Tons of New HBP Stuff

#1: An interview with Evanna Lynch (Luna), Freddie Stroma (Cormac McLaggen), Jessie Cave (Lavender Brown), Rupert Grint (Ron), Dan Radcliffe (Harry), Tom Felton (Draco), Bonnie Wright (Ginny), and Emma Watson (Hermione).

#2: French behind-the-scenes videos.

#3: Yahoo! UK behind-the-scenes videos.

#3: Peview of the soundtrack from Classics FM. (Coming Soon)

Just wait 17 days.

AAAARRRGGGG!

Half Blood Prince has received a rating of "M" in Australia which is the equivalent of 12A in the UK and of PG13 in the States. So why is it PG... WHY? What's wrong with us? What makes us better than them? What makes us so tough? There must be an answer (and it better not be Obama, I don't want to here it!).

Two New Interviews

One with Emma Watson in Times Magizene

and

One with Rupert Grint in The Telegraph

Yeah... They talk about kissing.

How it is Made: Harry Potter Video Games

EA has released this series of videos in 3 parts:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

CAST LIST

Mafilda Hopkirk ~ Sophie Thompson

Auntie Muriel ~ Matyelok Gibbs

Two REALLY important characters.

Draco Tweets

WB has started an official Twitter account for the Harry Potter and guess who's been tweeting? Tom Felton (Draco). If you care (cough) click here.

Early HBP Review Online

Holywood.com has released an early review of the latest Harry Potter movie. In the review the man writing the article said the movie was worthy of an Oscar or as he said it "Mr. Potter, Meet Mr. Oscar". Read the article here.

WARNING: DON'T PIRATE

According to PCtools.com hackers are taking advantage of HP fans by disguising viruses as illegal copies of the 6th movie. If you receive any offer to download the movie for free DO NOT click it or open it or anything.

LA Times interviews Stewart Craig

Craig is the set designer of the Harry Potter films. The LA time has recently interviewed him in anticipation of the upcoming movie. You can read the article online here.

G-I-N-N-Y Ginny*

We have 4 new photos and a new interview with Bonnie Wright (Ginny). See them here.

*For reference in article title, see movie "Rocket Science"

CRAZY SPOILER! (yes they still exist)

The first five minutes of HBP were released in Germany! Yes I know its crazy: something good came out of Germany. Anyway, if you want to be spoiled click here.

Draco Shops at Hot Topic

WB has announced that actor Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) will be making a special appearance in a Hot Topic store in New Jersey (of all places). If you live in the area its is the Hot Topic in Garden State Plaza and he will be there on Friday the 10th at 7pm. He will be in the area for the premiere of the 6th movie. Maybe while your there you can Carmen up some Draco flavored lip gloss.

Trio in your Tube

The trio are set to appear on Live with Regis and Kelly on Thursday, July 9th when they are in New York for the HBP premiere in two weeks! Check your local listings for more info.

Trio in the Forest

Dan Emma and Rupert were spotted filming in Swinley Forest (UK) yesterday. I guess we know what they were filming. See some photos of them on there way there (I think) here.

Dear Old Sluggy's Wardrobe

The Los Angeles Times sat down with costume designer for Half-Blood Prince, Jany Temime who "has been dressing the cast since 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'," and gets the scoop on her first real challenge...

....dressing Horace Slughorn.

"'Jim is not a small, fat man. He is tall and strong,' she said. 'So we had to change and adapt.' To do that, Temime used all of J.K. Rowling’s atmospheric detail to tell the story of Slughorn through his clothes rather than his size."

For more click here!

Fleur is Back!

So Clemence Poesy (Fleur Delacour) went and got herself pregnant back when they were filming movie 6, which is why we won't see Fleur when the movie comes out (19 days left!).

But she's back for Deathly Hallows and already at work!

So the article here is in French, so here's the translated version....

"Whereas Marion Cotillard became Frenchie preferred of the international cinema since for its interpretation d' Edith Piaf in " Môme" , another French actress is indeed likely to steal the high-speed motorboat to him… Clémence Poésy, that one already was pleased to see in " Large Meaulnes" or " War and Peace" was selected to join the cast of " Harry Potter". The young 26 year old actress will incarnate again; "Fleur Delacour" , a pupil of the school of magic " Beaubâtons" who was in the last TriWizard Tournament. Filming should begin in ten days. Clemence Poésy is already put at work, in England."

It's really bad translation from Babelfish... but there you go.

More Clips! YAY!

We have new (well new to me) clips from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, inculding scenes from Weasly Wizard Weezes (woohoo!)

To see the video go to:

http://www.celebuzz.com/video-new-harry-potter-half-s114631/

Publishers Deny Plagiarism

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC is being taken to court (again) in london by the late Adrian Jacobs estate for copy right infringement. The estate claims that " Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire " reproduces parts of Adrian Jacobs "The Adventures of Willy the Wizard". Jacobs died in 1997 and his book was published in 1987. Bloomsbury had this to say, " These alligations are unfounded, unsubstantiated abd untrue. J.K. Rowling had never heard of Adrian Jacobs nor seen, read, or heard of his book 'Willy the Wizard' until this claim was first made in 2004."

Interview With Mike Welch

Ok Twilight Fans, Mike Welch, who plays Mike Newton, had an interview with BLAST talking about filming the upcoming sequal to Twilight, "New Moon" .

To see the interview go to:

http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/06/twilight-star-mike-welch-dishes-on-new-moon/

Jessie Cave Spills on Smooching Rupert

Jessie Cave, who plays Lavender Brown, talks about her audition with Rupert Grint.

For your final audition, what scene did you get to act out with Rupert?: We actually had to improvise for a good 15 or 20 minutes, which is very scary. It’s a really long time. The director, David Yates, was there and he was just like, “Hi. Right. Here’s a plate of biscuits, Jessie. It’s a lovely plate of chocolate biscuits and I want you to do whatever you want with these biscuits.’ Rupert was in the room, sitting on the sofa, and I just thought, ‘What the hell am I going to do with this plate of biscuits?’

What did you end up doing?: I thought, ‘I’m just going to go for it.’ And I think Rupert was a bit scared, really. The biscuits were past the sofa, away from me so I kind of just tangled myself around Rupert and just made it really obvious that I didn’t really care about the biscuits. I just wanted to be near him. I think he was quite scared.

Awww, he was probably acting, too. Right?: No, he was actually scared [laughs]. I think he’s easily scared though, bless him. He was so lovely and we really got on and made each other laugh, and that helped.

For the rest of the interview go to:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/06/harry-potter-countdown-jessie-cave-spills-about-scaring-smooching-ron.html

Video Game Talk

Rupert Grint and his co-stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Bonnie Wright, Tom Felton, and Freddie Storma ( who plays Cormac McLaggen in the up coming film) talk about the new Half- Blood Prince video game which will hit store on July 30th (only 15 days after the movie comes out!). Rupert says "Where ever there is flying involved, I’m quite into that".

To view the whole video go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxiHVxkg9FQ

They've Chosen It! Finally!

Deathly Hallows director David Yates confirmined in an interview with the LA times that they have chosen the place to split Deathly Hallows. Finally!!!!! Though Yates said this could change during editing (Are you kidding me!?!?!?) right now they are spliting the movie shortly after the scene where Harry, Hermione and Ron are captured by the Snatchers after being chased through the woods. Yates goes on to say that the split will be a cliffhanger, something the Potter series has yet to see but makes sense in the storyline.

If you would like to comment on what you think this scene is go to: http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Split_Point_for_Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_Films_Chosen/5040

Emma on TeenVogue

Emma Watson will be appearing on the August issue of TeenVogue. She also gave an interview. She commented on the on-screen romance with Rupert Grint: "At the beginning, it looks like they’re on their way to finally being together, but of course Ron screws it up. So she’s jealous, and doesn’t quite realize it, and they have all these arguments.”

She also talked about her decision to go to university: "I’ve been saying that I wanted to go to university since I was eleven, so if they didn’t let me, I’d be pretty upset. I just want to keep it private [my university choice] for as long as I can. I probably sound like a paranoid nut, but I’m doing this because I want to be normal. I really want anonymity. I want to do it properly, like everyone else. As long as I don’t walk in, and see, like, Harry Potter posters everywhere, I’ll be fine.”

TWIP (6/21-6/27)

6/22- Happy Birthday Dudley Dursley!

6/24- Happy Birthday Divya!