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Joanne K. Rowling:
• J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts cast mourn Sir John Hurt's death.
• J.K. Rowling praises booksellers for 'Cursed Child' Book Success.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• John Hurt: To Mr. Ollivander.
• 11 Awesome Things John Hurt said.
• Gary Oldman: On-Set Image of Oldman as Winston Churchill in biopic Darkest Hour surfaces.
• Warner Bros Studio Tour London announced Forbidden Forest expansion to open March 31, 2017.
• A Celebration of Harry Potter 2017 Day 2 with film tribute and cast panels (videos).
• Harry Potter cast share memories at talent Q&A panel.
• David Tennant says it's going to be all okay.
• See Daniel Radcliffe on stage without travelling to London (via National Theatre Live).

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• SpeakBeasty (A Fantastic Beasts podcast) Episode 29: Women are Unicorns.
• Fantastic Beasts DVD/Blue-ray trailer released with one of 11 deleted scenes (the Ilvermorny School Song) that will be part of the DVD Extras.
• Watch the deleted scene with the Ilvermorny School Song (with lyrics).

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt # 177 (due on or before February 4): “Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.” ― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief, Philosophy and Loser's Lurgy.

Communities:
• hp_kinkfest made a Mod Announcement about their new back-up community at dreamwidth.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt # 176 Masterlist.

Fandom Recs:
• carpemermaid recced a Remus Lupin/Sirius Black fic (NC-17).
• kellychambliss recced a gen fic about Severus, Eileen and Tobias Snape (PG-13).
• snegurochka_lee made 6 recs: 3 fic Millicent Bulstrode/Cormac McLaggen (NC-17), Alicia Spinnet/Terence Higgs (PG-13), Ron/Draco (R) and 3 works of art Snape (G), Harry/Draco (PG), Dumbledore/Grindelwald (R).
• themightyflynn recced Severus, Narcissa, Lucius (Draco?) art (PG).
• toblass recced two works of Severus Snape art.

Searches:
• snarryficfind posted a search for Harry 'adopts' Snape fics. (Snarry only)
• dailysnitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Roxanne Weasley.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from January 20 to February 4 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from January 22 to 28.

Archive News:
• Gluttony Fanfiction is an archive with a focus on Harry Potter fanfiction. It is open to multi-fandoms, original fiction and poetry, as well. The archive has been in operation since 2008.

Essay/Meta:
• Are Modern House-Elves Nothing More Than Cognizant Cattle by Kris. (mugglenet)

Community Spotlight:
♥ hd_remix – The Harry/Draco Remix Challenge
Remixing is like fanfiction but written with another fanfic as "canon". A remix takes the essentials of a story or artwork and combines them in a new way to offer a different take on the plot, the characters, the situation and so on. hd_remix is hosting its 9th round this year. Sign-ups start this Tuesday, February 1.

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