Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II was the recipient of two awards at the 16th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards.  It won the only award it was nominated for: Excelence in Production Design for a Feature Film in 2011 under the Fantasy category.  It beat:

• Captain America: The First Avenger
• The Adventures of Tin Tin: The Secret Unicorn
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• Cowboys & Aliens

The Harry Potter team was also honored with Art Directors Guild Cinematic Imagery Award.  The award was presented to Producers David Heyman and David Barron; Director David Yates; creator and author J.K. Rowling; Screenwriter Steve Kloves; Production Designer Stuart Craig; Art Director Neil Lamont; and Set Decorator Stephenie McMillan. David Yates, David Heyman, Stuart Craig, Neil Lamont, and Stephenie McMillan were in attendance at the even to pick up the award.

This weekend Magical-Menagerie is hosting a giveaway through Twitter where you can win two (2) tickets to the Potted Potter premiere on February 14 at 7 p.m. at the Panasonic Theatre in Toronto, Canada!

To enter follow Magical-Menagerie on Twitter (@MM_Official) and Tweet the following: I want to win the Potted Potter Opening Night Tickets from @MM_Official! http://tinyurl.com/mmenagerie #MMPottedPotterGiveaway

The winner will be chosen randomly on February 5th, the winner will have 2 days to reply to a direct message from Magical-Menagerie with their email address otherwise a new winner will be chosen. Full rules for the contest may be read here!

Daniel Radcliffe has been making the rounds on various television shows over the past couple of weeks to promote his film The Woman in Black. Today he appeared on Extra. Daniel arrived to a massive crowd of fans at The Grove to chat with “Extra‘s” Mario Lopez, and talked about the film. “I play a young lawyer called Arthur Kipps, who is sent away to organize the paperwork of a recently deceased woman. Once I get to the house, all hell breaks loose and I am tormented by the ghost of an angry, vengeful woman.”

Daniel also answered some fan questions, including a proposal!

Thanks to Extra for emailing the clips!

Daniel also appeared on the Wendy Williams show to discuss the film, the Giants and also tried his first jalapeno popper.

Total Film Magazine has posted their list of the 50 Greatest Harry Potter Scenes! Some of the clips are as follows:

50. Page 394

The Scene: Snape’s mastery of his classroom is epitomised by his contemptuously drawling instruction to “turn to page three hundred and ninety four.” It doesn’t look much written down, but somehow Alan Rickman manages to make it sound like a threat…
The Awesome: Rickman is perfect as Snape, and this scene sums up his sneering cruelty perfectly.

38. A mother’s love

The Scene: Molly Weasley takes on Bellatrix Lestrange, who had been aiming killing curses at her only daughter, Ginny. This doesn’t go down well with Molly, who unleashes the full force of her maternal rage upon the Death Eater…
The Awesome: “Not my daughter you BITCH!” As war cries go, they don’t get much better than that.

33. The three brothers

The Scene: Hermione reads aloud the tale of the three brothers by Beedle the Bard, explaining the myth of the Deathly Hallows as she does so.
The Awesome: The accompanying animation is an inventive way of illustrating the story, and one of the finest moments (from an artistic standpoint) of the eight-movie series.

32. Resurrection Stone

The Scene: Harry makes his way into the Forbidden Forest to face his destiny, stopping for some words of comfort from his departed friends and family. Handy thing, that Resurrection Stone.
The Awesome: A heartbreakingly sad interlude before the film’s triumphant conclusion. Plus, it’s also nice to see Gary Oldman return as Sirius.

22. Leaving Little Whinging

The Scene: The Order of the Phoenix all disguise themselves as Harry, before flying from Little Whinging with the Death Eaters in hot pursuit.
The Awesome: The transformation scene is extremely funny, whilst the following chase sequence is truly hair-raising, particularly when Voldemort himself makes an appearance.

16. Dobby’s sacrifice

The Scene: Dobby the house elf arrives at Malfoy Manor to defy his old masters and rescue Harry from the clutches of Bellatrix Lestrange. The price, however, is his own life…
The Awesome: Dobby’s death scene is beautifully executed, and arguably the biggest tear-jerker in the entire series. “What a beautiful place… to be with friends.” We’re welling up…

7. Neville and Nagini

The Scene: Neville Longbottom destroys Lord Voldemort’s last remaining Horcrux, swinging the sword of Gryffindor to behead the hideous serpent, Nagini.
The Awesome: Neville has been growing into his role as unlikely badass as the saga has progressed, and this is the point at which he graduates to full-on hero status. Well done that man!

6. Pucker up

The Scene: Heading back down to the Chamber of Secrets to salvage a couple of Basilisk fangs, Ron and Hermione finally give into their feelings and share a long-awaited kiss. Awww.
The Awesome: After eight films worth of squabbling, it’s nice to see these two finally get their act together. Not before time…

5. Snape’s secret

The Scene: Having been attacked by Nagini, Snape passes his memories to Harry, before dying in the arms of his old adversary. Sniff!
The Awesome: This, and the following explanatory flashback scenes, finally reveal Snape’s true character. And Alan Rickman plays it beautifully.

1. Dumbledore departed

The Scene: As Draco Malfoy falters in his mission, Severus Snape steps up to the plate and blasts Dumbledore from the roof of the Astronomy Tower to his doom.
The Awesome: Dumbledore’s final words, “Severus, please,” are real tear-jerkers, particularly when you discover what he really means by them…

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix  has been nominated for Blue Peter’s Vote for the “Best Children’s Book of the Last 10 Years”. You can vote at – http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/blue-peter.

You must sign in with your CBBC iD to cast your vote, and each person can can only vote once. The vote will be open until 4pm on February 23rd and the winning book will be announced on March 1st.

Thanks to Bloomsbury for mailing!

Daniel Radcliffe made an appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Thursday, February 2, 2012.  Ellen and Daniel talk about the Super Bowl and make a $5,000 bet with the proceeds going to the Trevor Project. He also talked about his girlfriend, Rosie, videos may be seen below as well as a photo (click it to enlarge.) Thanks to the Ellen Show for mailing with the news!