Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe are filming Ministry of Magic scenes for Deathly Hallows in Whitehall, London today. We have a number of pics, credit to London Taxi Tours and The Fashion Spot, and UHP.

The French program 50 minutes Inside broadcast an exclusive report from the set of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. There are many new scenes, and interviews with Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright and Jessie Cave. Thank you to our friends at UHP for the video.

Please note, the program is in French and the interviews are dubbed.

EA has released Part 3 of Making of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Videogame. There are interviews with Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch, Jessie Cave and others involved with the game.

In an interview appearing today in The Times, Emma talks about the kiss with co-star Rupert Grint for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. She also talks about the emotional end of Harry Potter, her friendship with Helena Bonham-Carter, and her future. Thank you to Laura for the scans.

You can also read the interview online. In an interview for Mail on Sunday (source), Rupert had this to say about the kiss:

“We’ve known each other for 10 years so it was a bit like kissing my sister,” he told the Mail on Sunday. “We were determined to get it right the first time, but our first try was a disaster because we both felt so self-conscious and we couldn’t stop laughing.”

Thanks to Fonty, Hermione and emilie for the tips.

Here’s a few pics of Emma from the Swinley Forest film set, that ‘undisclosed location’ in the Times article.

TV Reminder
France’s TF1 willair a behind the scenes look at Half-Blood Prince on the programInside at 7 pm today. There will be a tour of the set, and interviewswith Dan and David Yates. No mention of Emma.

A new picture of Emma as Hermione is in the Mexican magazine, 15 a 20. Thanks to Amortentia for sending the scan.

US HBP Premiere
Emma Watson, Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton and Bonnie Wright will be attending the US premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The 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 at 7pm.

UK Premiere Live Broadcast
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. No official word yet on who will attend.

TV Reminder
Sky in the UK has Half-Blood Prince preview clips and behind-the-scenes footage available to access via the green button on remotes this week

We now have scans of the August Teen Vogue with Emma Watson. I’ve added them to the gallery, along with photoshoot pics and the behind the scenes shots. You might not like all the outfits, but I think you’ll have to agree Emma looks great. Thanks to Snitchseeker for the scans.

IGN has released Part 2 of Making of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Videogame. This one focuses on Quidditch and there are interviews with Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, Bonnie Wright and others involved with the game. EA has released a demo for the PC which you can download here.

Emma-Watson.net and the galleries will go offline later today to replace a failing hard drive. Unfortuneately, this means I need to rebuild the server. I hope to have the main site back within a few hours, and everything back within a day. But you know what they said about best laid plans. Anyway, don’t worry, we will be back.

Update: The main site is back. I will continue next with the galleries but it will take a while. If you notice any problems with pages that are up, let me know.

Update: Photo gallery should now be back.

The Ukranian magazine Oops has a feature on Emma in their current issue. Thank you to Jaroslav for sending in scans.