Posts
Friday 31 July 2009
a witch ancestor?
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b136831_emma_watson_real-life_witch.html
Monday 27 July 2009
Sunday 26 July 2009
Friday 24 July 2009
Yates speaks DH 1 and 2.
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2009/07/qa-harry-potter-director-david-yates-talks-deathly-hallows.html
Thursday 23 July 2009
HP quiz.
http://www.ew.com/ew/game/voxpop/0,,,00.html?tv.voxpop.g=xrta2242000&xid=rss-yahoogadget-todayslatest-%27Harry+Potter%27+trivia%3A+Back+for+more
Emma against HP piracy.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2009/07/22/tsr.piracy.potter.bk.b.cnn
new videos-Emma.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mze0ETILGI4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0FvsiCFhyM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNUMXXzFg_I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0FvsiCFhyM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNUMXXzFg_I
fashion magic!
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/fashion/view/20090723harry_potter_star_applauded_for_acting_dressing_her_age_red_carpet_magic/
Emma buzz
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/2549345/Harry-Potter-actress-Emma-Watsons-rise-to-fame.html
Wednesday 22 July 2009
IMAX records.
Half-Blood Prince has broken a record for the best international IMAX opening, grossing $3.6 million from 62 screens. In the US alone, the film took $429,000. On July 29th the film will open in a further 161 theaters in the States.
Tuesday 21 July 2009
Vogue styles.
http://www.vogue.co.uk/celebrity-photos/090721-style-file--emma-watson.aspx
http://www.style.com/vogue/bestdressed/072009/
http://www.style.com/vogue/bestdressed/072009/
Monday 20 July 2009
Women's wear daily interview
http://www.wwd.com/wwd-publications/wwd/2009-07-14/#/article/lifestyle-news/eye/emma-watsons-fashion-transformation-2211179?navSection=issues&navId=2211043
HBP's gross this weekend.
"With some of the best reviews of any "Harry Potter" movie, "Half-Blood Prince" was off to the fastest overall start in franchise history.The sixth movie about the young wizard came in $20 million ahead of the last movie, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," which grossed $139.7 million domestically in its first five days two years ago. The new film had the second-highest start ever for a movie premiering on Wednesday, trailing the $200 million five-day opening for last month's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."
"Half-Blood Prince" already has surpassed the $157.3 million "Order of the Phoenix" pulled in during its entire first week. By the end of its seventh day Tuesday, "Half-Blood Prince" will be in the $180 million range on its way to becoming the franchise's first $300 million domestic smash since the original movie, 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," said Dan Fellman, Warner head of distribution."
"Half-Blood Prince" already has surpassed the $157.3 million "Order of the Phoenix" pulled in during its entire first week. By the end of its seventh day Tuesday, "Half-Blood Prince" will be in the $180 million range on its way to becoming the franchise's first $300 million domestic smash since the original movie, 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," said Dan Fellman, Warner head of distribution."
Thursday 16 July 2009
HBP beats record set by dark knight.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006002.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2563
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Parade interview.
Emma Watson had even more fun the sixth time around as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. In the midst of the dark battle for supremacy in the wizard world, there's a whole lot of teen romance going on.
Hermione comes a little closer to declaring her love for Ron Weasley—and has a jealous fit when he gets a juicy kiss from another woman. Parade.com's Jeanne Wolf found out that Watson didn't complain about not getting a kissing scene.
The pain of love.
"Poor Hermione gets her heart broken. She's experiencing her first heartache, really. She's very confused by how she feels about Ron and she gets really upset when he kisses someone else. It was a challenge to play her as a much more emotional and vulnerable person, but Rupert and I have some very funny moments as my jealousy sort of gets out of control."
Take our ultimate Harry Potter quiz!
Left out of lip-lock.
"I didn't get a kiss, but Daniel did and Rupert did. There's no kissing for me in this film. I felt left out. No, I'm joking. I was actually very relieved. But, Rupert and I did our kiss two weeks ago when we were filming the next one, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. We both got very giggly. We were really struggling to be serious and we were so desperate to get it over with. We felt the pressure since there's been so much media interest in our kissing. It's like 10 years worth of tension and hormones and everything in one moment. And we had to ace it so we were like, 'Oh God.' But hopefully we delivered."
Why she likes the young Hermione.
"I find it easier to watch her, which might surprise you. I had the bushy hair, chipmunk face and the big teeth thing going on, which wasn't a great look for me. I find that I can completely disconnect myself from that person on the screen. It feels like such a long time ago and I didn't really identify with her when she was a kid."
See photos of Emma Watson through the years
Always a fan.
"To be honest, I'm such a geeky Harry Potter fanatic. I know the books inside out. I've read each of them at least three times, and I could probably answer any trivia question that you come up with. But, when I read the books, I read them from the perspective of someone who is just dying to know what happens and I don't even think about the scenes I'll have to be acting."
Getting a license and Prius.
"I love driving. I'm not going to lie. I've had a couple of scrapes and a couple of parking tickets. But nothing too bad. Overall, I think I'm a pretty good driver."
Learning to live with fame.
"As the three of us get older, we've got more experience and we're able to take things in our stride a little bit more. We just know how the business works and kind of get on with it. I'm not as sensitive. I don't take things personally which is good."
Friends forever.
"I think Rupert, Daniel and I kind of have an unbreakable bond. We've been through a totally unique experience together and that does really cement friendships for life. We're always texting each other and stuff. We like knowing what we're all up to and we'll definitely keep in touch."
Harry Potter forever.
"I don't think Harry Potter is ever really going to die because it's so big and so loved. We have the theme park coming out in 2010 and new generations of kids are going to keep reading the books and watching the films. I don't really feel like it's ever going to really go away."
Natalie Portman, Claire Danes, Emma Watson — Hollywood's Stars Students
But she's taking a break from the spotlight.
"I've always wanted to go to university and I really want to finish my studies. I think Natalie Portman, when she was younger, said, 'I'd rather be smart than an actress.' I definitely feel her vibe. It doesn't mean that I'm giving up acting or anything dramatic like that. I just want a normal experience for a while."
Hermione comes a little closer to declaring her love for Ron Weasley—and has a jealous fit when he gets a juicy kiss from another woman. Parade.com's Jeanne Wolf found out that Watson didn't complain about not getting a kissing scene.
The pain of love.
"Poor Hermione gets her heart broken. She's experiencing her first heartache, really. She's very confused by how she feels about Ron and she gets really upset when he kisses someone else. It was a challenge to play her as a much more emotional and vulnerable person, but Rupert and I have some very funny moments as my jealousy sort of gets out of control."
Take our ultimate Harry Potter quiz!
Left out of lip-lock.
"I didn't get a kiss, but Daniel did and Rupert did. There's no kissing for me in this film. I felt left out. No, I'm joking. I was actually very relieved. But, Rupert and I did our kiss two weeks ago when we were filming the next one, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. We both got very giggly. We were really struggling to be serious and we were so desperate to get it over with. We felt the pressure since there's been so much media interest in our kissing. It's like 10 years worth of tension and hormones and everything in one moment. And we had to ace it so we were like, 'Oh God.' But hopefully we delivered."
Why she likes the young Hermione.
"I find it easier to watch her, which might surprise you. I had the bushy hair, chipmunk face and the big teeth thing going on, which wasn't a great look for me. I find that I can completely disconnect myself from that person on the screen. It feels like such a long time ago and I didn't really identify with her when she was a kid."
See photos of Emma Watson through the years
Always a fan.
"To be honest, I'm such a geeky Harry Potter fanatic. I know the books inside out. I've read each of them at least three times, and I could probably answer any trivia question that you come up with. But, when I read the books, I read them from the perspective of someone who is just dying to know what happens and I don't even think about the scenes I'll have to be acting."
Getting a license and Prius.
"I love driving. I'm not going to lie. I've had a couple of scrapes and a couple of parking tickets. But nothing too bad. Overall, I think I'm a pretty good driver."
Learning to live with fame.
"As the three of us get older, we've got more experience and we're able to take things in our stride a little bit more. We just know how the business works and kind of get on with it. I'm not as sensitive. I don't take things personally which is good."
Friends forever.
"I think Rupert, Daniel and I kind of have an unbreakable bond. We've been through a totally unique experience together and that does really cement friendships for life. We're always texting each other and stuff. We like knowing what we're all up to and we'll definitely keep in touch."
Harry Potter forever.
"I don't think Harry Potter is ever really going to die because it's so big and so loved. We have the theme park coming out in 2010 and new generations of kids are going to keep reading the books and watching the films. I don't really feel like it's ever going to really go away."
Natalie Portman, Claire Danes, Emma Watson — Hollywood's Stars Students
But she's taking a break from the spotlight.
"I've always wanted to go to university and I really want to finish my studies. I think Natalie Portman, when she was younger, said, 'I'd rather be smart than an actress.' I definitely feel her vibe. It doesn't mean that I'm giving up acting or anything dramatic like that. I just want a normal experience for a while."
Hermione casts biggest spell!
http://us.mobile.reuters.com/m/FullArticle/p.rdt/CENT/nentertainmentNews_uUSTRE56D6CF20090714
HBP to pass 1 billion mark.
http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/warner-bros-prepares-to-cross-1bn-in-north-america-on-eve-of-potter-release/5003582.article
Freddie on Emma.
Emma Watson is fast becoming one of the most fancied girls in Britain, what was it like working with her, especially as her possible love interest?
She is an intelligent, talented lady and I enjoyed working with her. She, along with the rest of the cast was really welcoming. I’d like to work with her again at some point.
She is an intelligent, talented lady and I enjoyed working with her. She, along with the rest of the cast was really welcoming. I’d like to work with her again at some point.
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Emma talks to Paste mag.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/07/catching-up-with-emma-watson.html
fashion timeline-Emma.
http://www.wwd.com/lifestyle-news/eye/emma-watsons-fashion-transformation-2211179?src=nl/mornReport/20090714
7 new clips here!
http://www.mtv.com/videos/movies/409461/emma-watson-is-not-a-morning-person.jhtml#name=movies&id=1615750
new articles/interviews.
http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/teen-now/382697/harry-potter-s-freddie-stroma-emma-watson-s-an-intelligent-lady/1/
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1615730/story.jhtml
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1615730/story.jhtml
Emma on kissing.
'Harry Potter' Star Emma Watson On 'Awkward' Kiss With Rupert Grint
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" star Emma Watson has appeared in six films based on J.K. Rowling's book series, but she's never been kissed — at least not onscreen. But all that changed recently when the 19-year-old and co-star Rupert Grint began filming the two-part franchise finale, "Deathly Hallows."
"I was like, 'Do I use tongue?' " she laughed during a recent interview with MTV News. " 'Do I not use tongue? Do I cover my teeth? What do I do? Do I go first? Oh my god!' "
With all these questions swirling in her head, she ended up nearly attacking Grint, who plays Ron Weasley. "I ended up pouncing on Rupert," Watson confessed. "I was so desperate to get it over. After the first take he was like, 'Whoa, there! Where did that come from?' I was like, 'Sorry!' "
"It took me by surprise," Grint admitted.
Grint has had a lot more on-camera smooching experience than Watson. He spends a good portion of "Half-Blood Prince" snogging with classmate Lavender Brown (Jessie Cave) and completely oblivious to the amorous feeling of Watson's Hermione Granger. Kissing Lavender, kissing Hermione — it's all pretty uncomfortable for Grint.
"Kissing [on camera] is always quite embarrassing, because you've got a whole crew of people watching you and it just feels really self-conscious and you don't really know what to do with yourself," he said.
Add in the fact that Watson and Grint have known each other since their pre-teen years, and the kissing scene reached new levels of weirdness. But at least it was a shared weirdness. "The only good side to it was the fact that we were both in the same boat," said Watson. "We were both just like, 'Oh my god, I can't believe we have to do this. This is so awkward. Really awkward.' So I could take comfort in the fact that Rupert felt the same way. We were both giggling. We were like 12-year-olds. We were like giggling children where you just couldn't keep it together."
Yet even more difficult than the actual kiss was the moment after director David Yates yelled "Cut!" "The hardest part was having done the kiss and having to put it away and having a moment of looking at each other," Grint said.
And did Watson think she did well for her first time? "I have no idea if I did it right!" she laughed.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" star Emma Watson has appeared in six films based on J.K. Rowling's book series, but she's never been kissed — at least not onscreen. But all that changed recently when the 19-year-old and co-star Rupert Grint began filming the two-part franchise finale, "Deathly Hallows."
"I was like, 'Do I use tongue?' " she laughed during a recent interview with MTV News. " 'Do I not use tongue? Do I cover my teeth? What do I do? Do I go first? Oh my god!' "
With all these questions swirling in her head, she ended up nearly attacking Grint, who plays Ron Weasley. "I ended up pouncing on Rupert," Watson confessed. "I was so desperate to get it over. After the first take he was like, 'Whoa, there! Where did that come from?' I was like, 'Sorry!' "
"It took me by surprise," Grint admitted.
Grint has had a lot more on-camera smooching experience than Watson. He spends a good portion of "Half-Blood Prince" snogging with classmate Lavender Brown (Jessie Cave) and completely oblivious to the amorous feeling of Watson's Hermione Granger. Kissing Lavender, kissing Hermione — it's all pretty uncomfortable for Grint.
"Kissing [on camera] is always quite embarrassing, because you've got a whole crew of people watching you and it just feels really self-conscious and you don't really know what to do with yourself," he said.
Add in the fact that Watson and Grint have known each other since their pre-teen years, and the kissing scene reached new levels of weirdness. But at least it was a shared weirdness. "The only good side to it was the fact that we were both in the same boat," said Watson. "We were both just like, 'Oh my god, I can't believe we have to do this. This is so awkward. Really awkward.' So I could take comfort in the fact that Rupert felt the same way. We were both giggling. We were like 12-year-olds. We were like giggling children where you just couldn't keep it together."
Yet even more difficult than the actual kiss was the moment after director David Yates yelled "Cut!" "The hardest part was having done the kiss and having to put it away and having a moment of looking at each other," Grint said.
And did Watson think she did well for her first time? "I have no idea if I did it right!" she laughed.
Monday 13 July 2009
slideshow of Emma moments
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/party-snaps/emma-watson-red-carpet-pictures
Good reviews.
http://www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com/2009/07/12/best-dressed-of-the-week-emma-watson-in-vintage-ossie-clark/
Sunday 12 July 2009
more good reviews.
http://www.style.com/peopleparties/parties/scoop/newyork-070909_Harry_Potter_Premiere/
UK channel 4 cast interviews.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-on-t4
NY premiere outfit.
http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/archive/2009/07/10/runway-to-reality--emma-watson-in-proenza-schouler.htm
Saturday 11 July 2009
all the HBP reviews.
http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/half-blood-prince-reviews-update-3-a-65515/index2.html
Download letterman interview.
http://www.fuzion-hosting.net/pottertrio/david_letterman_2009_emma.zip
Dan and Heyman confirm Emma attends Brown.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31850182/ns/entertainment-movies//
Friday 10 July 2009
HBP reviews.
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-film-review-24593.html
praise for NY reviews!
http://www.instyle.co.uk/news/emma-watsons-week-in-style-10-07-09?destination=news
http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/archive/2009/07/10/runway-to-reality--emma-watson-in-proenza-schouler.htm
http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/archive/2009/07/10/runway-to-reality--emma-watson-in-proenza-schouler.htm
Fashion reviews for Emma's NY look!
http://www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com/2009/07/10/runway-to-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-new-york-premiere-emma-watson-in-proenza-schouler/
Emma is famous for this week's fashion.
http://www.instyle.co.uk/news/emma-watsons-week-in-style-10-07-09?destination=news
Thursday 9 July 2009
Fashion reviews for Emma's NY look!
http://www.popsugar.co.uk/3460123
http://www.instyle.com/instyle/celebrities/lookoftheday/photos/0,,,00.html
http://www.instyle.co.uk/fashion/look-of-the-day/thursday-9-july-2009
http://www.instyle.com/instyle/celebrities/lookoftheday/photos/0,,,00.html
http://www.instyle.co.uk/fashion/look-of-the-day/thursday-9-july-2009
Press confe. tweets
Emma on seven: I feel like I am on a different film
On Jo: Felton: She was very complemtary about the whole film
Dan: she has always been very good know at letting go of the films.. She has not been too precious about anything
Rupert on david's patience, a very good thing to have when you're working with me and dan
Bonnie: going to film school in September (in London)
Emma: I think the media found it confusing as to why I wanted to go to university
Emma: Hermione is such a control freak. She just falls apart in this one. She's just a wreck because she can't control the way that she feels
Dan - saw clip first film and said 'ugh why did they cast me' and Mike Newell boomed back BECAUSE YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY BLOODY CHARMING
Emma: I find it easier to watch the earlier films.. I had the whole bushy hair, chipmunk face look which wasn't great for me
On Jo: Felton: She was very complemtary about the whole film
Dan: she has always been very good know at letting go of the films.. She has not been too precious about anything
Rupert on david's patience, a very good thing to have when you're working with me and dan
Bonnie: going to film school in September (in London)
Emma: I think the media found it confusing as to why I wanted to go to university
Emma: Hermione is such a control freak. She just falls apart in this one. She's just a wreck because she can't control the way that she feels
Dan - saw clip first film and said 'ugh why did they cast me' and Mike Newell boomed back BECAUSE YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY BLOODY CHARMING
Emma: I find it easier to watch the earlier films.. I had the whole bushy hair, chipmunk face look which wasn't great for me
Letterman outfit 8/7.
http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/archive/2009/07/09/runway-to-reality--emma-watson-in-christopher-kane.htm
BTS clips of HBP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXJA6ii3PLo&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyMJ-dPzG80&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyMJ-dPzG80&feature=player_embedded
BTS clips of HBP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXJA6ii3PLo&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyMJ-dPzG80&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyMJ-dPzG80&feature=player_embedded
Emma on Letterman 8th July.
http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/video_player/index/php/991851.phtml
US premiere/press events.
July 9 in New York City for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that will see many of the cast and crew here in the States. Press events are starting to take place here, notably actress Emma Watson will be a guest on the very popular Late Night with David Letterman TONIGHT, which will be broadcast tonight at 11:30pm on CBS (please note this show is taped earlier in the afternoon at the studios in NYC if fans are hoping to catch glimpse of Emma). Dan Radcliffe will be a guest on the same program TOMORROW night July 9th, with actor Rupert Grint due to guest on the syndicated talk show Live with Regis and Kelly (check your local listings for air times.)
Thursday, July 9th will also see an appearance from Dan Radcliffe on the It's On with Alexa Chung on MTV at 11:30am.
Set your TIVOS and VCRs for Friday, July 10 as both Dan and Rupert will be guest on NBC's The Today Show, and Dan Radcliffe due to appear on Regis and Kelly. Actress Emma Watson will be Regis on Monday, July 13th as well.
Finally do not forget actor Tom Felton will be meeting fans in person Friday July 10th at the Hot Topic event in Paramus, New Jersey at 7:00pm followed by a Question and Answer fan event hosted by our own Melissa Anelli and Andrew Sims of MuggleNet.
Thursday, July 9th will also see an appearance from Dan Radcliffe on the It's On with Alexa Chung on MTV at 11:30am.
Set your TIVOS and VCRs for Friday, July 10 as both Dan and Rupert will be guest on NBC's The Today Show, and Dan Radcliffe due to appear on Regis and Kelly. Actress Emma Watson will be Regis on Monday, July 13th as well.
Finally do not forget actor Tom Felton will be meeting fans in person Friday July 10th at the Hot Topic event in Paramus, New Jersey at 7:00pm followed by a Question and Answer fan event hosted by our own Melissa Anelli and Andrew Sims of MuggleNet.
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Twist mag quotes.
"Hermione is beginning to come to terms with the fact that she might possibly have feelings for Ron," Emma Watson spills. So while Hermione is getting totally jealous of Ron's newly taken status, Ron's busy smoochin' his new GF! Jessie Cave, who plays Lavender, spilled exclusively to TWIST that it took about 20 takes to film Ron and Lavender's lip-locking scene.
More wardrobe problems for Emma.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23716970-details/Emma+Watson+makes+a+boob+at+Harry+Potter+premiere/article.do
transcript of press conference.
http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a163303/video-harry-potter-press-conference-part-1.html
Stars on their film.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_8137000/8137198.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_8137000/8137859.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_8137000/8137859.stm
Tuesday 7 July 2009
Hooper talks HBP soundtrack.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/07/harry-potter-countdown-composer-nicholas-hoopers-simpler-style.html
premiere coverage.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1198130/Showery-spells-cast-Harry-Potter-premiere-heavens-open--Emma-Watson-manages-look-magical.html
Set report in premiere.
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/7/from-red-carpet-yates-says-its-a-relief-the-film-is-finally-ready
More reviews of Emma.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5795764/Emma-Watson-all-in-leather-at-Harry-Potter-premiere.html
HBP review.
Is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the best Harry Potter film yet? Oh yes. Is it one of the best films of the year? Oh yes again.
And I don't just say that through the fog of my well-known Potter fanboyism. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a remarkable achievement, a film that is moving, that is funny, that is honest and true and sad and sweet. It's a movie about characters who we have come to know and love, and it's a movie that understands that it's these characters, and not the magic they perform, that is the real hook of the series. And it's a film that is just crowded with beautiful vistas and marvelous effects and that has some of the best performances yet for this series.
And it has Jim Broadbent. Could a Harry Potter film make a showing at the Oscars in a non-technical category? If Warner Bros plays their cards right I believe that they could easily wrangle a nod for Broadbent, who plays new Potions teacher Horace Slughorn. While Slughorn, a retired teacher who Dumbledore needs back at Hogwarts as he holds a vital clue to defeating the resurrected Voldemort, was never a favorite of mine in print, Broadbent takes the role and does unbelievable things with it. He plays a level of buffoonery that's hilarious - we're introduced to Slughorn when he's morphed himself into a recliner - but the actor also manages to bring a level of sadness that is palpable and affecting. Slughorn 'collects' students; his self-image comes from being the mentor to witches and wizards who went on to do great things. In a momentary lapse of judgment he helped young Tom Riddle, the boy who would grow up to be Voldemort, find the key to a kind of immortality. Broadbent keeps the sadness and shame and regret just under the surface, and when he fully brings it out he doesn't overdo things. The performance is a thing of beauty.
As is the rest of the film. I wasn't fully sold on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which marked David Yates' introduction to the series. When it's all wrapped up Yates will have directed more Potter films than any one else, as he is also doing the two-part adaptation of Deathly Hallows. I had trepidation about him doing four films; Phoenix was, for me, the most rushed Potter film, one where everything felt squished and nothing had a chance to breathe. Any complaint I had, though, have disappeared completely with Half-Blood Prince. Yates now has my full and undivided allegiance, and if the quality of this film is in any way indicative of what he'll do with Deathly Hallows, it seems obvious that Yates will be the director most associated with the Harry Potter films, as he'll have made the best ones.
If you're not onboard with the Potter films don't even think of jumping aboard with this one. While Half-Blood Prince is so good that I think it would charm even the most jaded Potter non-believer, the film makes no bones about being the sixth in a series. Characters, locations and creatures show up without any sort of intro or memory-jogging namedrop. In fact some characters never even have their names or functions spoken in the film, and even for someone like me, who has read all the books and seen all the movies and actually knows a spell or two, things could get daunting. But it's a testament to Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves that the continuity never gets in the way of the storytelling, which moves forward vigorously, while also making sure to take time and concentrate on the characters.
Yates' visual style has evolved in a massive way since the last film. His Hogwarts is now less about magical moving paintings and stairways that move and more about long corridors and dark passages; these passages reflect the journeys the characters make on their way through puberty. He uses the geography of the school in ways that advance the characters while also making stunning shots - the camera pulls out of a parapet window where Hermione cries and flies up, peeking in a window where Ron kisses a girl and then continues all the way to the top, where Draco Malfoy stands alone, fuming. It looks beautiful and it succinctly encapsulates everything you need to know about these characters at this moment. Yates also really understands how to integrate magic visually into his film; there's a matter-of-fact quality to it here that never diminishes the joy of the magic but also never makes it the centerpiece.
Early test screenings yielded complaints that the whole movie focused on romance and that the action was backgrounded. These complaints are, amazingly, right and wrong at the same time. Yes, the focus on the film is about the romances between the characters, but these romances don't happen in a vacuum. Outside of Hogwarts things are getting dark, as Death Eaters have begun waging terrorist war not just on the magical world but the Muggle one as well. Things are looking downright apocalyptic, but the film knows that ill-fated romance can seem just as apocalyptic when you're 15. In many ways this film reminded me of the better seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where the interpersonal dynamics reflect the larger, mythological stakes.
But even beyond that, Half-Blood Prince is and always was about how the larger forces affect us as individuals and how we as individuals affect the larger forces. The entire story is essentially a struggle for the soul of Draco Malfoy, the bullying bastard whose father, played by Jason Isaacs in previous films, was recently sent away to Azkaban prison for being a Death Eater. Draco is given a mission by Lord Voldemort himself, and it's one that could completely destroy him as a human being. This is what I love about this story and what I love about the way the movie adapts it: the meta-battle between Voldemort and Dumbledore over the soul of Malfoy is a version of the battle the two have been playing out for the whole series.
While some of the action has been cut, including the final assault on Hogwarts, the threat feels more present and stronger than ever. A scene where Death Eaters attack the Burrow, home of the Weasley clan, is exciting and scary and carries a whallop of an impact. The film focuses on these characters but it never forgets that they're living life in wartime, and that there are larger, darker forces massing just beyond the walls of the school. In fact, Half-Blood Prince feels like the most grown-up Potter film yet when it comes to the menace of the bad guys. They're everywhere, and they're casually evil. While the death of Cedric Diggory in Goblet of Fire was a stunner, Half-Blood Prince carries a constant presence of malice, and it feels like any kid could be killed at any moment.
More than that, there's an edging on grown-up sexuality at play. These kids are deep in puberty, and all they want to do is kiss and touch each other. It's to the massive credit of Yates and Kloves that the teen sexuality comes across as neither puritanical or crass. There's a sweetness here, the sweetness of the first kiss and the inarticulate aching for something more. But Yates and Kloves (and Rowling, of course) don't see this through the fog of nostalgia. They fully understand the pain that goes along with this exciting and confusing part of life.
It's a thrill to watch this with the original cast still in place. It's easy to forget that there were rumors that the three main kids would be recast after the initial few films; doing so would have robbed the series of its power, power which really pays off in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. In a scene where Hermione, heartbroken that Ron has chosen to run off and snog some other girl, sits weeping in a stairwell our hearts are broken too. It's not just because the character's journey is one we have enjoyed or that Emma Watson has blossomed into a fine young actress; it's because we were there when she was a little girl - Hermione and Watson - and we've watched her grow up before our very eyes. Now, having spent eight years and 12 or so hours with these kids we feel protective of them, and we share in their pain and in their victories in ways that wouldn't have been possible without this sense of massive continuity. We've been through the wringer with Harry, and with Radcliffe as Harry. We've seen Ron and Rupert Grint both grow into themselves, and it lends Ron's Quidditch success much more depth.
And while we haven't quite seen the older actors growing as much (although a number of them look quite older than when we all began), their presence has also established a continuity of this world that makes it all cohere. Some of these actors return for roles that are cameos - Drew McWeeny noted to me after our screening that Timothy Spall's entire role is to open a door! - but they seem to be having a great time with them. Even the shortest turns are burning with energy, and some of them carry plenty of meaning. Watching David Thewlis and Natalie Tena sharing a few moments as Lupin and Tonks means much more knowing what will come next for them.
Then there are the main elder roles. It seems impossible to think that Richard Harris could have brought to these latest chapters the spry humanity that Michael Gambon comes by so easily. There was always something more otherworldly about Harris' Dumbledore, but Gambon's is identifiably down to earth and even action-oriented in this film. Alan Rickman luxuriates in the role of Severus Snape, and you can almost feel him breathing a sigh of relief at once again having something to do in this series beyond staring down Harry Potter in a couple of scenes. And as I mentioned at the top: Jim Broadbent, Oscar nominee (in a fair world).
It's amazing to watch the sixth film in a series and feel like it's the best one yet. It's incredible that this series hasn't given in to fatigue, and if Yates can stick half the landing that Rowling did in the novel of Deathly Hallows, the Harry Potter series will go down in history as one of the, if not the greatest longform movie series ever.
This is one of those reviews where I know I could go on for thousand more words. I know that I could keep talking about the beautiful, subtle effects or the gorgeous camerawork of Amelie DP Bruno Delbonnel, or the unbeholden to John Williams score of Nicholas Hooper or the continuing evolution of the acting of Daniel Radcliffe (who gets to be legitimately funny in this movie in ways that feel like a huge relief from his previous few emo Potter turns) or any of the other thousand things that make Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the high water mark of this series and that make it one of the high water marks for summer blockbusters and family films and fantasy films. I could go on and on, but I'll just stop here and say that you must see this movie and that I hope you fall as madly in love with its near perfection as I have.
And I don't just say that through the fog of my well-known Potter fanboyism. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a remarkable achievement, a film that is moving, that is funny, that is honest and true and sad and sweet. It's a movie about characters who we have come to know and love, and it's a movie that understands that it's these characters, and not the magic they perform, that is the real hook of the series. And it's a film that is just crowded with beautiful vistas and marvelous effects and that has some of the best performances yet for this series.
And it has Jim Broadbent. Could a Harry Potter film make a showing at the Oscars in a non-technical category? If Warner Bros plays their cards right I believe that they could easily wrangle a nod for Broadbent, who plays new Potions teacher Horace Slughorn. While Slughorn, a retired teacher who Dumbledore needs back at Hogwarts as he holds a vital clue to defeating the resurrected Voldemort, was never a favorite of mine in print, Broadbent takes the role and does unbelievable things with it. He plays a level of buffoonery that's hilarious - we're introduced to Slughorn when he's morphed himself into a recliner - but the actor also manages to bring a level of sadness that is palpable and affecting. Slughorn 'collects' students; his self-image comes from being the mentor to witches and wizards who went on to do great things. In a momentary lapse of judgment he helped young Tom Riddle, the boy who would grow up to be Voldemort, find the key to a kind of immortality. Broadbent keeps the sadness and shame and regret just under the surface, and when he fully brings it out he doesn't overdo things. The performance is a thing of beauty.
As is the rest of the film. I wasn't fully sold on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which marked David Yates' introduction to the series. When it's all wrapped up Yates will have directed more Potter films than any one else, as he is also doing the two-part adaptation of Deathly Hallows. I had trepidation about him doing four films; Phoenix was, for me, the most rushed Potter film, one where everything felt squished and nothing had a chance to breathe. Any complaint I had, though, have disappeared completely with Half-Blood Prince. Yates now has my full and undivided allegiance, and if the quality of this film is in any way indicative of what he'll do with Deathly Hallows, it seems obvious that Yates will be the director most associated with the Harry Potter films, as he'll have made the best ones.
If you're not onboard with the Potter films don't even think of jumping aboard with this one. While Half-Blood Prince is so good that I think it would charm even the most jaded Potter non-believer, the film makes no bones about being the sixth in a series. Characters, locations and creatures show up without any sort of intro or memory-jogging namedrop. In fact some characters never even have their names or functions spoken in the film, and even for someone like me, who has read all the books and seen all the movies and actually knows a spell or two, things could get daunting. But it's a testament to Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves that the continuity never gets in the way of the storytelling, which moves forward vigorously, while also making sure to take time and concentrate on the characters.
Yates' visual style has evolved in a massive way since the last film. His Hogwarts is now less about magical moving paintings and stairways that move and more about long corridors and dark passages; these passages reflect the journeys the characters make on their way through puberty. He uses the geography of the school in ways that advance the characters while also making stunning shots - the camera pulls out of a parapet window where Hermione cries and flies up, peeking in a window where Ron kisses a girl and then continues all the way to the top, where Draco Malfoy stands alone, fuming. It looks beautiful and it succinctly encapsulates everything you need to know about these characters at this moment. Yates also really understands how to integrate magic visually into his film; there's a matter-of-fact quality to it here that never diminishes the joy of the magic but also never makes it the centerpiece.
Early test screenings yielded complaints that the whole movie focused on romance and that the action was backgrounded. These complaints are, amazingly, right and wrong at the same time. Yes, the focus on the film is about the romances between the characters, but these romances don't happen in a vacuum. Outside of Hogwarts things are getting dark, as Death Eaters have begun waging terrorist war not just on the magical world but the Muggle one as well. Things are looking downright apocalyptic, but the film knows that ill-fated romance can seem just as apocalyptic when you're 15. In many ways this film reminded me of the better seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where the interpersonal dynamics reflect the larger, mythological stakes.
But even beyond that, Half-Blood Prince is and always was about how the larger forces affect us as individuals and how we as individuals affect the larger forces. The entire story is essentially a struggle for the soul of Draco Malfoy, the bullying bastard whose father, played by Jason Isaacs in previous films, was recently sent away to Azkaban prison for being a Death Eater. Draco is given a mission by Lord Voldemort himself, and it's one that could completely destroy him as a human being. This is what I love about this story and what I love about the way the movie adapts it: the meta-battle between Voldemort and Dumbledore over the soul of Malfoy is a version of the battle the two have been playing out for the whole series.
While some of the action has been cut, including the final assault on Hogwarts, the threat feels more present and stronger than ever. A scene where Death Eaters attack the Burrow, home of the Weasley clan, is exciting and scary and carries a whallop of an impact. The film focuses on these characters but it never forgets that they're living life in wartime, and that there are larger, darker forces massing just beyond the walls of the school. In fact, Half-Blood Prince feels like the most grown-up Potter film yet when it comes to the menace of the bad guys. They're everywhere, and they're casually evil. While the death of Cedric Diggory in Goblet of Fire was a stunner, Half-Blood Prince carries a constant presence of malice, and it feels like any kid could be killed at any moment.
More than that, there's an edging on grown-up sexuality at play. These kids are deep in puberty, and all they want to do is kiss and touch each other. It's to the massive credit of Yates and Kloves that the teen sexuality comes across as neither puritanical or crass. There's a sweetness here, the sweetness of the first kiss and the inarticulate aching for something more. But Yates and Kloves (and Rowling, of course) don't see this through the fog of nostalgia. They fully understand the pain that goes along with this exciting and confusing part of life.
It's a thrill to watch this with the original cast still in place. It's easy to forget that there were rumors that the three main kids would be recast after the initial few films; doing so would have robbed the series of its power, power which really pays off in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. In a scene where Hermione, heartbroken that Ron has chosen to run off and snog some other girl, sits weeping in a stairwell our hearts are broken too. It's not just because the character's journey is one we have enjoyed or that Emma Watson has blossomed into a fine young actress; it's because we were there when she was a little girl - Hermione and Watson - and we've watched her grow up before our very eyes. Now, having spent eight years and 12 or so hours with these kids we feel protective of them, and we share in their pain and in their victories in ways that wouldn't have been possible without this sense of massive continuity. We've been through the wringer with Harry, and with Radcliffe as Harry. We've seen Ron and Rupert Grint both grow into themselves, and it lends Ron's Quidditch success much more depth.
And while we haven't quite seen the older actors growing as much (although a number of them look quite older than when we all began), their presence has also established a continuity of this world that makes it all cohere. Some of these actors return for roles that are cameos - Drew McWeeny noted to me after our screening that Timothy Spall's entire role is to open a door! - but they seem to be having a great time with them. Even the shortest turns are burning with energy, and some of them carry plenty of meaning. Watching David Thewlis and Natalie Tena sharing a few moments as Lupin and Tonks means much more knowing what will come next for them.
Then there are the main elder roles. It seems impossible to think that Richard Harris could have brought to these latest chapters the spry humanity that Michael Gambon comes by so easily. There was always something more otherworldly about Harris' Dumbledore, but Gambon's is identifiably down to earth and even action-oriented in this film. Alan Rickman luxuriates in the role of Severus Snape, and you can almost feel him breathing a sigh of relief at once again having something to do in this series beyond staring down Harry Potter in a couple of scenes. And as I mentioned at the top: Jim Broadbent, Oscar nominee (in a fair world).
It's amazing to watch the sixth film in a series and feel like it's the best one yet. It's incredible that this series hasn't given in to fatigue, and if Yates can stick half the landing that Rowling did in the novel of Deathly Hallows, the Harry Potter series will go down in history as one of the, if not the greatest longform movie series ever.
This is one of those reviews where I know I could go on for thousand more words. I know that I could keep talking about the beautiful, subtle effects or the gorgeous camerawork of Amelie DP Bruno Delbonnel, or the unbeholden to John Williams score of Nicholas Hooper or the continuing evolution of the acting of Daniel Radcliffe (who gets to be legitimately funny in this movie in ways that feel like a huge relief from his previous few emo Potter turns) or any of the other thousand things that make Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the high water mark of this series and that make it one of the high water marks for summer blockbusters and family films and fantasy films. I could go on and on, but I'll just stop here and say that you must see this movie and that I hope you fall as madly in love with its near perfection as I have.
more press conference quotes.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2518557.0.How_young_Potter_stars_deal_with_ageold_problem_of_getting_older.php
press conference script.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iquKmjt1CRoGzym1YP3f6N-uiy4Q
photocall is the Look of the day.
http://www.instyle.co.uk/fashion/look-of-the-day/tuesday-7-july-2009
Good Emma reviews.
http://chud.com/articles/articles/20066/1/REVIEW-HARRY-POTTER-AND-THE-HALF-BLOOD-PRINCE/Page1.html
video of press junket 6/7.
http://snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/video-dan-radcliffe-rupert-grint-emma-watson-half-blood-prince-press-junket-65524/
Sunday 5 July 2009
contest for Aussie fans.
http://www.villagecinemas.com.au/Offers/WIN-a-once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity-thanks-to-Harry-Potter-and-the-Half-Blood-Prince.htm
Dan confirms Emma's Brown place.
But Watson seems to be enjoying all the opportunities for photoshoots and red carpet premieres. "Yeah, totally, but she's much more natural at them than I am. She's more suited to being able to talk to anyone - I get very nervous about those events. She's been photographed at a lot of [fashion] things, and I think that's a world she's very interested in. I've seen some of the clothes she's designed and [they're] very good. She's very clever. Do you know her GCSE results?" His eyes boggle: "I was thrilled with mine - seven Bs, two As and an A*. I think Emma got three As and seven A*s - she's incredibly academic, it's frightening. Me and Rupert to all intents and purposes dropped out of school. And she's going to Brown." He shakes his head in admiration of Watson's place at the US Ivy League college.
Saturday 4 July 2009
Columbia university for Emma?
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/06/29/2009-06-29_life_after_harry_potter_emma_watson_sets_her_sights_and_.html
DH shoot for wedding scene.
http://www.getbracknell.co.uk/news/g/2053678_harry_potter_location_uncovered_in_bracknell
HBO special.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq779bLWYKs&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOgt5Y2rdlQ&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOgt5Y2rdlQ&feature=channel
D/E love?
And what about all those hormone-fuelled teenagers running around on a film set? "There was a period when we were the only boys and girls any of us knew. And so, you know, we were all unbelievably horny from about the third film to probably about the end of the fifth; then it all settled down. But, God, for a few years..."
Despite an early debilitating crush on a production hair stylist[...] he also denies any on-set transgressions. "There was never anybody I fancied that much in the cast, though the conspiracy theorists always like to say that me and Emma are dating." Surely they were the obvious match-up? "Even if we were that much in love with each other, I dont think we could bear to give the press the story. We know it'd be everything the fans ever wanted. Im sorry guys, its not happenind. Its just not. Theres something really incestios about the idea of it."
"Still, he'll say that he had his first girlfriend at 14, whom he met through his co-star Watson (who plays hot swot Hermione Granger),
Despite an early debilitating crush on a production hair stylist[...] he also denies any on-set transgressions. "There was never anybody I fancied that much in the cast, though the conspiracy theorists always like to say that me and Emma are dating." Surely they were the obvious match-up? "Even if we were that much in love with each other, I dont think we could bear to give the press the story. We know it'd be everything the fans ever wanted. Im sorry guys, its not happenind. Its just not. Theres something really incestios about the idea of it."
"Still, he'll say that he had his first girlfriend at 14, whom he met through his co-star Watson (who plays hot swot Hermione Granger),
emma on jonathan ross 3/7/09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbHY4eI-WdQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32mxGeb11S8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32mxGeb11S8
new interview-Film Review.
http://filmreviewonline.com/2009/07/03/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-emma-watson/
Dan admits crush on Emma etc.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jul/04/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter-jk-rowling
Friday 3 July 2009
Emma on JK Rowling.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/07/emma-watson-on-her-pal-jk-rowling-i-still-feel-quite-intimidated-by-her.html
Emma on Jonathan Ross.
In an exclusive TV interview Emma Watson said she hated her long-anticipated screen kiss with fellow Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint: "I pounced on him, I was so desperate to get it over with."
She didn't think she'd ever be Hermione: "By the time I got to audition, I was in pieces, I didn't know I had the part."
And she denies she missed out on childhood: "I never felt like I was missing out... we were able to be kids because we were together, whatever weird thing we were doing."
Emma confirms her future lies in acting: "Definitely... I'm so excited about going to university but it doesn't mean to say I can't do something else, I want to have my cake and eat it... I'd like to try comedy."
But she says she is scared of Harry Potter fans.
She didn't think she'd ever be Hermione: "By the time I got to audition, I was in pieces, I didn't know I had the part."
And she denies she missed out on childhood: "I never felt like I was missing out... we were able to be kids because we were together, whatever weird thing we were doing."
Emma confirms her future lies in acting: "Definitely... I'm so excited about going to university but it doesn't mean to say I can't do something else, I want to have my cake and eat it... I'd like to try comedy."
But she says she is scared of Harry Potter fans.
RHR kiss.
http://www.thelondonpaper.com/thelondonpaper/celebrity/celeb-news/emma-watson-pounced-on-rupert-grint-for-harry-potter-kiss
Emma on Jonathan Ross.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/07_july/03/ross.shtml
Thursday 2 July 2009
Yates on Emma.
David Yates on Emma:
“I think the cast are getting better and better,” Yates says, “and Emma certainly seems much more confident this time. She really moved on in the last one, but now she’s even more at ease. And Dan, having done Equus, he’s just finding moments and beats that are really surprising and lovely.”
“I think the cast are getting better and better,” Yates says, “and Emma certainly seems much more confident this time. She really moved on in the last one, but now she’s even more at ease. And Dan, having done Equus, he’s just finding moments and beats that are really surprising and lovely.”
Emma=wild child?
http://lexposure.net/talent/the-update/editorial-update/elle-uk-august-2009-wild-child
New HQ HBP images out!
http://www.celebutopia.net/forum/showthread.php/emma-watson-daniel-radcliffe-cast-harry-potter-and-121180.html
Emma on life,uni and filming.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6554588.ece
common room scene.
http://www.moviefone.com/movie/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince/27063/video/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince/28138704001
Burrow scene attack and video.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=59840897
HBP romance.
http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2009/07/01/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-exclusive-look-at-the-onscreen-romances/
Cast wants your questions!
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/07/01/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-cast-wants-your-questions/
Yates on DH scenes.
http://s623.photobucket.com/albums/tt320/LeakyGalleries/Films/Half-Blood%20Prince%20Movie/Articles%20and%20Scans/2009%20-%20Total%20Film/
score preview.
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/mediaplayer.asp?ean=794043915222&disc=1&track=6
new AOL clip from HBP.
http://www.moviefone.com/movie/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince/27063/video/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince/28138704001
Budding romance.
http://www.moviefone.com/insidemovies/2009/07/01/ron-weasley-and-hermione-grangers-harry-potter-romance/?icid=main|main|dl8|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moviefone.com%2Finsidemovies%2F2009%2F07%2F01%2Fron-weasley-and-hermione-grangers-harry-potter-romance%2F
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Quotes by Emma.
Director David Yates added: "With Harry Potter you are surrounded by young people all day long who bring a great commitment to what they do, and Rob was no different. He came in and wanted to do brilliant work, he put his heart and soul into it, and you just think what a terrible waste'."
Quote:
"None of us have started drinking coffee or smoking. And there's definitely no alcohol," Watson laughed.
Like the royal princes, the Harry Potter set have grown up in public, with the advantages and disadvantages that brings.
"It's difficult to talk about the things we missed when we gained so much," said Watson. "We probably had to grow up a lot quicker than normal children, we had a lot of responsibility. In that sense it was difficult and a lot of pressure, but the experience has been so amazing and unique."
Would she be up for revisiting the role in 20 years' time?
"Never say never, but I would hope I would have moved on by the time they're doing Harry Potter, the remake.
Quote:
"None of us have started drinking coffee or smoking. And there's definitely no alcohol," Watson laughed.
Like the royal princes, the Harry Potter set have grown up in public, with the advantages and disadvantages that brings.
"It's difficult to talk about the things we missed when we gained so much," said Watson. "We probably had to grow up a lot quicker than normal children, we had a lot of responsibility. In that sense it was difficult and a lot of pressure, but the experience has been so amazing and unique."
Would she be up for revisiting the role in 20 years' time?
"Never say never, but I would hope I would have moved on by the time they're doing Harry Potter, the remake.
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