The nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards have been announced and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II is up for a few awards.

Art Direction

• “The Artist”
  Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” 
  Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
• “Hugo”
  Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
• “Midnight in Paris”
  Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
• “War Horse”
  Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Makeup

• “Albert Nobbs”
  Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
  Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
• “The Iron Lady”
  Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Kenneth Branagh and Gary Oldman are also up for awards:

Actor in a Leading Role

• Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
• George Clooney in “The Descendants”
• Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
• Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
• Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
• Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
• Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
• Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
• Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

Jessie Cave (Lavender Brown) has released yet another short film on her website, PinDippy.  This video is called Spy Girl and features Katie Leung, who we all know as Cho Chang from the Potter films.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is up for the annual CinemaCon Fan Choice Award! Make sure to vote to make Harry Potter the winner. The full list of nominees is as follows:

• Bridesmaids
• Captain America: The First Avenger
• Cars 2
• Fast Five
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
• The Hangover Part II
• The Help
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
• Thor
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon

All voters will be automatically entered for a chance to win a trip for two to the CinemaCon Convention to see the awards show live in Las Vegas.

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A quick reminder post to let fans in the London area know about a contest to win tickets to the London premiere of The Woman in Black, which takes place tomorrow at The Royal Festival Hall (fan gates open at 4pm)

Momentum Pictures announced a competition a couple weeks ago to win a pair of tickets to the World Premiere of The Woman in Black on Tuesday 24th January 2012 and watch the film alongside the cast and celebrity guests. Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds (Aberforth Dumbledore in Deathly Hallows), screenwriter Jane Goldman and director James Watkins will attend the premiere.

To enter, those who come down to the Worldwide Premiere on dressed as their own interpretation of the Woman in Black will gain access to a special VIP area of the red carpet* The two best dressed fans will also be selected from the crowd and win the prize!

*numbers permitting. The VIP fan pen for those in costume will operate on a first come first serve basis

Daniel Radcliffe has been making the rounds lately doing some interviews to promote The Woman in Black, which comes out in the US on February 3rd and the UK on February 10th. You can watch some clips from MTV in the playlist below:

He also appeared on the Jonathon Ross show, where he was interviewed and fed some penguins! View the playlist below:

The Woman in Black London premiere is taking place this Tuesday and Magical-Menagerie will be there, hopefully getting some great interviews!

As I posted last month, A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song starring Freddie Stroma (Cormac McLaggen) will be making its television debut tonight on ABC Family. Be sure to tune in to see Freddie, playing a character named Luke,  sing and be the charming guy we all know him to be.

You can purchase the movie via this link.