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Emma Watson is currently on a year long hiatus from acting, but she’s starring in two exciting films in the line-up to be released: The Colony (released yesterday in the U.K.) and Beauty and The Beast. The Independent asked her a little more about her character in The Colony, the subject matter of the film, and what it’s like to be playing Belle.

“I think she’s just so brave” Emma says of Lena, her character in The Colony. “It’s such an extraordinary act of courage, so I found that very compelling”

“I think Lena’s very relatable, she’s an air hostess, she’s kind of an everyday woman, so I’d just say the women that I’ve met personally in my life who I’ve seen that kind of resolve and that kind of strength and that kind of thinking which allows them to do extraordinary things … a belief in themselves and a belief in what they’re doing” 

Emma also confirms that she visited Chile to speak to survivors of the sect Colonia Dignidad,  which the film is based around, which operated during the 1973 Chilean Military Coup, and researched the cult to try to understand as much as she could about the way it functioned:

“It was actually not that long ago, and I feel like so little is known about it, which is extraordinary”

“Even just being there, there was an atmosphere which was quite strong and quite pervasive, so even if I’d spoken to no one, just going and being around the buildings and know what each of the different functions of the rooms were … was a pretty intense experience”

She also spoke about how the responsibility being UN Goodwill Ambassador for Women impacts her choice in film roles:

“It is a different dimension – being a ‘child star’ as they call it, or having worked as a minor, you do have to be aware of the kind of trajectory, and also aware that people are viewing your performances through a very different lens”

Emma comments on an article which discussed people who had seen the trailer calling her role in The Colony a ‘scandalous’ move, showing her ‘really trying to push the envelope and really trying to step away from Hermione and Harry Potter‘:

“I’m just kissing someone, you know, and it’s like, a huge deal” 

“You’re aware of that, but I don’t like to try and let all of that that noise effect my choices and decisions, because ultimately if you live like that … it would close me off to a lot of opportunities and experiences”

She also spoke about violence against women (which is a recurring theme in The Colony):

“It’s probably not talked about enough – how pervasive it actually is. I think we’ve got a long way to go – I think it’s also just become socially acceptable or just ‘the norm’ that women should feel afraid walking around alone, whether that’s particularly at night or whenever. I think it’s sad that we live in a society where women don’t feel safe to walk around on their own”

On what it’s like to play Belle in Disney’s new live-action Beauty and the Beast:

“Amazing, I mean it’s just every girl’s dream, really. I loved her as a child, I love all the music, I knew all the lyrics and I loved that she was just this feisty heroine who’s whole life wasn’t about marrying the most handsome guy in the village …  she wanted to read and go on adventures and she wanted to be her own woman and her own person … she’s probably one of my first tastes of feminism, so pretty cool to be playing her now”

Read more about The Colony and watch the trailer here, and watch the full interview below!

Emma Watson, the UN Global Goodwill Ambassador, has taken to Facebook to share a four-part interview with Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator, star and writer of the Broadway hit musical Hamilton. This interview was taped during the HeForShe Arts Week in New York City. The HeForShe Arts Week, an initiative to leverage the arts for gender equality, was a part of UN’s International Women’s Day commemoration. To celebrate the Arts Week, HeForShe and its partner institutions gathered in New York City to spotlight the efforts taken towards gender equality and women’s rights.

Lin-Manuel Miranda shares his inspiration to Hamilton, mentioning Ron Chernow’s extensive biography on the first US Secretary of the Treasure as his inspiration for telling the “proto-American immigrant story” via a musical that mixes styles from hip hop and R&B to “Beatlesque” music. Hamilton has been a massive Broadway success, and Emma Watson herself praises Lin-Manuel Miranda for creating a piece of art that left a huge impression on her by blasting through every expectation and tradition.

Miranda states that when creating the structure for the musical, he stole a little from Harry Potter and elaborates this statement by saying that like Harry, who meets Malfoy before meeting the people who become his real friends, Hamilton first meets Aaron Burr and only after that his real friends, namely Hercules Mulligan and Marquis de Lafayette. In addition to discussing the inspiration for Hamilton, Watson and Miranda discuss the contemporary issues the musical is able to tackle despite its historical context, like the role of government and the extend US should be involved in the issues of other countries. In addition, Miranda brings up the fact that in Hamilton, every character who dies does so as a result of gun violence, a controversial and contested issue in contemporary United States.

Watson praises Miranda for writing strong women who in Hamilton take form of the Schuyler sisters. Though the Schuyler sisters were a part of Hamilton’s life, historical accounts of them are much more limited than those focusing on Hamilton and the men he worked and socialized with. This lack of historical records means that Miranda had to do intensive research in addition to creating stories for these women in order to make them a crucial part of the narrative of the play. Watson asks Miranda about the female storytellers that have inspired him, to which Miranda responds by naming Jeanine Tesori (the composer of broadway musical Fun Home), Elizabeth Shadows (the composer of Broadway musical Runaways), Judy Blume, J.K. Rowling and several other female writers and creators. Towards the end of the fourth part of the interview, Watson and Miranda sort the Hamilton characters into Hogwarts houses, with Hamilton himself as Gryffindor.

Throughout the interview, Watson and Miranda cover a wide range of issues with intelligence, passion and enthusiasm. Also, Emma Watson beatboxes while Lin-Manuel Miranda freestyles about gender equality, which is definitely worth seeing and hearing! You can watch the four part interview from Emma Watson’s Facebook page.

After being interviewed by Esquire prior to the release of the magazine’s Men and Women issue for April 2016, Emma Watson has interviewed Tom Hanks (who features alongside her on the cover) on films, family and feminism.

Starring in The Circle together, Hanks and Watson make a great duo, and their talk about the HeForShe campaign is enlightening and shows just how needed the campaign is.

Emma Watson: Are you a feminist?

Tom Hanks: Yes I am. We are in the Third Millennium. We have thousands of years of human history under our belts. If we are not continuously moving towards equal rights, equal opportunities and equal freedoms for every member of the human race — not just that half that is male — then we have squandered all we have learned.

On  gender equality and listening to women:

“The women I have worked with and those I seek inspiration from have had different perspectives on all there is to have an opinion on in this world, and I have always learned from listening to them. My support of those women and those in my family has been the same as it has for any man or any of my sons.”

On gender binaries, sexuality, love and why inclusivity is so important:

EW: You have been very supportive of same-sex marriage. I spoke a lot in my speech to the UN about the importance of seeing gender on a spectrum instead of as binary, and being inclusive of where everyone fits on that spectrum. Would this be something you would like to speak about? Is there a connection there?

TH: Look at us human beings! Each of our fingerprints is unique. Our eyes are just as varied. Just as no two snowflakes are the same, neither are we. We are as singular as those lines and ridges on our palms and fingers. Our gender is defined the same way. We love who we love, we are passionate for those who stir us. The directions our love takes us in are infinite. Not just two boxes marked EITHER and OR.

On why he supports the HeForShe campaign (aw):

EW: Why did you agree to support the HeForShe campaign by appearing on the cover of Esquire?

TH: I find Emma Watson as fascinating as she is accomplished. Time spent with someone as dedicated and as smart as she is is time well spent. 

The final question related to Emma Watson’s own interview with Esquire, and her answer about unequal treatment of women in the film industry. Hanks gives an eloquent and balanced response:

EW: You are no stranger to working with strong women. One of your most famous films, Big, was directed by Penny Marshall and you starred in A League of Their Own alongside Geena Davis, who founded the Geena Davis Institute to campaign for gender equality in film. But Hollywood is far from equal, on screen and off. Of the top films in 2013, women accounted for only 30 per cent of all speaking characters. Female characters are almost four times as likely as males to be shown in sexy attire in G-rated [family] films. Or look at the Oscars. The LA Times reports that Academy voters are 76 per cent male, 93 per cent white, with an average age of 63. Kathryn Bigelow is the only woman to win the Oscar for Best Director. No woman of colour has ever been nominated. Why does this matter?

TH: Because the art form of cinema becomes less of an art, and no longer holds the mirror up to nature when women are reduced to being only hot or nurturing. The great films make us all recognise ourselves up there on the screen, even when the characters are women from a different time and maybe speak a different language. When rules of gender and character dictate what stories are told and by whom, when women are required to be only hot or only nurturing, they no longer are full dimensional humans. That’s not art, and it brings less enlightenment to the world. The economics of motion pictures makes faith in voodoo equal to those in a Vegas casino. Bets on making money are made on hunches, odd rules and track records. “Men have a certain touch with material, you can tell by the T-shirts they wear!” “Women directors play with different instincts because they often have babies!” Outliers come along much more often than are admitted. Television is a different matter. There are more women in starring roles, writing and running shows, and even in executive suites. The movies will catch up…

Read the full interview here, and read Emma Watson’s interview here!

After revealing the cover of the Men and Women issue of Esquire magazine for April 2016 (also featuring Tom Hanks), Emma Watson sat down with them to talk men, women and Feminism.

Just in case you haven’t been keeping up with her movements, Emma Watson has been helping run the HeForShe campaign since becoming UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador in 2014. She’s had backlash for it, but she’s also had a lot of support. Her Feminist book club has been a raving success, and gradually the discussion about how gender equality impacts us all is opening up, allowing the discussion to move to interesting, more inclusive places.

Emma Watson’s discussion with bell hooks on taking a break from acting to focus on activism in 2016 has been met with Emma launching HeForShe Arts Week for International Women’s Week this week (which you can read more about here).

Now, about to star in The Circle with Tom Hanks, and disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast, Emma Watson sure has a lot to talk about – and Esquire covered it all!

On why she thought Tom Hanks was important to the HeForShe movement:

‘Esquire: Why were you keen to have Tom Hanks involved in the HeForShe campaign and to appear with you on the Esquire cover?

Emma Watson: Having him on the cover is making me seriously proud. Not just because of who he is as an actor, but because I respect him as a man. He is one of those rare Hollywood types who are authentic. He is who he says he is. 

If you look at his career, a lot of his biggest movies — Big, A League of Their Own, Sleepless in Seattle — have been with female directors. And also there’s something about the way he talks about issues, whether it be gay rights, Aids, environmental issues, children or the work he does with veterans, he speaks with such a humble grace and a credible voice. 

He’s informed but he has a realness about him which people really respond to and it’s why they keep going to see his movies years and years after. Anyway, I’ll stop gushing, it’s boring.’

After being asked about women’s success in comparison to men in the film industry, Emma Watson said things are ‘opening up a bit’ for actresses, but only 7% of directors [on the 250 top-grossing films] were women in 2014, and less than 1.3 [per cent] minority women, and only 11 per cent were written by women, according to the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film.

When asked if she thought actresses such as Charlize Theron speaking up about gender wage gaps in the industry were symbolic of a tipping point, Emma also reminded us that it took the Sony hack for Jennifer Lawrence to speak out in the same way, and that it’s a lot more complicated than just speaking out and demanding to be treated equally:

‘We are not supposed to talk about money, because people will think you’re “difficult” or a “diva”. But there’s a willingness now to be like, “Fine. Call me a ‘diva’, call me a ‘feminazi’, call me ‘difficult’, call me a “First World feminist’, call me whatever you want, it’s not going to stop me from trying to do the right thing and make sure that the right thing happens.” Because it doesn’t just affect me, it affects all the other women who are in this with me, and it affects all the other men who are in this with me, too. 

Hollywood is just a small piece of a gigantic puzzle but it’s in the spotlight. Whether you are a woman on a tea plantation in Kenya, or a stockbroker on Wall Street, or a Hollywood actress, no one is being paid equally.’

Why should men be Feminists if Feminism is just for women? It is called Fem-inism, after all? Emma quotes bell hooks, saying “Patriarchy has no gender.”.

Inequality and sexism are important for everybody, and so pervasive, Emma admits that she even trips up in small ways occasionally (saying things like “Man up!”, for example), but she reminds us that it’s not about creating adversity and conflict, it’s about being understanding and heading towards a common goal to educate each other about gender inequality:

‘Gloria Steinem says feminism isn’t about being perfect. [US writer] Rebecca Solnit says it’s not about being puritanical. We aren’t expecting men to be gender experts, just engaged and conscientious.’

And when asked more specifically about the benefits to men:

ESQ: What are the benefits for men in greater gender equality?

EW: I think it’s important to note that it’s not about us convincing you that gender equality is worth engaging in only because there might be something in it for you. Or in it for your sister or your mother. 

The question is, what’s in it for humans? Martin Luther King said injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. I really do believe that. And the benefits on top of that? Happier, healthier, more successful children? Being able to take proper paternity leave and see your baby? Being able to talk to someone if you’re feeling shit? Actually getting to be yourself? Getting asked out by a woman? Better sex? A marriage that is a true partnership? More diverse and interesting perspectives in art, culture, business and politics? Getting to crowdsource all the innovation and genius in the world, not just half of it. A highly increased number of safe, confident and fulfilled people on the planet, particularly women? World peace? Seriously. World peace!

When asked what she’d like to come of this movement:

‘There’s no point in me going, “You all have to go away from having read this article and decide that you are a feminist.” That’s useless. The only thing that is going to make a difference is if men go away and speak to the women in their lives about what they are experiencing.

Ask the question. Go to the pub with the women in your life and just listen and then see how that makes you feel and see how that engages you. And if it does, then I hope that when you’re confronted with a situation where you can do something, even if it’s as simple as just saying, “I’m not sure I’m comfortable with that…”, then taking that action is what makes a feminist.

Whether you identify or use the word or whatever is not the important thing. It’s how you choose to act.’

Talking about the pervasiveness of sexism:

ESQ: You’ve been very famous from a very young age. Hasn’t your experience of sexism been different from other women’s?

EW: I’ve had my a*** slapped as I’ve left a room. I’ve felt scared walking home. I’ve had people following me. I don’t talk about these experiences much, because coming from me they’ll sound like a huge deal and I don’t want this to be about me, but most women I know have experienced it and worse… this is unfortunately how it is. 

It’s so much more pervasive than we acknowledge. It shouldn’t be an acceptable fact of life that women should be afraid.

And finally, on her break from acting:

ESQ: You’re taking time off from acting now to focus on HeForShe full-time. Was that a hard decision?

EW: This is the most fun I’ve ever had. It’s so awesome to be at the forefront of that wave and that energy and just being able to channel that which I found mildly horrifying — all of the crazy attention on me — and doing something good with it, it just feels like I’m really doing what I’m meant to be doing.

Make sure you read the full article here, and catch the Men and Women issue soon!

In Paper Magazine’s ‘Girl Crush’ series, women get together for conversations that offer a glimpse into what is it like to be a woman in contemporary society. On 18th of February, Paper published a conversation article by feminist scholar Bell Hooks and Emma Watson, in which they share their inspiration for each other, discuss how they became feminists and what feminism means to them.

Hooks, a cultural critic whose career so far has focused on writing about women and representation in media, recounts her experience of watching Harry Potter movies, saying:

“I was fascinated by the character of Hermione. It was both exciting and at times infuriating to watch the way the character of Hermione developed and to see this vibrant image of a girl who was just so intelligent, who is such a thinker, then to also witness that that intelligence was placed in the service of boy power. Even so, it remains an important representation for girls.”

In reply, Watson recounts her own experience of “getting to know” Hermione, stating that as an 8-year-old student “whose hand shot up to answer the questions”, she was able to identify with Hermione, adding that “the character of Hermione gave me permission to be who I was.” 

Watson and Hooks go on to discuss Hermione’s character development, the representation of intelligent older women in movies, feminist literature, feminist stereotypes and the problems related to communication in media. Hook praises Watson’s work, saying “Emma, you are such a perfect ambassador. You have such a global presence.”

Watson, who has decided to take a year away from acting, explains her decision by saying that she wants to focus on her own personal development through reading and personal education. She points out to all the experience she gains from her work, saying “I want to listen to as many different women in the world as I can.” When posed with the question “If you could give females, women, one thing in this world towards this vision of female liberation and power, what would it be?”, Watson answers by saying that she wishes it would be easier for women to learn self-love and to get rid of self-critiquing.

If you are worried of not hearing about Emma Watson during her break of acting, you can stop worrying! While she might be on a break from making fictional appearances, she is heavily focused on her HeForShe campaign through organizing a HeForShe arts week, a university and launching a HeForShe website.

For more about Emma Watson’s break from acting, see these articles by Vanity Fair and Vulture.

Emma Watson is Porter Magazine’s current Winter 2015 cover, which brands itself as ‘A Celebration of Incredible Women’, and – true to this theme – the UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador speaks ‘on female power, facing her fears and love without rules’ within the issue:

Sections from Emma’s feature are shown on the Porter website:

The photos of Emma looking strong as ever are reflected in these glimpses of the articles, quoting a new-found self confidence:

‘For the first time in my life I feel like I have a sense of self that I’m comfortable with’

Be sure to take a look at Emma’s new Feminist Book Club, Our Shared Shelf, which is already a huge success!

Though the cover of the November issue of Italian Vogue when to Gigi Hadid, Emma Watson is makes a splash in her editorial spread.

The short English text published on the website of the Italian Vogue taps into Watson’s role as Hermione, stating

“It is strange to see her on the big screen in difficult cinematic roles, or to listen to her speak from the United Nations pulpit to defend the rights between men and women.”

The photos feature Watson in a Gothic, haunting setting, sporting dark brown hair and beautiful dresses. About her experiences as Hermione and her life after the films, she says:

“It is always surprising for me, to see how long this period of time is, where I have come and from where I started. It is pleasant to follow that journey.”

Watson, who is now working as the leader of the HeForShe campaign as well as continuing her acting career with film projects like Disney’s Beauty and the Beast says:

“I want to be a woman of the Renaissance. I want to paint, and write. And above all I want to continue to act. I simply want to do everything.”

You can find the fashion spread and a video about the shoot from the website of the Italian Vogue. To read more about Emma Watson’s new look, you can check out the fashion & beauty article from Bustle.

Emma Watson has been in Spain, promoting her new film projects–Regression and Beauty and the Beast. Emma will grace the covers of the ELLE Spain magazine for the October issue. In the magazine, she speaks of her work in the thriller, Regression. Some of the images from the October issue of ELLE Spain have made their way online. They can be seen here, and below.

In a new interview in Spain, she spoke out about Beauty and the Beast. The video can be seen below. It is the first time we have heard Emma speak openly about the film (though she said there is not much she is allowed to say). In the interview she said that there were new parts of the story that did not appear in the animated version of the film.

Thanks to SnitchSeeker for the heads up!

Vogue has released a new video, featuring Emma Watson. The video accompany’s the recent interview Vogue conducted with Emma, as their cover girl for the UK September issue. In the video, Emma talks about her HeForShe initiative and asks members of the fashion industry questions about gender equality within their field of work.

Miss Watson posted a tweet earlier today, with an attached photocopy of a segment from her interview with Wonderland magazine. As reported previously, Miss Watson was the guest editor for the newest edition of Wonderland, for which she was interviewed as well as conducted interviews (including one with J.K. Rowling). The picture can be seen here on Miss Watson's twitter, and below:

Actress Emma Watson made an appearance on Sunday at the premiere of her latest film, "My Week with Marilyn" at the Cineworld Haymarket in London. Watson portrays Lucy, a wardrobe assistant who worked on the set of Monroe's film.

Images from the premiere can be found here in the Leaky galleries. Also present at the premiere were actors Kenneth Branagh (Prof. Lockhart), Toby Jones (Dobby) and Zoe Wanamaker (Madam Hooch) who star in the film alongside Watson.

Watson spoke to People.com at Sunday's event and talked about her studies at Oxford University this fall. She also hinted about some future projects.

"I'm studying and really excited about my next projects," she said. "I can't really talk about them right now, but I am going to try and fit in some film projects next year in between school."

After the Harry Potter films, she was thrilled to take a role that wasn't quite as high profile.

"I loved it," she said. "It was less pressure, but at the same time it was an interesting role, although it was a small role. I loved the script and loved the story, and I'm very interested in Marilyn, so I really wanted to do it."

The New York Times has published a new report featuring actress Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) from when they visited her on the set of her new film, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," over the summer.

Ms. Watson speaks about her new experiences on a film set worlds away from "Harry Potter," bonding with her new co-stars and influencing filmmakers in Hollywood to invest in "Perks."

“Oh my goodness, so many firsts,” she said, speaking in an excited rush during a break from filming. “I did the prom! We all get dressed up and we go in a limo, and get photographs. It’s been really fun for me to get to graduate. Eating in the school canteen; all these things that I’ve always sort of said to my American friends, ‘Oh, that looks amazing, that looks so fun, I’m jealous.’ And I get to do it for this movie.”

“That’s a different chapter of my life, which, kind of through doing this, feels like it’s closed,” she said [referring to Potter]. She pointed to a scene in “Perks” as symbolic of her new beginning: standing in the back of a pickup truck, she and her high school crew take a late-night joyride through the Fort Pitt Tunnel, the city lights shining on the other end.

“Summit didn’t want me to do the stunt, but I insisted,” she said, even though she was scared. “The car’s moving at 60 miles per hour, I had one little thing attaching me to the truck,” she recalled. She ended up going through seven or eight times, screaming her guts out. “Oh my God, it was so fun,” she said. “One of the best nights of my life, without a doubt.”

A new image still from the film of Ms. Watson as Sam along with co-star Logan Lerman (Charlie) accompanied the article. A release date for "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" has not yet been announced.

MTV News recently visited the set of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and spoke to actress Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) about her first post-Potter film.

On signing on for the film and playing the character of Sam, Ms. Watson says:

"Honestly, I had never read the book before, but a lot of my friends at Brown were hugely into it, and when I told them I had this script, they were crazy excited," Watson told MTV News.

"I feel incredible about it. I feel like I've been waiting for 'Perks,' " Watson said. "I was waiting for this story, for this script, for this moment, for these people to do it with me. I'm so glad I didn't do anything that I didn't care about."

A video from behind-the-scenes shows Ms. Watson filming a high energy dance number and glimpses at a graduation scene. The video, including an interview, can be seen at this page.

Actress Emma Watson has given a new interview to the Daiy Express newspaper in the UK in which the Hermione Granger actress discusses her life as a university student, a desire for a normal life, her experience working on the Harry Potter films, and the Epilogue scenes.  On the subject of the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" films, Miss Watson relates that ultimately wrapping filming will... Read the rest of this post

In the Actors in the News Roundup this week we have for you a new interview, a film release date and a number of new photos and videos featuring actors from the Harry Potter cast.

Two weeks ago, we told you about an interview with Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) in The Times in which the actress spoke about her fair trade fashion range with People Tree. A new interview with Ms. Watson is now ava... Read the rest of this post

As part of the release for the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD (with the Deathly Hallows sneak preview), members of the cast have done several new interviews. Now available are videos from the AP, ITN and WireImage as follows:

Update: ET Canada continues their HBP interviews, this with Bonnie Wright

AP:  Dan Radcliffe on the Blu-ray Live screening of HBP

ITN: <>Dan, Rupert Grint, Bonnie W... Read the rest of this post

Thanks to our friends at Oclumencia for pointing us to a series of interviews with Vira-Tempo blog where director David Yates and several of the cast members discuss the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD. Links can be found here: Dan Radcliffe, David Yates, Rupert Grint,  Bonnie Wright, and Emma Watson. Of interest are new comments from Dan Radcliffe and David Yates on that Bl... Read the rest of this post

Warner Bros has released two clips from the upcoming Harry Potter Ultimate Collector's Editions DVD. Now online at the official Warner Bros website is a new clip from the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone DVD (the second clip) with director Chris Columbus on casting Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson). You can see new interviews with the two conducted while filming... Read the rest of this post

As a follow to our post yesterday on the piracy of Harry Potter films, such as the recent Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, CNN has a new video online where actors Dan Radcliffe (Harry) and Emma Watson (Hermione) express their dismay over the piracy and illegal downloading and file sharing of their Harry Potter films. Potter producer David Heyman also comments on the rampant piracy taking... Read the rest of this post

As reported here previously, actress Emma Watson was to make an appearance on Live with Regis and Kelly today.  Thanks to our Order Partner Emma Watson.net, you can now watch the video here.
Update: It is also now available here in our galleries.

A pair of new interviews with Harry Potter actors Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) and Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Rupert Grint), and Tom Felton  are now online over on TeenHollywood.com. In the first interview, Miss Wright speaks to the development of her character in the Half-Blood Prince film, and of her character's developing relationship with Harry Potter in the sixth film.  On... Read the rest of this post

Scholastic, US publishers of the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling, have released their Kids Reporter article on the premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in New York City. Written by 11 year old Daniella, there is a fun bit relating to news from director David Yates on bloopers of the recent clip of the Trio sitting in Ron's room at the Burrow.

“There’s a scene right at the begin... Read the rest of this post

Oprah.com has a lengthy new Q&A with Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) online, in which the actress discusses her role in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film, her work on the final two installments of the series, and her life as a soon-to-be college freshman.  First, on the subject of the upcoming sixth film, Miss Watson relates her opinion that this film is "the most funny [y... Read the rest of this post

 

We have for you today another special PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, extra with the audio from TLC's red carpet interviews from the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiere earlier this week in New York City.  In this special episode, we have interviews with many of the cast and crew members from the film, including the Trio, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, director David Yates, and ... Read the rest of this post