Today was the UK premiere of Half-Blood Prince. It was a rainy day but Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Jessie Cave, Evanna Lynch, James & Oliver Phelps, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs, Matthew Lewis and other cast members, as well as Jo Rowling braved the weather to walk the red carpet.

We have a number of HQs pictures in the gallery. Credits include Terminator, IHW

We have a video with Emma, Dan, Rupert and others at the premiere, thanks to Harry Potter Trio.

Another Video from AP

And one from AFP

Emma Watson and Rupert Grint talked to Kate Garraway on ITV1’s GMTV this morning. It’s a great interview, chatting about the kiss, bum casts, and Emma again emphasizes that she is not done with acting just because she is going to university.

Along with the photocall today, there was a press conference and press junket interviews for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Videos are starting to appear and we have a few for you below. But first, some recent comments Emma made in interviews got the media buzzing about how she was going to quit acting forever. She says “I don’t really know why they wrote that. I guess it makes more of an interesting headline.” In another quote Emma says, “I am just looking forward to meeting people my own age and having a normal life for once. But that does not mean that I’ll never be acting again. It was always my dream (to go to university) before I did the films and so I don’t see why I should change it.”

In this first video from AP, Emma talks about how the movie is a romantic comedy.

In this second video from Sky Movies, Emma talks about the latest press rumor.

In this video from Virgin Media, Emma talks about the beginning of the HP experience. Thanks to RGN for the tip.

E! Daily 10 had a short clip of Rupert talking about his bout with swine flu. Emma doesn’t say anything, but she is in the clip. 🙂

This and That

People.com is running a poll to see which star gets their next People.com page. Emma is up against Dakota Fanning and Miranda Cosgrove. Voting ends July 20. Thanks to Louisa, Elizabeth and Sarah for the tip.

We’ve added a number of new promo pics from Half-Blood Prince to the gallery, thanks to Snitchseeker.

We have a tip that Emma Watson and Rupert Grint will be interviewed at some point tomorrow on GMTV, 7 July, between 7 and 8:30 am. on ITV1. It is not listed on their website, but David let us know he saw an advert on ITV around 8:30 today.

July 7 UK Premiere
The London premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be broadcast live from Leicester Square on July 7th starting at 6pm GMT at this link.

July 8
Emma Watson will be a guest on the David Letterman show on CBS.

July 8
SBT channel in Brazil will air a Harry Potter special on July 8. Beto Marden will interview the cast, but who that means isn’t mentioned.

July 9 US Premiere
The US premiere will take place at Ziegfeld Theater, 141 West 54th Street in New York City, Thursday July 9th. Celebrity arrival is at 6:00 pm ET, with the screening starting at 7pm.

July 10
The Belgian channel VT4 will have a Half-Blood Prince special on 10 July at 11:05pm. Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are interviewed.

July 10 – 12
ABC Family has another Harry Potter weekend. And again they are promising brand new looks at Half-Blood Prince. Hopefully it won’t be the same “new looks” we saw last year.

July 11
ITV1 will air a one hour special on Harry Potter on 11 July at 7pm. Harry Potter: Behind the Magic includes behind the scenes look at the film and interviews with Emma, Dan and Rupert.

July 11
Australia’s channel 9 will air a behind the scenes special, “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – Behind the Magic”, at 5pm on July 11.

July 12
There will be a Harry Potter special on the German channel Prosieben at 7:10 pm. Thanks to L93 for the tip.

July 14
Emma Watson is listed as a guest on Live with Regis and Kelly, July 14 at 9am on ABC.

July 11 and 18
The Space channel in Canada will air Beyond the Screen: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, a behind the scenes look at the movie, including interviews with Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Daniel Radcliffe. The program will air in two parts, on Saturday July 11 and Saturday July 18 at 10am ET.

July 17, 18
The episode of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross with Emma airs on BBCAmerica, July 17 at 8 and 11 pm, and again on July 18 at 1am.

If you know of any more, please let us know. And if you can record these, we’d love to get a copy.

The cast of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince attended a photocall today at the Claridges Hotel in London. Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright and Jessie Cave were present, along with Jim Broadbent, Michael Gambon, David Yates and David Heyman.

Thanks to Terminator, OhMyWatson and IHeartWatson.

Emma Watson and Rupert Grint talk about the Ron – Lavender kiss, and the growing romance between Ron and Hermione in this video from Sky Movies.

The amount of media coverage lately for Emma Watson is just a bit overwhelming. There must be a Harry Potter movie coming up 😉

I think I’ll just have to start making huge scan updates. So, first up,  magazines from Indonesia, including CosmoGirl (with a beautiful cover, and that cute picture of Emma with a eyeglass), Sister, Looks and GoGirl. Thanks to Julie and Shearly.

Update: And congratulations to Ruben whos calendar for June was featured in Sister.

Marie Claire, and Cosmo Girl from Czech Republic, thanks to Emma-Watson.cz

Demi, thanks to Emma-Watson.cz

Atrevida, thanks to EmmaWatson.com.br.

A new photoshoot image from Bravo Hungary, thanks to EmmaSource.org. The regular cover from Elle UK, thanks to Emma-Love.

Ok, I thinks that enough this time.

We have a couple videos for you now. The first came out a couple days ago, but better late than never. In this one Emma Watson talks about her character’s feelings about the Felix Felicis potion.

Finally, as a reminder for upcoming tv specials, we have a new picture of Emma being interviewed for ITV1’s special, Harry Potter: Behind The Magic, which airs on 11 July. Thanks to IHeartWatson. Please see a previous post for all the shows we know about right now.

We have several small updates, so I thought I would put them all together.

Gallery Update: For Emma’s Burberry campaign, I’ve added the new promotional images from Burberry’s site, some more behind-the-scenes images (thanks Dao Tu Thao), and some higher res versions from the photoshoot. I’ve also added quite a few pics from the 2007 Bravo shoot. I don’t think there are any unseen ones, but we didn’t have them before. Thanks to Rebecca for sending them in.

A new promo photo with Emma from Half-Blood Prince appeared. Credit: Occlumencia. I’ve also added several other recent HQ promos to the gallery (thanks Ana for the reminder).

In an article in the LA Times Emma talks about her relationship with JK Rowling

Film Review Online has an interview with Emma. She talks about Hermione and her most memorable moment of Half-Blood Prince.

Emma is on OMG! Yahoo’s list of teen hotties.  Thanks Bianca.

Cosmogirl featured Emma as a Celeb Backstory, with a series of pictures of Emma over the years . Thanks Tanvi.

Emma Watson is listed as a guest on Live with Regis and Kelly July 14 at 9am on ABC. Thanks to John for the tip. We should have video of this up shortly after the program airs. I do hope Regis will come up with a new question this year.

ITV1 will air a one hour special on Harry Potter on 11 July at 7pm. Harry Potter: Behind the Magic takes an exclusive look behind the scenes with host Ben Shepherd who is also starring as an extra. There will be new unseen footage, plus interviews with Emma, Dan and Rupert.

Update: SBT channel in Brazil will also have a Harry Potter special on July 8, as part of a Harry Potter movie marathon. Beto Marden will interview the cast, but who that means isn’t mentioned. Thanks to Bruno and ECDW for the tip.

July 3
Emma will be a guest on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. It airs today at 10:35pm on BBC One in the UK. The program also airs on BBCAmerica in the US on July 17 and 18 (see below).

July 3 – July 31
HBO will air a 13 minute inside look, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: HBO First Look, on different days and times during the month of July. You can find a schedule of times here.

July 4
The Spanish network CANAL+ will air a 42-minute long special on Half-Blood Prince Saturday, July 4. Host Cristina Teva will talk to stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jessie Cave, Bonnie Wright, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon and director David Yates on the set.

July 7 UK Premiere
The London premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be broadcast live from Leicester Square on July 7th starting at 6pm GMT at this link.

July 8
Emma Watson will be a guest on the David Letterman show on CBS.

July 8
SBT channel in Brazil will air a Harry Potter special on July 8. Beto Marden will interview the cast, but who that means isn’t mentioned.

July 9 US Premiere
The US premiere will take place at Ziegfeld Theater, 141 West 54th Street in New York City, Thursday July 9th. Celebrity arrival is at 6:00 pm ET, with the screening starting at 7pm.

July 10
The Belgian channel VT4 will have a Half-Blood Prince special on 10 July at 11:05pm. Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are interviewed.

July 10 – 12
ABC Family has another Harry Potter weekend. And again they are promising brand new looks at Half-Blood Prince. Hopefully it won’t be the same “new looks” we saw last year.

July 11
ITV1 will air a one hour special on Harry Potter on 11 July at 7pm. Harry Potter: Behind the Magic includes behind the scenes look at the film and interviews with Emma, Dan and Rupert.

July 11
Australia’s channel 9 will air a behind the scenes special, “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – Behind the Magic”, at 5pm on July 11.

July 14
Emma Watson is listed as a guest on Live with Regis and Kelly, July 14 at 9am on ABC.

July 11 and 18
The Space channel in Canada will air Beyond the Screen: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, a behind the scenes look at the movie, including interviews with Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Daniel Radcliffe. The program will air in two parts, on Saturday July 11 and Saturday July 18 at 10am ET.

July 17, 18
The episode of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross with Emma airs on BBCAmerica, July 17 at 8 and 11 pm, and again on July 18 at 1am.

If you know of any more, please let us know. And if you can record these, we’d love to get a copy.