In a new interview, Ben Shepard talks about being in Half-Blood Prince.

“My parents always insisted I kept my hair short and smart, but in Harry Potter I have long locks and a moustache, which unfortunately was very ticklish,” chuckled Ben. “I play a wizarding parent at the opening of Weasleys‘ Wizard Wheezes, which is a joke shop run by Ron’s brothers – it was just the most beautiful, stunning and exciting set.”

In ITV’s Behind the Magic documentary Ben gained exclusive access to the set, plus he interviewed the film’s young stars, Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger).  And Ben discovered there’s a lot of romance in the new movie.   “Considering it’s quite a dark story, there’s tonnes of snogging and romance going on because Harry falls for Ginny and there’s a three-way tug of love between Ron, Hermione and fellow student Lavender Brown,” says Ben.

There is a new video interview with Jamie Campbell Bower where he discusses Harry Potter, among other things. You can view the interview here.  You need to skip the first 2 minutes to get to where he talks about Harry Potter. Enjoy!

The Leaky Cauldron have found an iTunes podcast of an exclusive clip from Half-Blood Prince showing Harry and Dumbledore entering the cave.  It is introduced by the Trio and can be downloaded via this link.

Advance Publishers, a leading children’s publishing house with licensing rights from Warner Bros. Consumer Products has announced that it will be releasing a set of 7 collectible Harry Potter postcard sets with figurines.

These highly collectible sets are based on some of the most popular characters from the series: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, Lord Voldemort and Dobby. Each numbered set (1 through 7) of 15 postcards with photographs featuring the character from the Harry Potter movies comes with its own figurine.

The collectible sets are available beginning July 1 in select super markets including Publix Super Markets, BI-LO, Hy-Vee, Meijer, Strack & Van Til, Giant Food, Scolari’s Food and Drug Company and Big Y Foods. Find them on display in high impact Harry Potter floor displays holding 48 units per store.

Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe are both scheduled to appear on NBC’s “The Today Show” to promote Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. The show will air live on Friday July 10th at 7 am EST.

Once the videos appear online I will post!

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