Daniel Radcliffe has launched an initiative today to find the UK and Ireland’s scariest story.  Beginning this Halloween, 31 October, budding writers will be able to submit their own original short story to The Woman in Black YouTube Channel with the winning entry recorded by Dan and included on  The Woman in Black DVD. The winner will also win a trip to London to attend the Premiere of The Woman in Black in early 2012.

The competition will run exclusively on YouTube.   Entrants have to upload short videos of themselves reading their original ghost story through the film’s official YouTube page – www.youtube.com/thewomaninblackmovie.  The competition closes on the 20^th of December 2011, whereupon ten finalists will be chosen and voted for by the public.  The winner will be announced on the 6^th of January 2012. A full set of terms and conditions are available on the YouTube channel.

The full press release may be read here.

Daniel also recited an excerpt from The Woman in Black novel which you can see below:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II and a bunch of cast members have been long-listed for the 2012 People’s Choice Awards. You can also write in your favorite actor if they aren’t currently on the shortlist for any given category. The top 5 will be up for the award with the ceremony being held on January 11, 2012 in Los Angeles.

• Favorite Movie: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Favorite Movie Actor: Daniel Radcliffe
• Favorite Action Movie: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Favorite Movie Star Under 25 presented by Moviefone: Daniel Radcliffe; Emma Watson; Rupert Grint; Tom Felton
• Favorite Ensemble Movie Cast: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Favorite Book Adaptation: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Thanks SS!

The Spike SCREAM awards were held last night and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and its actors won a bunch of awards! It won the following:

• The Ultimate Scream  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
• Best Scream-Play Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
  
• Best Fantasy Actor – Daniel Radcliffe [watch Dan accept his award here]
• Best Villain Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort
• Holy Sh!it Scene of the Year The Room of Requirement FiendFire
• Best FX Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II

Sadly it lost the following categories:

• Best Fantasy Movie to X-Men: First Class
• Best Director David Yates lost to Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
• Best Fantasy Actress Emma Watson lost to Natalie Portman – Black Swan
• Best Supporting Actor Rupert Grint and Alan Rickman lost to Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
• Best Ensemble Lost to the cast of True Blood
• Fight Scene of the Year The Final Battle and Harry vs. Voldemort lost to Scott Pilgrim and Knives vs. Gideon Graves
• Best 3D Movie to Transformers: Dark of the Moon

The awards show ceremony will air on Spike TV and VH1 on Tuesday at 9pm EST.

As I posted last week, there was a Harry Potter Tribute last night in New York City as part of Spike’s SCREAM awards which will be airing on Spike and VH1 on Tuesday October 18th at 9pm est [check your local listings to be sure of the time].  Daniel Radcliffe was the special guest at the event and there is now a video online of him accepting his Best Actor Award!

Also, thanks to SS we have a transcript of Dan’s speech:

Thank you very very much. Hello, thank you all so much for coming out! This is amazing. Really, thank you guys so so much. I’ve had the most incredible ten years of my life on Harry Potter. I had such an amazing time; I want to thank – first of all, all of you for coming; second of all, everyone who watched the films over the ten years and who supported us, and everyone who voted around the world, not just for me, but for the film. It’s been the year of the longest goodbye in the world and it is a very very sad thing, but we just had the most amazing, amazing time. So, thank you so much for this, this is crazy.

And that man there – I don’t know if you can see him – has got the best Hagrid costume on I’ve ever seen. So, well done, sir. Thank you very very much.

MSN UK has posted a brand new trailer for Daniel Radcliffe’s new film,  The Woman in Black, which you may see below!

Yesterday a new press release from Spike TV. revealed that a special Harry Potter Tribute would air during the Spike SCREAM Awards which will be airing on October 18th from 9-11pm EST. The awards will also be showing footage from Daniel’s new film, The Woman in Black.

After eight films, nine Academy Award nominations, and years of inspiring millions of fans worldwide, Spike TV will say goodbye to the “Harry Potter” films as it presents the ultimate farewell tribute to the blockbuster franchise at its “SCREAM Awards 2011.”

Remember, you can still vote for the Potter series and cast to win awards!