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Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• New Trailer and Poster Unveiled for Robert Pattinson’s ‘The Lost City of Z’.
• Ralph Fiennes Aids the Dark Knight and Directs ‘The White Crow’.
• Harry Potter U.S. books' original artist Mary GrandPré talks drawing characters, more.
• New 'Beauty and the Beast' Promo Clips.
• Happy 67th Birthday, Arthur Weasley!
• Dame Maggie Smith and Others Added to BFI and Radio Times Television Festival Line-up.
• Daniel Radcliffe talks why he won't see 'Cursed Child' in London, new West End role.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• 'Fantastic Beasts' new visual effects clip with Gnarlak the goblin, Niffler, Erumpent.
• 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' nominated for six 2017 Empire Film Awards.
• New Special Effects Clip Released for 'Fantastic Beasts'.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:
• John Tiffany on Directing “Cursed Child” and Bringing New Audiences to Theater.
• ‘Cursed Child’ Producer Bringing ‘1984’ to Broadway.
• 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' Broadway/NYC auditions taking place this February.
• 'Cursed Child' play's new London cast to be announced soon, U.S. actors on Broadway.

Prompt Challenges:
• poetic_hp posted February Prompt: Date.
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt 178.
• draco100 posted Prompt 11: A secret admirer.

Communities:
• hd_remix reminds you Sign-ups for the 2017 Remix fest are open till Feb. 10th.
• hprarefest announced: Claiming for the 2017 HP Rare Pair Fest is Opne!
• serpentinelion posted Appreciation Fest – Sign-ups extended.
• serpentinelion posted Appreciation Fest - Promoting Banner.
• one_bad_man posted First Friday in February.
• hp_shoreofangst reminds you: Prompting for the fest is Open.
• dracotops_harry posted Back-up at Dreamwidth.
• hp_darkarts announced Claiming is open.
• HPfanfictalk posted TV Tropes Challenge – Deadline: 1 March 2017.
• hp_mhealthfest announced Claiming is Open!
• snape_potter posted Snarry-a-thon 2017 Prompts.
• HPfanfictalk posted The Take it Seriously Challenge – Deadline: April 15th.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• draco100 posted the Round Up Post: Prompt 10.
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt 177 Masterlist.

Fandom Recs:
• sabethea recced four Harry/Draco (2), Neville/Draco (1), Albus/Scorpius (1) fics.
• carpemermaid recced four Harry/Draco fics.
• theimpossiblegl recced one Snape/Harry art.
• kellychambliss recced one Snape (gen) fic.
• toblass recced one Snape/Hermione fic.
• capitu recced one Harry/Draco fic.
• themightyflynn recced one Snape/Harry art.
• carpemermaid recced one Ginny/Luna fic.
• mywitch recced one Severus/Hermione fic.
• besamislabios recced four Lavander/Parvati arts.

Resources:
• hd_prophet: Sunday 5th.
• potterfests: Schedule of Upcoming Events from 5 February -- 11 February .
• sshp_prophet: January 29 - February 4th.

Participate:
• nerak_rose posted: Fandom History Preservation Project (DW).

Essay/Meta:
• What Fanwords Mean to Me 2017.

Nifty:
• Five "Potter" Stars Who Would Be Perfect as the Thirteenth Doctor.


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