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Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Happy Birthday! Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley).
• Katie Leung (Cho Chang) stars in the play Snow in Midsummer at the Swan Theatre. (theatre review)
• Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf to be broadcast live on March 18th.
• Catching up with Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley): summary of several recent interviews.
• Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) talks about Beauty and the Beast (with kittens).
• James and Oliver Phelps (George and Fred Weasley), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), and Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) talk about what they think their characters were doing in the 19 years between the Battle of Hogwarts and the Epilogue.
• The Leaky Cauldron's Review of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in Concert.
• Universal Studios Japan announced a Magical Nighttime Show for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Eddie Redmayne in Early Man trailer and Studio Tour visit with Dan Fogler. (videos)
• Fantastic Beasts wins 4 Three Empire Film Awards including Best Actor for Eddie Redmayne.
• Print error in U.S. Hogwarts Library editions of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them explained in statement by Scholastic Publishing. Copies with the print error can be exchanged.

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt #184 (due on or before March 25): Coretta Scott King quote, On Stage and Scar.

Communities:
• dracotops_harry made a Mod Post: submissions for the Draco tops Harry Fest are due today!
• The Birthday Card Comment Kink Challenge at daily_deviant is now open.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hp_getlucky posted the Week One Round up of the Harry Potter Get Lucky Fest.
• hp_goldenage posted the Week Two Wrap-up of the Salt and Pepper Fest.
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt #183 Masterlist.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• Don't Like Don't Read by e.johnson (Harry/Draco | G | comic)
Summary: In which the author thinks too hard about the favourite son of the Harry Potter slash scene. Warnings for gross nostalgia, jokes.

Fandom Recs:
• candamira recced three Ron Weasley/Draco Malfoy fanworks, two fics (NC-17, PG-13) and art (G).
• capitu recced eight Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy fics (all NC-17, BDSM and Kinky Fic 2).
• elizabethminkel recced a Remus Lupin/Sirius Black fic (PG-13).
• elizabethminkel recced a Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy fic (R).
• kellychambliss recced a Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape fic (PG).
• themightyflynn recced Madam Rosmerta/Severus Snape art (G).
• themightyflynn recced Lucius, Narcissa & Draco art (gen).
• toblass recced Hermione Granger/Severus Snape fic and art (R).

Searches:
• ^NEW dailysnitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Newt Scamander.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from March 19 to 25 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from March 12 to 18.
• Media References to Fanfiction for the week ending March 18, 2017.

Discussions:
• Dramione Characters Traps: Harry Potter by Kris. (MuggleNet)

Essay/Meta:
• Harry Potter and the Chosen Ones: Katniss Everdeen by Nathalia. (MuggleNet)

Nifty:
• Jim Kay, the illustrator of the (new editions of the) Harry Potter books, has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Community Spotlight:
♥ femmefest – HP Femmeslash Fest
The community is the home of the official Harry Potter Femmeslash Exchange, which has been taking place since 2009 – this year is round #9. For Femmefest, all main relationships must be female/female. No crossovers, no gen, and no genderswap is allowed. Male characters are permitted as side characters and in secondary pairings. Threesomes (or more) are allowed as long as all of the participating characters are female. Posting this year starts May 8, you may sign-up here.


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