New Promo Pics!/More of Burberry Campaign/Rupert Interviews +Pic/Help us!

Today the WB released about 34 new promo stills for Half-Blood Prince: you can see now scenes of Ron and Lavender holding hands, Harry and Ginny together, Ginny talking to Luna and with Dean, Hermione watching Ron playing Quidditch, lots of pics of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes and many more. I added 21, because some of them weren't too relevant, but you can have a look at the remaining ones at HBPMoviePics. Thanks to Canon-Love for the tip!

Burberry has finally launched its Autumn/Winter 2009 Campaing in the official website, and that includes new pictures of the shoot Emma did. It also shows a little square with the backstage video when you click on 'womenswear'. Those trenchs and coats are really dreamy, aren't they?
And it also appeared a new picture of the shoot for Elle UK. Thanks to Watson-Daily for the pictures!

There's also appeared a few more clips... I'll let you watch it on your own, but I cannot say what are they about because this week started my HBP abstinence, which means that I'm not watching any other trailers =D I also can't assure you that the following links aren't all leading to the same videos... if it's so, apologizes.

MTV Feature
MTV: Quidditch Tryout
MTV: A Look at Romance
Hermione, Harry & Ron discussing the book
The Burrow Attack

Thanks to RupertGrintNet!

Rupert was featured in a mini interview with Hero Complex, the blog of LA Times, where he talks about filming Quidditch, who's going to be the end of the Harry Potter era, his views on the other actors and how he liked the end of DH:

“I don’t know what I’m going to do, really. I’m going to miss it, I think, because it’s been my whole life for a long time. I really enjoy it as well, every year we’ve come back and done it. All of this, this is what I know..."

“Dan is the one who is very driven; he’s ambitious and he’s knows there’s quite a few things down the road. I am a little bit more laid back. And Emma, I mean, she’s really cool. We all get on really well; she’s just a really good mate. A great person.”

“It leaves you sore in the, uh, bicycle-seat area,” he said after climbing down. “It’s not as fun as I thought it would be.”

Read the full interview here.

And a new picture of the BLAG Magazine shoot has been released; thanks a lot to RGN!

Rupert also gave an interview to Calcutta Times magazine, and there he talks about a bit of HP, Cherrybomb and his views on Bollywood:

The world of Harry Potter is almost real. Do you ever get confused between your real identity and that of Ron Weasley?
It’s not that we are entirely different. We do share some similarities but Ron’s world and mine are completely different. I think the Muggles get confused as they see Ron before they see Rupert!

You are done with five films from the series and the sixth, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is slated for a July release. Which film of the Harry Potter series is closest to your heart?
The first film is kind of special for me. Not only was it my first experience on a film set, it was also an exciting time of my life. It was a real journey, from auditioning to getting the part.

While directing Prisoner of Azkaban, Alfonso Cuaron had reportedly gained the impression that Grint is the “the likely future star out of the Hogwarts trio”. How flattering was the report?
Of course, I’m flattered. I would say I’m plain lucky that I enjoy what I do and people enjoy seeing what I do.

News was that you would do a nude scene in the thriller, Cherrybomb. Daniel Radcliffe had done a frontal nude scene in the play, Equus. So, from being a superhero of children, when an actor ventures into adult roles, doesn’t acceptability by the audience become a problem?
I’m not entirely naked in Cherrybomb. All I’ve revealed is just my top half. But it is much more of an adult role. I don’t think acceptability should be a problem as the audience has also grown up with us. But yes, I’m sure hearing me swear might shock a few people.

Thanks to Snitch-Seeker!

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Posted by Desiré on Jul 02 2009 @ 05:08 pm - Comments(0)

New Layout...finally!!

Hello everyone! As you can see the new layout is now live on the site! Wooohoo!!

There are still some pages that have not been coded so please excuse any broken links or goofy looking pages for a few days.

Be sure to let Anna over at Lunazul Graphics know how you like this awesome layout! She is a Goddess!

I'd also like to direct your attention to some of the new features we are offering. We now have a forum, well we used to have one before and no one ever went on there so please help us make this one a sucess by joining and posting!

We also have an upgraded Fiction Archive and Of course we have Romione Tv! So go check out the new features!

If you look to your right there should be an animated GIF telling you about our Fan Submissions Contest! This is not a gimick! We need submissions! Please click the GIF and find out all the details! You could be our grand prize winner! HBP tickets are up for grabs so go on...you know you want to enter!

Please also let us know how you like the new look! We'd love to hear from you. You can always vote in the poll as well!

Posted by msbigbad on Jun 30 2009 @ 11:22 pm - Comments(1)

Rupert and Emma Interviews and Photoshoots!/DH Filming in Whitehall/More Previews

Rupert Grint and Emma Watson have both gave nice interviews and photoshoots in the past few days.
I told you about Emma's part, for The Telegraph, in the last piece of news, but another interview (or the rest of the same one) and a lovely photoshoot is featured in the August issue of Elle UK. EWO offers the stills and some scans of the magazine, while the website of Elle magazine shows us a video of the backstage production which you can see here. And the Daily Mail has posted some quotes of the magazine:

"Living in London, it’s hard to be anonymous. But hopefully, on some campus somewhere, I’ll fade into the background a bit. Cambridge is so high profile in itself and then, on top of that, people don’t really go out in Cambridge because it’s so small, so I’ll be going out in London and then that’s just the same thing. I definitely am attracted to the States for that reason.

It’s going to sound dramatic, but I feel like it’s going to be my life over as I know it. My whole life has been about Harry Potter and then all of that will shut down and I don’t know what it will be like.

I go to university in September – I’ll be doing bits and bobs at Christmas, but September feels like my cut-off point, the moment when I’ll really stop. At the moment I feel like I need to go away and figure out what I want to do and be myself for a bit. I need university to give me that break. People think because I’m going to university I’m never going to act again, but it’s actually me. I want to figure out how I feel about everything first. Maybe I’ll keep acting, maybe I won’t."

Meanwhile, the Daily Mail Online again gives an interview with Rupert, along with an exciting photoshoot by Ian Derry. There he talks about his acting insecurities, girls, his deepest dream and... the kiss!

"As a kid my first ambition was to be an ice-cream man,’ he says. ‘As soon as I had enough money, I bought a 1974 Mr Whippy Bedford CF.

It’s always at the back of my mind that acting might come to an end for me when Harry Potter finishes. I don’t know if I’m good enough to have a long career. I’ve got a bit of an inferiority complex about my acting. My self-esteem is quite low in that sense.’

‘And as for girls, I’ve never been seriously involved with anyone. I’ve certainly never been in love. I’ve always preferred to keep things casual. I’m not seeing anyone now and I don’t feel the need to have a girlfriend. It’s not that I find it hard to meet girls – they do come and chat me up from time to time. Sometimes I’m interested. I tend not to go for the very pretty ones. I prefer the quirkier types, the ones who are a little weird. But when it comes to girls, I’m quite insecure.’

Last week I filmed the long-awaited kissing scene with Emma Watson for Half-Blood Prince. Kissing her was always going to be strange. We’ve known each other for ten years so it was a bit like kissing my sister. We were both determined to get it right the first time, but our first try was a disaster because we both felt so self-conscious we couldn’t stop laughing. It took five takes in all."

Read the full interview here. Thanks to Canon-Love!
Keep in mind that Rupert will be a guest at Live with Regis & Kelly on the 19th of July; the show is at 9am so be sure you won't miss it! Thanks to RupertGrintNet for the tip!

There is a good bunch of pictures of the trio shooting Deathly Hallows in Whitehall. They have been at British Department of Energy and Climate Change building for the Ministry scenes; you can even have a glimpse of Mafalda, Runcorn and Cattermole. Thanks to Oclumencia for the pics:

Even more HBP previews, on-set interviews and spots have appeared; I haven't checked them all because it's a huge spoiler already, but you can do it :):

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Posted by Desiré on Jun 29 2009 @ 05:52 pm - Comments(0)

New Clip with Lovely Scenes!/Emma Watson Interview

A new exclusive clip for Half-Blood Prince has been released by UK Yahoo! Movies, under the title of Dumbledore and Harry. But it not only contains seen footage and scenes about Dumbledore and Harry's bond: it contains the scene of the necklace I reported in previous news and... lovely spoilers for Ron and Hermione! It's really exciting, if you want to watch it, go ahead, but beware of spoilers :) Thanks to Magical-Menagerie for the breaking news!!!

WATCH HERE and die of love.

Edit: Thanks to Canon-Love, I've found a new little interview that The Telegraph posted about Emma Watson, when she talks about her future life away from the big screen (at least for a while), Helena Bonham-Carter's advises to make their scenes and... the filming of the kiss!

"We did it two weeks ago," she said. "Four takes one way and two takes with the camera in the other direction. Six takes altogether."

So, it seems that it was the easiest kiss to make up in the films, considering the takes Daniel had to make with Katie and Bonnie.
She also says:

"I want to forget about hair and makeup. Sometimes on a publicity tour I can't remember what time it is, what country I'm in."

"Now it's coming to an end I'm trying to hold on to it. So I have a book, and everyone I've met has a page. I want to remember them and not just be left with the media version of what happened to me."

Read it all here.