Thanks also to those who let us know that Emma is featured as #94 on Maxim’s Top 100 list.

And thanks to a tip from EW.net, we now know that Emma has secured a Gold Otto at Bravo’s annual contest. She beat out Keira Knightley for the top spot. Congrats to Emma and thanks to everyone for voting! You can see all the winners here. (Emma is #12 on the number menu) Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe also snagged a Gold Otto.

Also, they added a new scene where Ron saves Hermione when Bellatrix tried to curse her. And another scene where Ron talks about Lavender and Hermione hears him and walks out of the room angry… which Ron then says “What’s up with her?”

Thoughts?

We would just like to state that although Emma is interested in this project, nothing has been confirmed yet, and no official start date for this production has yet been given.
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Pst - media updates are coming soon with lots of graphics submitted by Stephanie, Kala and some staff members.

We now have an official date for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I and it’s November 19, 2010. So far, it’s the only movie scheduled for that date. source

Similarly, the HBP video game will be released to coincide with the movie. EA games announced it found it would be better to launch the game at the same time as the movie. It will be available for the following machines: Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, DS, PC, mac and mobile devices. Thanks to HPANA for the tip!

Plus, Jo has updated EWO with news of a Potter Exhibition. PR NewsWire released the press statement, adding:

Fans around the world will finally be able to see the incredible craftsmanship and detail that went into creating their favorite props and costumes. source

The exhibition will display the costumes, props and magic from the Potter world to fans. It is set to be launched and opened in Sping 2009. It has already launched it’s official website.

Phew.

edit! Thanks to the wonderful Claire we now have a translation from a Spanish video posted a little while ago. The video is here, and I’ve added the translation into our press archive.

For example, in this movie we don’t see any feelings growing between Ron and Hermione. Although it’s important that there’s a tension between them, these subtleties are not in the scripts.
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Thank you all for your honest, thoughtful input on this contentious topic. There are many arguments made for and against candid images of celebrities, but we’re keeping away from those. We hold our own personal and moral ideas about what is appropriate and what is okay, and we’ll stick to these regardless of whether it will lose us visitors, popularity, or favor. The success of our fansite is not worth our personal honor and I hope those of you who wished the candids to be kept will understand and respect our decision.

- Allison, Kaetlyn, Karly and Lynn

I, myself, am currently leaning towards the latter. I’ve tolerated paparazzi photos previously, as they were tame and not very intrusive, but this time, I believe they’ve gone too far. We just want to know some of your thoughts before we decide.

For the moment, I’ve barred all the candid albums until we reach a decision.

EDIT: I’d just like to restate and stress that we did not and would never at any time have any of the obscene/inappropriate images of Emma uploaded to the site. Thank you all for advocating removal of those, and please do know that we fully agree with you on those points. - Allison

EDIT: The gallery is down temporarily for an upgrade regarding security issues and should be available again shortly. - Allison

edit! Downloadable version here. It’s from the above Youtube, but it lost some of it’s quality when I converted it. Finally, got it to convert nicely. 17.9mb, zipped. - Kaetlyn