"Half-Blood Prince" Receives Two BAFTA Nominations
The final set of nominations for the 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards, the BAFTAs, have been announced , and include two nominations for the "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" film.  First, the sixth Potter film was recognized in the category of Production Design , along side such other films as "Avatar," "District 9," "Inglourious Basterds," and "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus."  A second nomination comes in the Special Visual Effects category, which...

'I Can Do Bad' tops DVD sales list
Los Angeles, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- " Tyler Perry 's I Can Do Bad All By Myself" was the top-selling DVD in the United States last week, Rentrak Corp. announced. Coming in at No. 2 on the DVD sales list for the week ending Jan. 17 is "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," followed by "Halloween II" at No. 3, "The Hurt Locker" at No. 4, " The Hangover" at No. 5, "Fame" at No. 6, "The Final Destination" at No. 7, "District 9" at No. 8, "Inglourious Basterds" at No. 9 and "Paranormal Activity" at No....

Bafta nominations: Avatar and An Education lead field
British film An Education is battling major Hollywood movies Avatar and The Hurt Locker with eight nominations each at the British Academy Film Awards. An Education’s Carey Mulligan is up for best actress alongside Meryl Streep and Audrey Tautou, with further nods for best film and director Lone Scherfig. District 9 has seven nominations, while Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and Up in the Air have six nominations each. The awards takes place at London’s Royal Opera House on...

BAFTA Nominees Announced; AVATAR, THE HURT LOCKER, and AN EDUCATION Lead with 8 Nominations
The Brits certainly like our flicks with Avatar and The Hurt Locker scoring eight nominations each from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

Bafta nominations: Avatar and An Education lead field
British film An Education is battling major Hollywood movies Avatar and The Hurt Locker with eight nominations each at the British Academy Film Awards. An Education’s Carey Mulligan is up for best actress alongside Meryl Streep and Audrey Tautou, with further nods for best film and director Lone Scherfig. District 9 has seven nominations, while Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and Up in the Air have six nominations each. The awards takes place at London’s Royal Opera House on...

Bafta nominations: Avatar and An Education lead field
British film An Education is battling major Hollywood movies Avatar and The Hurt Locker with eight nominations each at the British Academy Film Awards. An Education’s Carey Mulligan is up for best actress alongside Meryl Streep and Audrey Tautou, with further nods for best film and director Lone Scherfig. District 9 has seven nominations, while Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and Up in the Air have six nominations each. The awards takes place at London’s Royal Opera House on...

An Education, Avatar And The Hurt Locker Lead BAFTA Nominations
British film An Education , sci-fi blockbuster Avatar and war thriller The Hurt Locker are set to go head-to-head at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards next month - the films all scored eight nominations each. All three movies will compete against Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and Up In The Air for the night's Best Picture prize. Neill Blomkamp 's sci-fi thriller District 9 is also up for seven Awards, while Quentin Tarantino...

An Education, Avatar and The Hurt Locker lead BAFTA nominations
British film An Education, sci-fi blockbuster Avatar and war thriller The Hurt Locker are set to go head-to-head at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards next month (Feb10) - the films all scored eight nominations each. All three movies will compete against Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and Up In The Air for the night's Best Picture prize. Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi thriller District 9 is also up for seven Awards, while Quentin Tarantino's...

'Avatar' gets 8 noms for British film awards
The British Awards, known as BAFTAs, are handed out two weeks before the Academy Awards in Hollywood and considered an important indicator of likely Oscar success. South African Alien thriller "District 9" received seven BAFTA nominations, while Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" and Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" got six each. The nominations boost the Oscar hopes of James Cameron's "Avatar," an astronomically expensive eco-adventure that has already taken more than $1.6...

Avatar, Hurt Locker, An Education Lead BAFTA Awards Nominations
The Hurt Locker maintains its lead in the Oscar race, but it's definitely looking over its shoulder at some blue people. Coming off its big wins at the Golden Globes, Avatar joins the war film and the considerably smaller An Education on the leader board for the Orange British Film Academy Awards nominations, announced this morning. The trio of films is up for eight BAFTAs each. District 9 follows close behind with seven and Up in the Air and Inglourious Basterds stay near the top...

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince nominated for Visual Effects Society award
The Visual Effects Society , “the entertainment industry’s only organization representing the full breadth of visual effects practitioners including artists, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and producers in all areas of entertainment from film, television and commercials to music videos and games”, has nominated Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the category of Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature...

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince receives nomination for Visual Effects Society award
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Harry Potter 6 up for Visual Effects Society award
Thursday, 21 January 2010 17:41 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been nominated for a Visual Effects Society award in the category of "Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture." The ceremony will take place on February 28th at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

Got Firefox? Dress it up with a Harry Potter "persona"
If you use Firefox, you can grab some pretty keen looking themes for it at the official Firefox persona gallery , including Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince . Check out what I just did with mine:

Harry Potter 6 up for two BAFTA awards
Thursday, 21 January 2010 17:29 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been nominated for two gongs at the 2010 BAFTA Awards! The categories include Production Design and Visual Effects. The Awards ceremony will take place at the Royal Opera House in London, England on February 21st, with the show airing on BBC, with a Red Carpet show will air prior to the coverage, on BBC3. Thanks to UHP !

'HBP' garners two BAFTA nominations
have been announced and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has garnered two nods for production design and visual effects. The awards show will take place in London on Sunday, February 21st, and is usually broadcast on BBCAmerica in the States. Categories

Harry Potter 6 in the running for two BAFTA awards
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been nominated for two gongs at the 2010 BAFTA Awards in the categories of Production Design and Visual Effects. The Awards ceremony will be held at the Royal Opera House in London, England on February 21st, with the show airing on BBC, with a Red Carpet show will air prior to the coverage, on BBC3. Thanks to UHP for the tip!

Two BAFTA nominations for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
see more Lolcats and funny pictures I told you a few weeks ago that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince had been short-listed for the BAFTA Awards, well, it’s official: they grabbed two noms! Here’s the official information : * Production Design (Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan) * Special Visual Effects (John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander, Nicolas Aithadi) Good luck to all the nominees!

Half-Blood Prince receives two nods at 2010 BAFTAs
  News Archive | News Categories | Submit News Tip | MuggleNet's Twitter Half-Blood Prince receives two nods at 2010 BAFTAs Congratulations to the team behind Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , as they've received 2 nominations at this year's BAFTAs. As we reported earlier this month , they were long-listed for seven. Half-Blood Prince was nominated in the Production Design and Special Visual Effects categories. See a full list of categories and nominees at...

Seven Year High For UK Box Office
It's been a good year for cinema in the UK with the likes of New Moon, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the Box Office has grossed £944 million. Despite the Recession film lovers have flocked to cinemas to catch all the latest releases as the Film Council revealed that attendances were at 172.9 million. John Woodward, chief executive officer of the UK Film Council told Digital Spy: "Taken together, these Box Office and inward investment numbers...

Bellatrix Lestrange Photos from Deathly Hallows
" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank" class="fb_share_link">Share on Facebook Here’s a few behind the scenes photos of Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange on set of the upcoming film “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I” by director David Yates (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) and starring Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone), Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter (Alice in Wonderland), Alan Rickman (The Villa Golitsyn)...

Seven Year High For UK Box Office
It's been a good year for cinema in the UK with the likes of New Moon, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the Box Office has grossed £944 million. Despite the Recession film lovers have flocked to cinemas to catch all the latest releases as the Film Council revealed that attendances were at 172.9 million. John Woodward, chief executive officer of the UK Film Council told Digital Spy: "Taken together, these Box Office and inward investment numbers...

Will Depp make a cameo in 21 Jump Street? Maybe Grieco too?
According to directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs), Depp has a role if he wants one. When it came to talking about the Grieco cameo, the guys said it was too early to tell. Jonah Hill, who will star in the film, most recently said that the new JUMP STREET will be like, "a John Hughes movie with Bad Boys style action…I wouldn't make it if it wouldn't be awesome." I might lose major cool point for this, but I never got into 21 JUMP STREET. If I'm in the mood...