The Daily Snitch - Weekend Edition, March 5, 2017

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Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Sir Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore) to receive Lifetime Achievement Award of the Irish Film and Television Academy.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• J. K. Rowling explains a new word that describes the size transformation of the Occamy.
• A new clip of Eddie Redmayne's Fantastic Beasts audiobook narration has been released. (reading the Basilisk story)
• Snitchseeker does a March Madness Merch Giveaway for the release of the Fantastic Beasts DVD and Blu-ray on March 28. (worldwide)

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt #182 (due on or before): “Making money isn't hard in itself... What's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one's life to.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind, Slug Club and Selective.
• slythindor100 posted the Monthly Challenge #204. The challenge ends March 31.
• hd_fluff posted March Challenge: Rainbow

Communities:
• femmefest made a Mod Post, announcing that Femmefest will be back this year.
• hp_drizzle announced the 2017 HP Weather Fest. Prompting opens April 1.
• hp_getlucky: Claiming for the HP Get Lucky Fest ends tomorrow, March 6.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt #181 Masterlist.

Fandom Recs:
• theimpossiblegl recced a Hermione Granger/Severus Snape fic (R).
• themightyflynn recced Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Black art (R).
• toblass recced GamerSnape art (G).

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from March 5 – 11 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from February 16 to March 4.

Discussions:
• Cassie wrote J. K. Rowling on Twitter: Is she practicing what she preaches? (Mugglenet)
• Kris wrote Why Fandom Gatekeeping Needs to Stop. (Mugglenet)
• Multi-authored discussion post about (possible) generational changes in femslash shipping.


Community Spotlight:
♥ fandomtrumpshate – a fandom auction to benefit charities in the wake of the US Presidential election
This all-fandom online auction ended on January 19, 2017. It raised $32,000 for charities and organisations resisting the Trump agenda; 100 fanworks have been created so far. You can peruse and read the works in the auctions's AO3 Collection. fandomtrumpshate will be back next year.


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