena is in a movie called Sweeny Todd, directed by her husband, Tim Burton. (Read about that HERE). Alan Rickman and Timothy Spall are also in this movie.
Ralph is in a movie called The Reader, with Nicole Kidman. (Read about that HERE)
Robbie is in a show that follows him on a road trip. It is called. (Read more about that HERE)
David Thewlis has written his first novel, The Late Hector Kipling. It will be released in the UK on September 7 (pre-order) and in the US on November 6 (pre-order).