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Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• David Thewlis (Remus Lupin): First look at his role in the upcoming movie 'Wonder Woman'.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child News:
• Jack Thorne (playwright) enters a musical collaboration with Damien Chazelle (La-La-Land) for musical drama 'The Eddy'. (Click for more info.)
• Paul Thornley (Ron Weasley) talks about leaving 'Cursed Child' after the first run in London.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• What is Newt Scamander's Patronus: speculations by MuggleNet.
• Jude Law (Albus Dumbledore) was asked about his thoughts on Dumbledore's sexuality. (Don't hold your breath. ;))

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt #190 (due on or before May 6): When asked for the details of an ideal date, I answered, "I want him to take me to a book store, so he can see just how happy I can be.” ― Camille Cabujat, Superstitious and Plumpton Pass.

Communities:
• hp_shoreofangst announced that Posting will begin tomorrow, May 1!
• hp_podfic_fest made a Mod Post about the import to Dreamwidth and announced that Sign-ups for this year's HP Podfic Fest will start next week.
• hphet posted Fest Info for the HP Het Mini Fest 2017. Prompting is now open for the Mini Fest.
• dracotops_harry made a Mod Post about the end of this year's DTH fest.
• sshg_smut announced the second annual Severus Snape/Hermione Granger Smut Fest. (Now also on Dreamwidth: sshg_smut)
• snarryficfind announced its move to Dreamwidth: snarry_ficfind

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• firewhiskeyfic posted the Earth Day Edition Reveal and Awards.
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt # 189 Masterlist.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• Dial Tone by Demmora @AO3 (Harry Potter, Dudley Dursley; G, 970 words)
Summary: Short ficlet inspired by a gif set on tumblr, where Dudley stands up to Vernon and tells Harry he doesn't think he's a waste of space and I went off on a headcanon tangent of "what-ifs".

Fandom Recs:
• toblass recced young Severus Snape art (G).
• themightyflynn recced two Harry Potter/Severus Snape pieces of art (both PG).
• sassy_cissa recced a Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy fic (NC-17, 7/10 chapters posted).

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

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from April 30 to May 6 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from April 23 through 29.
• Media References to Fanfiction for the week ending April 29.

General Fandom News:
• OTW Guest Post: Ann McClellan, Professor of English at Plymouth State University, writing about Sherlock Holmes fandom.

Nifty:
• Mikaela wrote Making a Wizarding Garden.


Community Spotlight:
♥ hp_podfic_fest – The Harry Potter Podfic Fest...
... is a yearly fest to promote podfics and podficcing in the Harry Potter fandom. All podficcers from experienced to brand new are welcomed. Podfics can range from drabbles to epic podfics of epicness. Gen, Het, Femmeslash, and Slash in all ratings are welcomed. This year is Round 7 of the hp_podfic_fest, which started in 2011. Sign-ups start next week.


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