Michael Gambon on Irish Film and Television Awards Shortlist
The Irish Film and Television Academy have today released a shortlist of some the nominees for the 2010 Irish Film and Television Awards. Actor Michael Gambon has been nominated for his portrayal of Albus Dumbledore in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Mr. Gambon faces competition in the Supporting Actor category from Simon Delaney ("Happy Ever Afters"), Aidan Quinn ("The Eclipse") and Michael Fassbender ("Fish Tank"). Almost 250 titles were submitted for consideration by a Jury panel...

Michael nominated for Irish Film Television Award
Michael Gambon has been nominated for the 7th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards, which take place on Saturday, February 20. He was nominated for his role as Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in the category of Actor in a Supporting Role – Film. Thanks Mugglenet !

Michael Gambon nominated for IFTA award
Michael Gambon has been nominated for an Irish Film and Television Academy award in the category of Actor in a Supporting Role - Film, for playing

Michael Gambon, Nominado en los Premios de la Academia Irlandesa
Michael Gambon , que ha venido interpretando al anciano director de Hogwarts desde El Prisionero de Azkaban , ha sido nominado como mejor actor de reparto por la Irish Film and Television Academy (Academia Irlandesa de Cine y Televisión) por su papel de Albus Dumbledore en Harry Potter y el Misterio del Príncipe . La Academia Irlandesa elige a los mejores profesionales del ámbito del cine y la televisión, siendo en esta ocasión los más relevantes del año 2009. El reconocido actor...

"Half-Blood Prince" Nominated for Art Directors Guild Award
The LA Times reports today that "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" has been nominated for an Excellence in Production Design Award by the Art Directors Guild of America. Harry Potter production designer Stuart Craig, who has previously won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild, is nominated in the fantasy film category. The other production designers nominated in this category are Philip Ivey for his work on "District 9," Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg for...

Irish Film and Television Awards 2010 Nominations
The 7th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards nominations have been announced , the awards show will take place on Saturday 20 February at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. The nominations are in 37 categories, across film and television. Best Irish Film Eamon - Seamus Byrne (Zanita Films) The Eclipse - Robert Walpole, Rebecca O'Flanagan (Treasure Entertainment) Ondine - Neil Jordan, James Flynn (Octagon Films) The Secret of Kells - Paul Young (Cartoon Saloon) Zonad - Ed Guiney,...

Sir Michael Gambon tells of Johnny Depp's meeting with the Queen
He recalled that when filming Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp on the lands of a stately home near Windsor in 1998, the Queen came riding past one day with Harry Herbert, the 17th Earl of Pembroke, who was also a film director and a friend of the actor. "Harry shouts, 'Hello Mike' and I replied 'Hello Harry, how are you, mate?' and 'Hello ma'am' and the Queen nods to me." Afterwards, Depp asked: "Was that the Queen?" Gambon replied: "Of course it was the Queen." Mouth open, Depp replied: "You k

Gambon's royal joke on Depp
Sir Michael Gambon once tricked Johnny Depp into thinking he was friends with Queen Elizabeth II - telling the actor he regularly went to her home for a cup of tea. The pair was working together on 1999 movie Sleepy Hollow in the grounds of a stately home near Windsor, England, when the Queen and Harry Herbert, the 17th Earl of Pembroke - who is also a film director - rode past on horses. And Depp assumed that because Gambon knew the Earl, he must know the Royal as well. Gambon recalls, "Harry shouts, 'Hel

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Rupert Goold is a name that will give any project legs at the moment. The award-winning 36-year-old director has a production of No Man's Land, starring Michael Gambon, and the I'd Do Anything-promoted extravaganza of Oliver! lined up for the West End this autumn, and a major production of King Lear with Pete Postlethwaite opening in Liverpool in the same crammed season. All the same, you have to admire the steady nerve and the vision of the producers who have brought h

Other Potter Stars Nominated for IFTA awards
In addition to Michael Gambon, a few other Potter stars have been nominated for Irish Film and Television Awards! Thanks SS !

Gambon's Royal Joke On Depp.
Gambon's Royal Joke On Depp.... Sir Michael Gambon once tricked Johnny Depp into thinking he was friends with British monarch Queen Elizabeth II - telling the actor he regularly went to her home for a cup of tea. The pair was working together on 1999 movie Sleepy Hollow in the grounds of a stately home near Windsor, England, when the Queen and Harr...

UPDATED Four Potter actors nominated for IFTA awards
Michael Gambon has been nominated for an Irish Film and Television Academy award in the category of Actor in a Supporting Role - Film, for playing