In a previous post, I mentioned that WB had a collage of Harry Potter clips of Year 1 to 5. Exciting, isn't it?

Now, you can download it from iTunes for free. (Or you can view it below.)

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The music video of "Big Beat Repeat", which appears on the HBP soundtrack and shows scenes of the movie. It's quite funny! With all the clips and interviews released before the movie came out, I somehow missed this video.

Alternate Link: @ Cineplex

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The Young Victoria (Momentum Pictures)

In Theatres: September 19, 2009 @ TIFF 2009 (March 6, 2009 UK; July 13, 2009 UK - DVD)
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Featuring: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Mark Strong, Thomas Kretschmann, etc.
Producers: Martin Scorsese, Graham King, Tim Headington, and Sarah Ferguson
Classification: PG
Length: 100 minutes
Fun Fact: Princess Beatrice (Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip's granddaughter, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson (aka Sarah, Duchess of York)'s daughter, and is fifth in line for the throne) appeared as a Lady in Waiting in the film. She is pictured below in the third and fourth movie stills.



( Movie Stills and Posters )

The 34th Toronto International Film Festival will close with this film (How exciting is that??). It will also feature Miranda Richardson and Jim Broadbent, who both appeared in the Harry Potter films (Miranda as Professor Umbridge in OP, and Jim as Professor Slughorn in HBP).

Other films showcasing this year include: "Atom Egoyan", Heath Ledger's final film; the North American premiere of "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", also featuring the late Ledger in his last role; will open with "Creation", a British film rather than a Canadian film; "Defender" (Woody Harrelson, Kat Dennings and Sandra Oh); "Suck", a rock 'n' roll vampire tale (cameos include Alice Cooper, Moby, Iggy Pop, and Henry Rollins); Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story"; amongst others.

Links: TIFF 2009 Website | TIFFG | Closing Night Gala Press Release (html) | Closing Night Gala Press Release (PDF)

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1. Feltbeats has 44 photos of Tom Felton's meet & greet in Toronto and Much Music interview on Facebook (you don't need an account). You should check out the ones when he's leaving...he was mobbed. His facial expression is hilarious!

2. Go vote for your most, second, and least favourite drabble @ sortinghatdrabs! I'm participating this round and it's Ron & Draco this week. =)

3. Free movie: "Monsters vs. Aliens"!! If you're in Toronto on August 29 @ 11 a.m. (ETA: It's not just in Toronto, but any Rainbow locations in Canada)

4. If you weren't able to write 20k words for hermionebigbang, then their Phase I is open. You pick a piece of artwork or video, and create a fic inspired by it with a minimum of 1,000 words (which is perfect for me!)

Deadline is September 6, 2009 with no extension. The artwork is fabulous and there are a bunch of Draco/Hermione, Severus/Hermione, gen, amongst others! Go have a look at least cause they're lovely, lovely. =)

5. So f-list, if you've seen me commenting on some of your posts dating back a month for the past couple of weeks, then just letting you know I've been catching up. =)

Interesting tidbit fact of LJ that I've found out - individual journals can go back 500 entries, while your Friends page can go back 800 entries.

Um, I forgot who it was, but one of you was looking for Molly Weasley icons. inspired_ideas has some here.

6. Warner Bros. Canada has a collage of clips of HP1 to HP5 put together called, Retrospect. Time really does fly!

7. Warner Bros. VIP Studio Tour has a shot of a fake Hermione from CS when she was petrified. There's also hilarious video tours with Ellen Degeneres. Click on the Video section and scroll down to "VIP Studio Tour promo clip". I didn't realize they used a prosethetic Hermione.

8. If you like Kreesha Turner, you can download for free five of her songs, courtesy of Playtex. It includes new songs from her album, "Passion". It's great and best of all, it's free!! ;)

9. Lastly, you can win a HP prop!! I'm out 'cause I don't live in the US, but all those that live in the US, well, go enter! You might win. I'm sad that I can't enter.
( Promotional Prop Sweeptakes Poster under the cut )

10. Oh, and one more thing - if you have Twitter, then apparently you can surprise your "Muggle followers with magical gifts"! That sounds cool, except that I don't have Twitter. What do you get??

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My Ratings:
Must See It In Theatres: Get Advance Tickets 4.5 - 5/5
See It In Theatres 3.5 - 4/5
Buy It On DVD 2.5 - 3/5
Rent It On DVD 1.5 - 2/5
Borrow It From The Library 0.5 - 1/5
Don’t See It At All 0/5

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Access Hollywood
HBP Set Visit:


( On the 'Potter' set with Daniel Radcliffe )

( Daniel Radcliffe on ping pong and the kiss )

On the set with Tom Felton:


Emma Watson:
(Alternate Link: Video w/out commercial | Video w/commercial and fullscreen capability)


( Rupert Grint )

MSNBC: Entertainment Buzz
Daniel Radcliffe on his many changes through the years:
Video w/out commercial | Video w/commercial and fullscreen capability

MSNBC
'Potter' actors on their changing roles:
(Alternate Link: Video w/out commercial | Video w/commercial and fullscreen capability)

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I wish the Canadian channels would pick up "Friday Nights with Jonathan Ross"...maybe CTV or Global TV? I've watched clips of it on YouTube, but it's not the same as watching the full episode with the intro and everything (since the intros are rarely uploaded onto YouTube). Or even if they made it available to download on iTunes like his radio programme on BBC Radio 2.

Emma Watson recently appeared on his show (I think it was July 3) and the Intro (first video) has no spoilers, and with the second video (part 1), they start talking about HBP 7 minutes into the clip (no HBP spoilers before then):



And she appeared on "The Early Show" this morning:

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Daniel Radcliffe & Rupert Grint on ROVE (Australian TV):
Part 1: I wouldn't say there are spoilers but there are small clips from the film that were released and part of the final trailer is played.
Part 2: No spoilers at all - the Final 5.
The "magical" books are yellow pages!! I really laughed at that!!



And I'm sure this is old news, but I just saw the bloopers for GF (Daniel Radcliffe, Tom Felton, Robert Pattinson, Emma Watson, etc):

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Dean and Neville!!


And isn't this cool??


Alexa Chung on MTV with Daniel Radcliffe:
(Everyone should go watch Part 2; the spoilers are in Part 1. Alexa gives Dan a makeover: Harry Potter Kayne West, Michael Phelps Potter, Sarah Palin Potter (I just laughed when he said "I can see Hogwarts from my house!"), Hollywood Potter, Porn Star Potter, etc.)

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Interesting Articles:
*Toronto Star: Harry Potter villain happy to dye another day
*Canada.com: Felton all-grown up and darker in Half-Blood Prince
*The Canadian Press: Graduation nearing, 'Harry Potter' cast reflects their Hogwarts education
*(Movie Review) The Canadian Press: 'Half-Blood Prince' goes to head of class as best of Harry Potter films
*AFP: Harry Potter's nemesis revels in hard-edged new film

MTV Live: Tom Felton (It's quite funny, though there's a lot of screaming.)

Alternate Link: Click Here

Tom Felton at "Hot Topic" (July 10th, 2009):
[footage from Leakynews.com and includes signing and tour]

Movies.ie:
Movies Ireland has an interview with Tom Felton and Emma Watson:

( Video Clip )

Access Hollywood:
Interview with Daniel Radcliffe, Bonnie Wright, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Alan Rickman, and David Barron at the NY Premiere of HBP. (Alternate Link: Video w/out commercial | Video w/commercial and fullscreen capability)

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1. Can't wait till HBP!! Four more days, two hours and some odd minutes & seconds!!


Tribute.ca has an interview (video) with Tom Felton just before the Meet and Greet in Toronto. (Link to Download)

Everyone really should see this or if you're avoiding previews, etc. until you've see HBP, then bookmark it to view it after you've seen the movie. WB has released 20 minutes of behind the scenes footage to IESB.net.

CNN had viewers send in questions and the cast respond. It includes Tom Felton, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, David Yates, and Emma Watson. (Video here)

ComingSoon.net has a written interview with Tom Felton and Muggle Hub has an amazing HBP screensaver among other things such as posters, wallpapers, site skins, etc.

( More Video Clips... )

2. Geesh! What's the press coming to these days? PM Harper was 1 min 20 seconds late to the G8+5+1 photo op and it was all over the news!!! That makes me feel bad since usually when I'm late, it's more than two minutes...

3. I find it a bit sad that the VANOC decided not to include the women's ski jumping but included men's ski jumping...and then the court ruled against them...

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How exciting is this? I walked out today and saw a bus that was broken down in front of my house (it's still there now and people have stopped by to look at the side of the bus - LOL)...and do you know what was advertising on the side of the bus??

HBP!! And of course, I took pictures. The second pic is from my window on the second floor. **Grin** Plus, you know what the freaky thing is? I changed my desktop wallpaper to the exact same picture less than 24 hours ago! This brightened my day since it's right outside my house.



Extras:
Video Clip: Ron tries to get freebies from Fred & George at WWW, but is denied.

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I'm getting spoiled with all the photos, interviews, snippets, and promotional material coming out. July 15th can't come soon enough!! Thought I'd share since I'm finding them all so very exciting!

Photos

DH: Emma Thompson's sister, Sophie Thompson, will be playing Mafalda Hopkrik. She is seen here with David O'Hara (Albert Runcorn), Steffan Rhodri (Reg Cattermole), and David Yates.


HBP:

New Official Wallpapers: Large size of 1920x1200. Excellent for widescreens. I snagged the last one for my desktop. Aren't they fabulous?? =)


( Draco )

( Behind the Scenes )

( Stills and Promotional Materials )

Wonder why everyone's outside and pointing their wands skywards??

Videos

French HBP Special: "50 Minutes Inside", which features approx. 10 minutes of interviews, behind the scenes, and new scenes. The interviews are dubbed, but if you strain, you can hear the English. I had to view it twice since my French is a bit rusty... New scenes include Quidditch, WWW, Hermione and Harry @Slughorn's Party, etc. Partial translation is here and the full 11:37 minutes is available for download here, courtesy of UHP. I really laughed when Dan struggled to say the intro in French and the pause before the last word, especially since "Inside" is English!! LOL


Yahoo has an exclusive clip of Dumbledore and Harry (Interviews, behind the scenes, and new snippets/scenes: 03:49 long).

Thirty second clip: includes the magic working in the Unbreakable Vow.


The Making of Harry Potter and the HBP: The Videogame, hosted by Tom Felton: Parts 2 and 3 are now available. In addition, Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Freddie Stroma (Cormac McClaggen), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Jessie Cave (Lavande Brown), and Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) all talk about dueling, potions, and Quidditch.

Part One | Part Two: Quidditch | Part Three

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1. Happy Independence Day to those in the US!


2. Possible splitting point for DH? What do you all think?
( SPOILERS )

3. ( Official: 18 Mobile & 11 Desktop Wallpapers )

4. J.K. Rowling is contributing a story to Kids' Night In 3 to be published on September 28, 2009. I'm looking forward to reading it!! =)

5. I hope Rupert Grint is better now! He apparently had the swine flu...

6. QUESTION: HELP!! What type of fireplace would Malfoy Manor have? Would it be a Victorian type fireplace?? If you can attach a picture or link, that'd be great! Thanks!

7. Another question: Has anyone seen "The Proposal"? Any good?

8. And Sarah Palin...All this speculation and everything. I, honestly, think she just wants out of politics and that she just had enough of all the personal attacks on her and her family. She did say something about people making personal attacks on her son. And I guess she didn't want to seem like she was giving up, so she tried to give it a nice spin on her leaving... and possibly keep her options open for the future. Don't think that nice spin worked though... I mean, if she isn't going to be a "lame duck" and waste money, her Lt. Gov will. She just insulted the guy. Huh.

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