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Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Ralph Fiennes cast for upcoming Holmes and Watson comedy.
• Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley) returns to television as Father Brown.
• Looking Back on the casting of the Harry Potter movies (Harry, Ron, Hermione).
• New Videos on special effects in Deathly Hallows.
• Gary Oldman (Sirius Black) to star in teen sci-fi romance The Space Between Us.
• Emma Watson reshoots scenes with Tom Hanks for upcoming tech thriller The Circle.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:
• Christine Jones, the Cursed Child set designer, leads the theater initiative The Ghostlight Project. The project will be launched January 19, 2017, 5.30 pm in each time-zone.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Video: VFX reel of visual and graphics effects of scene in the Goldstein sisters' apartment in Fantastic Beasts.

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt #174 (due on or before January 14): Snape and his "ferocious, anguished face.", “Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.” ― Samuel Lover, Rory O'More and Explanations.

Communities:
• firewhiskeyfic announced the Firewhiskey Fic Inauguration Edition on January 20, 2017.
• hp_darkages posted about plans for the community (Dark LDWS, Flash Collab Fest and much more).
• Prompting is open for the first HP Pregnancy Fest at hp_bunintheoven.
• hprarefest announced the 2017 HP Rare Pairings Fest (Prompting starts January 20).
• Kinky Kristmas' Wacky Fest Statistics.
• dracotops_harry announced the 2017 Draco tops Harry Fest and posted the Fest Rules. (Prompting starts January 11.)
• lucissa has a new Mod and a Poll!
• rs_small_gifts announced the start of Bonus Round.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• smutty_claus posted the Smutty Claus 2016 Masterlist.
• Kink Kristmas posted the Final Message and 2016 Artist and Author Reveals Masterlist.
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt #173 Masterlist.
• rs_small_gifts posted the Week 6 Round-up.

Hot Art:
• Friday Nights at Grimmauld Place by anon at hd_erised (Harry/Draco; PG)
Summary: According to wizarding law, any change Harry makes to the ancestral home of the Blacks must first be approved by one of the bloodline. Luckily, Draco Malfoy is more than happy to step in- it's getting him to leave that's the trick.
• Rainy Days and Grimoires by anon at hd_erised (Harry/Draco; PG)
Summary: Draco unabashedly uses Harry as a pack mule for transporting all his heavy, fancy, weighty books.

Hot Rec:
• The Loathly Worm by anon at hd_erised (Harry/Draco | NC-17 | 12,000 words)
Summary: When Draco Malfoy is forced to go undercover among the remaining Death Eaters in the aftermath of the war, the last person he expects to find there is Harry Potter.
• And, On the Other Side, A Welcoming Voice by anon at hd_erised (Harry/Draco | PG | 39,000 words)
Summary: For twenty years, the official history has told readers that Harry Potter died at the Battle of Hogwarts. The next edition is going to require some significant revisions.

Fandom Recs:
• toblass recced four Severus Snape Dark Mark works of art.
• themightyflynn recced two works of art: Lucius/Severus (R) and Lucius & pimp cane (G) art.
• who_la_hoop recced 5 works of Harry/Draco art (G, 3xPG, NC-17) and one Scorpius/Albus work of art (NC-17).
• sassy_cissa recced two Harry/Draco fics (NC-17, PG).

Searches:
• ^{Ending Soon} dailysnitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Roxanne Weasley.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from January 8 to 14 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from December 31 to January 7.

Discussions:
• hprarefest posted Discussion #18: Which pairings constitute a rare pairing?

General Fandom News:
• OTW: Guest Post by Smitha Milla on her research using natural language processing to reveal patterns in fanfiction texts and feedback.
• snowflake_challenge posted Day 1 through Day 8 Fannish Challenges.

Participate:
• The Harry Potter Hook-Up Map Project needs your help. (Drarry and WolfStar only for now.)


Community Spotlight:
♥ lucissa – The Good Ship Icicle: Lord and Lady Malfoy
A fan community for the pairing of Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Black Malfoy. The community exists since 2004. Take the Poll about new community activities.


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